wow, really like it, comming together slowly but steadily. I'd really like to see how this works out! do you have some kind of deadline? or are you just trying to get it perfect?
keep up the good work!
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wow, really like it, comming together slowly but steadily. I'd really like to see how this works out! do you have some kind of deadline? or are you just trying to get it perfect?
keep up the good work!
perfection is the name of the game right now. i WAS interested in maximan's little contest, but if the deadline is august 14.... that wont happen.
i may enter a contest, but it wont be one that dictates my schedule. i wont rush anything for the sake of competition... id rather wait to win three months later than come in second now.
at the moment, the design phase seems to be winding down. everything has been thought of. i cant really start this until august though, after my final exams. maybe gather some materials and get some blueprints done up.... possibly even a LITTLE bit of work between now and then, but school is #1 for now.
so im going to fix that one little front intake thing, and then that is it for now.... key phrase being "for now" because things change. i can always help out gearhead if i need something to occupy myself.
and that he didQuote:
Originally Posted by Slug Toy
ouu that give me a fuzzy fealing :D :D
you are right about the front it does look out of line
what are you going to put behind it
are you goona put the rad
ah, nope... no radiator in the front. the radiator is the waterwall... thats why i call it the waterwall, all the cooling happens there, and convection will be a player (hot water in the top, cold out the bottom because cold water sinks).Quote:
what are you going to put behind it
are you goona put the rad
the front is just where the air goes in, and works its way over to the radiator. if you need, ill see if i can whip up a model of the radiator i have in mind, and put it in the case to show you. it wouldnt take too long. might as well do that tonight too, i gotta be up in 6 hours, and i just had an EXHILARATING conversation so im in no mood to sleep.
you do that
is that in good or bad wayQuote:
EXHILARATING conversation
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BTW: i have something for you, check my log
alright, new intake for the water cooling air supply.
the picture says enough about itself... i dont think i need to add anything. just admire....
oh, yes... exhilarating in a good way right now... possible bad effects on wednesday... we'll see.
you sure got the admire part right
i like the look of it and with all that space for the filter you aint gonna have no flow problems
wow, i think im getting fairly good at sketch up now... im already done the radiator layout.
so you can see now where the radiator will be. of course... the radiator will be a little more complex than that, but i dont want to be here ALL night modelling.
like i said, hot water in the top, cold water out the bottom. simple... hopefully.
<EDIT> done for the night. i just cant handle the all nighters anymore. gotta be fresh for school....
now i get the full picture
dude what's going on i have been gon for 3 days, i dont see anything new ,are you ok?:(
oh ya, well youve already seen what ive gotten myself into. this contest is now my baby i guess.
so... are you still doing the pump?? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Slug Toy
the pump design is pretty much 100% now. im still doing it, but i dont need to design any more i think. work will start after my exams finish in august, just like i was planning. between now and then i need to go find a case to tear apart....
how about making one :D you're self :D
a lot more flexible
can you send the full sketch of the complet design :D
well i tried that with the zanzibar thing... didnt work too well to say the least. ive found a couple cases that are pretty much perfect anyways.Quote:
how about making one you're self
thank god i kept your email address. coming right up.Quote:
can you send the full sketch of the complet design
there is one thing that i cant check of the list
how are you gonna pover the pump
you could use a servo like me a have one the goes at 60rpm high torque
cant stop it by hand
ive been wondering about that too. im sure any medium size 12 volt motor with a good gear-down would work. i just have to find one. ive got time though.... ill figure it out.
im sure i will need some good torque. moving 12 cylinders probably wont be that easy.
you do realize that that you shatered the record for the bigest idea zone tread
really? well, i think a gold medal is in order. or maybe at least a sandwich. no? how about some spare change? no? ok, how about a slap in the face then?
i still foresee this thread growing even larger. im sure theres still stuff left to squabble about yet.
did you do any more sketching
nothing new to report right now.
im actually in the process of recoiling in horror. my actions in general over the past couple weeks have been rather out of place... and i think i have to step back for a minute and ask "okay, what the hell is going on here?"
dont worry though, everythings fine. i just have to organize and schedule things... something ive never had to do before. the contest is really whats doing it. im firing off an unbelievable number of emails a day now... and chatting with people. lots of talk and mental anguish for not a lot accomplished so far... still no sponsors.
anyways... yes there will be more models. im probably going to start thinking about waterblocks and a radiator design now. lots of fun, more applied fluid dynamics and thermodynamics. cross flow and laminar flow, heat flow rates... and headaches.
tell me about it, i've noticed a general thing: you talk wwith the guy and wham when you say the magic word (sponsor) silenceQuote:
... still no sponsors
that part I know so wellQuote:
... and headaches
well i think you could(should) take a breakQuote:
...i have to step back...
well i HAVE taken a little time off just to sit back. wow... the things you can accomplish in daily life when you arent consumed by computer designs. i think im getting a new bike!
so anyways, back to business so to speak. i think ill work on waterblock stuff now. none of this danger den crap... i dont go that way. ive got me some 2" wide, .25" thick copper flatbar, and i intend to use it (once i figure out how to convert my drill press to a milling machine). for now, the first stage is designing though. no sense in doing this if i have no idea what the end result should be.
ill start work on a model tomorrow after school. hopefully it wont take too long.
on another note... the contest thread has been closed... i dont know who did it, dont care either. not that its important or anything... it can kind of fade away for the time being. i just thought id aknowledge the fact that someone maybe doesnt think too kindly of the direction im taking it.
