Project Steel within

[Perturabo]

Those are awesome, although they bring back memories of catching perch and the little sods tearing my hands to bits

Its 1mm thick. Ive got two 2x1 m sections to cut out. I did make myself a jig with some wood I had that was pretty straight but it was only soft crap so the grinder just ate into it. The disks ive got are about 2 mm thick, mabey im just not practiced enough with a grinder. Still ive learnt alot doing this so far and its great to be trying something new. My parents are coming up to visit at the weekend so i will see if my dad fancies having a go, he uses one of those massive 12 inch grinders like its scalpel so hopefully he can help me.

 

[PEXON]

Yea, with a 5" grinder it'll take a while, our Makita 9" eats through pretty much anything and the larger cutting disk does make a neater cut.

 

[dipzy]

Yea, with a 5" grinder it'll take a while, our Makita 9" eats through pretty much anything and the larger cutting disk does make a neater cut.

Makita tools FTW

 

[PEXON]

Milwuakee > Makita

 

[Perturabo]

Next update is ready, enjoy

 

[Azurite]

Its definetly a beautiful beast of a radiator

9x140mm!! Bet you will be getting a pretty quiet system. Do you remember the fpi on that rad?

Coming togetter nicely, and keep up the good work.

 

[yassarikhan786]

That rad is nice

 

[Perturabo]

Yeah im going for silent as poss. A couple of normal rads worked out about the same price so I thought may as well over do it

I cant read the manual or specs cos its all in German :S But according to the tape measure its 9 FPI. I think the XSPC RX rads are 8 FPI so should be similar to that in terms of required fan speed. Im pretty sure I can put 9 noise blockers on it turned down to minimum rpm and I shouldnt be able to hear it and it will still cool anything I can fit in the system.

I saw a review where they had an OC'd i7 920 and 2 gtx 480s in a loop with this rad and 9 NB fans @ 600 RPM with a delta of 9.5 C, @ 1200 RPM the delta was 5.8 C

 

[Azurite]

Yeah im going for silent as poss. A couple of normal rads worked out about the same price so I thought may as well over do it

I cant read the manual or specs cos its all in German :S But according to the tape measure its 9 FPI. I think the XSPC RX rads are 8 FPI so should be similar to that in terms of required fan speed. Im pretty sure I can put 9 noise blockers on it turned down to minimum rpm and I shouldnt be able to hear it and it will still cool anything I can fit in the system.

I saw a review where they had an OC'd i7 920 and 2 gtx 480s in a loop with this rad and 9 NB fans @ 600 RPM with a delta of 9.5 C, @ 1200 RPM the delta was 5.8 C

Thats exelent for low rpm/quiet fans

Yes the RX has 8fpi. Those temps is nice

. Delta was loadtemps minus roomtemp right? So they probably had around 30 degrees load perhaps

 

[Perturabo]

Yeah load temp of around 30, pretty good for low rpm. Then again you would hope so for something that big! Cant wait to connect it up and see how it performs for me.

 

[Perturabo]

Hey guys, working on some stuff for the next update over this weekend and have been thinking about how to attach the outer skin. Originally I was going to just weld it on because I thought id have enough access from above and at the back but looking at it assembled I dont think I will. I dont really want to screw it on as it wont look as nice so I was just wondering about using magnets. Dont suppose anyone has any thoughts on this? Ive seen magnetic tape but it doesnt look very strong, then again if it is all the way around mabey it will be enough. I pulled the magnets out of an old HDD, got it stuck to the sheet steel and had to use pliars to get it off again so I think that may be a bit too far in the other direction

 

[Perturabo]

After thinking this through a little more thoroughly putting magnets near my components is an awful idea

 

[SparkleDJackson]

im securing my lid with some weak cupboard magnets aslong as its a reasonable distance away from anything its should be ok or make a wooden holder for the magnet and glue er in.

 

[Perturabo]

Yeah I suppose if they aren't too close it should be alright. I just really don't want bolts sticking out of it. Still bending the sides needs to be done first, I dont seem to be able to quite get a 90 degree angle yet, will have to see what sunday has in store for me!

 

[SparkleDJackson]

get some araldite in there boss

 

[Perturabo]

araldite solves all problems. It is currently holding a £100,000 cryostat together in my lab lol

 

[SparkleDJackson]

LMFAO. quality dude

 

[Perturabo]

This week's update is here!

 

[Perturabo]

Another quick update, rad mount essentially done now.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Really nice metal work mate.