Project: PrometheusCu

@Mach Thanks a lot, as always. It was actually a lot easier to sleeve the coil than the bare tube. The coil acted like a screw, and let me just twist the sleeving into place nice and tight. To prevent the coil from snagging I bent the end into a U shape and put the end inside the tube.

@ SXRguyinMA - np mate.

@rendermandan - I will be using the coil for the smaller tube, and I agree about the larger. Earlier today I ordered a length of solid copper tubing 1"OD - 3/4"ID. I will be throwing it onto the lathe and making a bunch of "rings" 15/16"OD - 7/8"ID - 1/4"Long - I'll place these rings strategically along the tube for the larger runs where kinking occurs.

if you need copper tube let me know, my dad installs heating systems, so I've got TONS of it laying around :up:

Cool idea mate. I have seen it done before with great success. I tried it with some plastic sleeve I had laying around and couldn't get the right effect.

Here is a link to a project that uses the same method of tube sleeving, looks very cool:
http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/sys...rderbox-fc.htm

That sleeving looks great. That's the same kind of stuff I used to sleeve hydraulic hoses with. If you are trying to sleeve a long hose, as in anything over 1.5 feet, you'll want the coil on there to make the sleeve go on easier. I think that will look amazing in there with all of the copper. +rep for so many reasons

I decided to do some test sleeving (after all I have a couple extra feet of sleeving).


Still missing the heatshrink, 'tidyness', clamps, and copper antikink rings.

That is simply amazing. I can't wait to see it with the heat shrink on it.

Ahh that's what I'm talking about. Beautiful! Add copper rings to that, wow, just wow!

where did that pico-ATX board go?

Even though that's an example you got a very nice effect. Great job.

Thanks fella's.

The pico-ITX is on my desk, I was installing the copper RAM sinks on it.

Thanks guys.
I did a quick sleeve job on a test cable. This 4conductor ribbon is a very tight fit inside the 1/4" sleeve.