I closed the thread because I was banned and didn't want people doing MY job.
state your intentions then. dont just close the thread. from what i understand, you have good contact with butcher... you could have sent along a message through him saying not to touch anything. if im not mistaken... you're also going away soon... so it was sort of a collective decision that someone else needed to step in and get things back on track.Quote:
I closed the thread because I was banned and didn't want people doing MY job.
if you want control of the contest again, ill gladly give it up, i dont particularly LIKE the amount of trouble im going through to find sponsors, especially when i dont get any sort of response. i HAVE sunk a lot of time into it though, so i admit that ill be bummed out if you DO want it. maybe you have some sources you could draw on for better prizes though (ive been getting the general message that stickers might not be the most attractive).
so, by all means, take charge again... that leaves me more time to worry about my mod. no matter what happens... me and scotty are trying to get a logo done, so that will be soon(ish), and ill still stay as a judge if im needed.
now... getting back to the waterblock. maybe i wont finish tomorrow after all. i got a jump on it tonight, and the design i have in mind is a LOT of work. youll see what i mean... eventually.
<EDIT> after having thought about the contest a little more, ill give this advice for you maximan. dont act on impulses and just do things like close a thread. people have to know what you're planning, or else you wont get anyone entering, or volunteering to be a judge, or offering prizes.
dont take this as an attack. i just found out very quickly that everything has to be laid out clearly and definitively, and in most cases more than once. in my opinion, closing that thread wasnt a good move. i get the feeling it may have just buggered things up a bit. to say the least it kind of buggered me up because now i dont know where i stand in all this again, and a lot of work may end up getting nullified or redone for no reason now.
now this aint right, you work youre ass off for this an he closes the thread.... not right
to get back to business, i realy wanna see that waterblock design(are you in that watercolling contest?)
ya im a little put off by that... it wasnt a very nice thing to do. it could mean a lot of wasted time on my part... but in all fairness, it was his idea in the first place, and he has the power apparently.Quote:
now this aint right, you work youre ass off for this an he closes the thread.... not right
i have a couple tricks up my sleeve though, so dont lose hope on this yet.
no i dont think ill do that watercooling contest. i decided that i dont half-ass things, and i didnt really like the idea of being bound to ghetto style stuff. ill wait for another contest... one where i can exercise my need to rather excessive.Quote:
to get back to business, i realy wanna see that waterblock design(are you in that watercolling contest?)
im working on this model now. fingers crossed, maybe tonight... maybe not.
must see ..resist, must resist must see, must
alright alright. you get it your way. i got through most of it.... and found out that its going to take a looooooooong time, so im leaving it like it is now. PICTURES!!!
so those are two views of it. reasonably simple design, although i bet its going to be a bugger to actually make.
and heres the secret to getting good cooling. the combination of the ridges and holes everywhere should give a pretty large surface area. i may deviate from the design eventually, but all my knowledge is telling me i probably wont improve on what i have too much. the wheels are still turning though... constantly.
so ya, you can imagine how retardedly long it would take to make all those holes in such a confined space... not worth the effort in my opinion when you can get your point across with just a small example.
lots of fun ahead still.
Hey man nice block designs, i was looking to get some custom milled blocks myself. Shame my dad no longer works at a machine shop! Missed the opertuninty by about a week.
I too didnt want to go down the standard dangerden route, overpriced crap for what it is really, a piece of machined copper at the end of the day with a channel milled out of it.
I started on some sketchup designs, basiclly a flat piece of copper with a zig-zag channel milled from one end to the other and an O-ring grove around the outside that would seal the water in when the matching half was screwed onto it (probally made from plex)
I would post them but they wernt finished and i cant do with half assed drawings :) good luck with you mod though, im all for custom work. Hope you get sponsored soon bud.
Paul
hhhhhm.... i like it, it should work great, there's a lot of surface on it, do have some dimensions in mind for it ?
well my flatbar is 2 inches wide, so ill probably have the copper bit as a 2x2 square. the acrylic is another story since it has to have mounts and ports and all that.
i would expect it to be like one of those maze waterblocks from danger den... except better.
looking forword to thatQuote:
i would expect it to be like one of those maze waterblocks from danger den... except better
talking about size, i did some paper sketching with my dad today and the thing just jumped 50cm, its 50cm long, 50 , i made some estimations end it seems that i'm going to need like 7 or 8 meters of squer tubing
well 50cm is a good size... 19.28 inches if my scribbling is right. i dont see anything wrong with a box with those dimensions. my case is going go be about 20x20x10 inches... maybe bigger.
ouu i know that so well:rolleyes:Quote:
... maybe bigger
any progres or something
not a lot. ive been thinking about how to make the ports on the block work better, but i havent come up with anything to make a special note of.
the contest has got me wrapped up right now. i may actually be making some progress with sponsors.
any thing new on the sponsor front
i totally missed this. its been a while since ive checked back here.
no progress on sponsors. im hitting more brick walls. there WAS some interest, and then they decided not to respond to my emails. i just love companies...
i HAVE been thinking about the waterblock though. after looking at it for a long time, and going through some notes about fluid dynamics, ive decided that i havent come up with the most efficient design yet. ive got some work to do. at this point im not even sure what a good idea would be, but that just takes time to solve.
ive also been working on that car.... you know about that already though. no progress there, but if there is any... i wont post it here, ill send a PM. unless people want to know about what crazy things i have going on in the automotive world too...
you be sure to PM me with the car
