Project: Water Cooling Turbine

[rendermandan]

Hi everybody, I'm back from our Vacation. Unfortunaly my wife's father passed away while we were gone, so we had to cut our trip short. I still managed to find a little time to get a little modding done, so here it goes.

Here is a shot of the sides attached to the radiator housing:

and some braces on the bottom:

Then I mocked up the removable top:

and here it is all together:

Then I turned my attention to the 3 tapered rails that run along the tube.
I used a thin sheet of plexi sandwiched between two plate sheets.

I left a recessed in the bottom edge of the rail:

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The recess area is for the glow wire I purchased.

Here are some shots of it lit up:

And with the lights out:

Then pictures really dont' do it justice. it is much brighter than shown in the pics and looks great!

One down, 2 more to make, then I can mount them on the tube.

[Bucko]

That looks great! +rep

[Cagedconnerman]

awesome work +rep...nvm gotta spread it around

[dgrmkrp]

wow.. this is my 1st time seeing this.. just wow! very cool idea (pun intended).

Some thing I saw back in the worklog is that the reservoir has a cap that goes all the way to cover the fins when installed... This should hinder some airflow if I am not mistaken (although the air from the fans will pass over the cap and reach the ribs).

This thing looks sick and I am really curios as how it will mate with the case (and what you plan to do with the case >:) )

Good luck.. and work more and give us more to "digest"! ;)

[rendermandan]

Thanks everybody, dgrmkrp, You are right, there is a cap on both ends that does hinder the airflow into the fins. however after testing the airflow and feeling how much air moves thru the tube when both fans are running, I thing it will be ok. There is a ton of air moving.

as for how its going to tie into the case... I'm not really sure yet. I have some ideas for the case, but for now I'm just concentrating on the top. FYI, my current computer case is all aluminum silver and clear plexi with blue lights everwhere.
here is a shot:

so obvously, that will be next.

[rendermandan]

I had some time to get some stuff done this afternoon. I ended up getting alot more done than I thought I would have.

I finished making the other two light rails.

I got both sides of the back tube wraped in the trim.

then before mounting the rails, I took a piece of plexi and melted it to match the ouside of the curve for the main window.

as I heated it with a torch, I used tape to help pull it down to match the tube.

This is the final shot with it all taped down ready to cool.

Then it came time to fit the light rails.

I had to add trim to the intake end of the tube:

then I cut a slot for the wire to tranition from on rail to the next. the other transition happens inside the back box.

here is a light rail attached to the side

with the lights off

so what do you guys think?

Up next comes some serious thought as to the size and shape of the window and how I will cover the edge to make it look good.
I know I have to order more glow wire so I might get some other goodies too.

untill next time,

[danthegeek]

Awesome work so far. Im really lovin it.

[Eclecticos]

Impressive! Reminds me of the Battlestar Galactica Mod.
You got my subscription. Keep up the Fantastic Work

[rendermandan]

I just ordered 2 more sets of glow wire, some elbows and about 6' of tygon tubing. the tubing that came with the kit was ok, but I've heard so much good stuff about tygon, that I just had to get some since I was placing an order anyway. guess now I have to wait for it to get here. Hopefully I can get the window cut and laid out while I'm waiting. Cheers! and thanks again for everyones positive encouragement.

[elbarto241]

amazing work with the EL wire. and like Eclecticos said, it also reminds me of the Battlestar Galactica Mod. maybe a little kit bashing is in your future?