hey! finally got around to trying this. 2" wide, 1/8" thick, 2" long. not finished yet, as you can tell. design will be posted later... it was inspired by another man on xtremesystems- evil-98 Suggestions appreciated! I made it with a stone and a nail. cheers
Excellent design for laminar flow. What was used to make it? I'm betting it was your slitting saw, and if so I have some tips.
hey kayin whats up! yes 1/32" slitting saw. wish i had a horizontal mill for this one LOL. What tips do you have? cheers edit: o and it is the wire brush that smoothed over the ridges
Remember iandh's laminar flow block? single in, single out and water basically covered the entire grid? While that's a large amount of surface area, you could increase it by milling your square for your grid and then doing diagonal cuts to make a diamond array. Doing corner to corner will still let it flow straight across, and you can use a line accelerator to add some impetus to your flow. I'll dig up the pics and post them. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=169182&highlight=brute+force+block See what I mean? CD is still using this block today. I could use something similar in acrylic...
'Sup. That's some nice work there. @Kayin - Stop posting that! It makes me want to make one... and spend 20 grand on equipment to make it. Also- Teyber has the copper to make a really TALL core. Imagine the flow directors built into the core- with the heatsink pattern drilled into the core - in multiple layers. Grooves could be cut in the sides to direct the flow... I hope I don't need to make a model. I think I do because it reads like crazy talk.
really tall cores don't help after a while... I have a freaking catalog of stuff I've designed, half won't function, the rest is debateable. There's only so many designs that work well...
Ive noticed heat doesn't like to move more then a few mm.... Thanks for the compliments btw cnc knee mill is definitely not needed for the type of work we do lol.... i sure wouldn't mind a tormach, its only $6800 and it weighs 1,100 lbs. of course tooling would be another grand or two but.... ill try to do some more milling on the copper part tonight, it may make what you recommended not necessary. we will see. cheers!
Just thought I'd give ya some more inspiration. Be sure to get that bead blasted. It can triple surface area...
hey! yup thanks for the input i love it Why i don't think its necessary is this zoom! The copper will be pushed into the middle, and taken up on the sides. The middle HDPE (white plastic) peice you see will have a separated chamber, the inlet that goes into the middle then a square around it that the exit goes to. then there will be another peice that goes on top of it. then the mounting. cheers, hope this makes a little bit of sense.
Looks good. When my funds rebound, i'mma send you a piece of my custom polyvinyl-bet you'll love that...
thanks dude! polyvinyl? what color is it? once i get my cnc ill make these out of lexan... that should be nice btw i posted a quick render here: http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php/new_waterblock-15643/index.html cheers
Clear or solid? Translucent or shatter finish? I love this material, because I cast it as close as I can get it and do very little machining afterwards. With some of this, I can practically cast, drill, tap and use.
I was just thowing a crazy idea your way. I'm less about effectiveness and more about bombastic. No one has ever taken a 3 dimensional approach to waterblock construction. It would at least get you a . @Kayin - Is it possible to cast your formula around a wax shape? I'm thinking with some clever mold work, you could make some crazy stuff. Cheapskate:Idea troll.
Yes it is. I have ideas, but time and funds don't cooperate. Neither does my arthritis. Turning into another Captain Slug here...
