TribalOVERKILL's LiquiD EVOLUTION

I see the new toys are working well.

Do take pictures. I can't believe such a huge warehouse is clean and tidy.

 

Bro,... you would be amazed at how big, clean, and together this place is,...

 

Simply awesome. It's hard to believe most of these bits aren't CNC'd or made at the very least in a lathe!

 

SUCCESS!!! WHAHOOO!!

Oct-26-2007

MCMASTER-CARR!!!


You see the little door next to the bay door? Thats Will Call. I asked the guy out of respect if I could take a pic of the inside sho wI could show others who buy form here what it looks like on the inside and he said,.... no. LOL. He said MCMaster is very hush hush about how they operate. Oh well. I tried.


Anyways,... Three rods. Left to right,... 1", .62", and .5".


You see the difference,... Its going to work out nicely.


Some more lathe bit blanks,...


A 3/8", 4 flute end mill,...


A 1/16", 3 flute end mill. This is to big for what I need it for. Damn. Its to big by,.. I think, .02". yup.


How do they cut these damn things!!! Look at that! Geez.


Again,... the .62 and the .5,...


The .62 in the chuck.


Cut down to .5 for threading,...


O-ring groove,...


Cut off,... This is only the test subject. Looks good to me! Lets make more! The cut off for this one is crappy. You see all the melting? Have to tweak the bit,..


I'm making 8 to start.


Decided to thread in the vise. I cut that wood block specifically for this. It's got a 5/8" hole and one side of the block is slightly rounded so when I crank it in the vise,... the force to focused on the hole making the hole tighter.


Now,... because G1/4 BSPP is a paralell thread,... I'm starting with this side and,...


im goign to finish with this side. Meaning that once I cut all the threads starting with the other side. I'm going to flip the died over to this side and then do it again. Reason being is because the cutting teeth on the other side is shallow to start which helps you start the threading. When you flip it over and do it backwards you are cutting whats left. Know what I mean?


Threaded,...


The threads were shortened and the end was polished to help let light pass through down into the reservoir.


The cut off,... much better! You dontg have to cut all the way through. At this point you just snap it off. Better that then to have to fall off onto the floor making it so you have to look for it.


All c ut and ends shaved down to the right height. Time for the next step,...


Tapered the tops,... very nice.


4.9mm coutnersinked holes for LEDs,...


The polished side.


You guyz still dont like the look of the black o-rings?!?! I love it! So cool looking.


I'm very impressed with the results. But we're not done. One more thing to do,...


Flat sided to prevent scratching to tightening them down. I think Im going to leave them the way they are,... with the cut marks. I think its cool. Im sure the plugs would look good polished too but if I sand and polish them, they will lose their shape a bit, the tapers and countersinks etc,... what you think?


We lost one,... When I was milling the sides,... it loosened up and spun around withe the end mill. A moment of silence please,......... screw that, give me your o-ring, you dont need it anymore,...


The prototype next to the product. What you think?


Now,... I only have to make like,... ha, I dont even know how many more. They were fun to make so its all good.

 

nice work as allways, now all I want is to see them lightup

 

Damn! I knew I forgot something!!! Its all good. I have at least 24 more to make. I will light some of them up for you guyz

 

They don't need to be lit to show you're doing a great job Good luck with de 24 more you have to make

Btw I replied in your thread at Casejunkies a little while ago. I would really appreciate it if you could reply to that one

 

Excellent work! I'm confused that you didn't do the tapering/cutoff in a single process. I thought that was why you had the curve in the lathe bit.

 

Nah. That was just from grinding. Tapering while cutting off is something I would do if I had a lathe. I dont so I take smaller steps.

@ brinkz0r - Huh? I'll check now,... just checked. Didnt see any posts by you,... what is your question?

 

Ok,... come cool pics for you guyz. I have to admit that I overslept by a couple of hours so I wasnt able to get much done. I have off sunday though. I plan on finishing these plugs and I plan on starting the propellar which is totally redesigned,... anyways.

Oct-27-2007

Here's a batch of 21. I cut up what was left of the rod to make these. When I'm done making these I will make 21 more. That will covereverything I need with some extra's.


This is how far I got. The threading is pretty much done. I just have to sand and polish the bottoms. I'm thinking of grinding a bit to dome the ends for polishing.


Lights on,... God this is just too coooooool.


So yea.

 

I LOVE IT, excellent stuff as usually

 

When I saw the picture with the UV LEDS, all I could say was "holy crap" over and over and over. BEAUTIFUL

 

That what I said when I hooked them up to take the pics,... except I used the word S@#$ instead:\ LOL.

 

oh man that looks amazing. and i know if you had a purple/blue center double helix thing, it would look even better.

 

Qhs's res will have a blue spiral in te middle. I'll have it assembled soon.

 

thats gorgeous... What size lathe blanks are those and how much were they?(like 1/4" and what material?)
so you got a sliding vice eh? serioudly i can't stand how pro those are...

 

Whats up teyber! Where you been?!?!? Yea I got a sliding vise. Heavy as hell, 66lbs. The first one was 83lbs. But the new one works good with the new press I got. You like the plugs ehh? I'm goign to have several left over. I might go ahead and sell whats left. I was thiking like $2 - 3 per? Any takers? Should get me enough to buy some more .62" rods

 

Tribal, your work is absolutely phenomenal. Keep it up dude

 

Thanks DAE OH and Teyber,... I have like 3 different size lathe bits I think. 1/4", 3/8, and 5/8" I think? They run from 6 to like $10

 

hawt! lulz your subtitle should be "∞ modder" not Hypermodder.