Nate, You Have PM.
 

Can you still use the switch in the first pcie slot?

Looks very tight and with the card covering it from above it doesn't look like you'd be able to remove the card once it's been put in and locked.

But that's my point. I can't get to that switch when the card is in from the top as the backplate covers it. So you need to be able to switch it from the side if that makes sense. But it looks like the block it the same height which means I won't be able to reach the switch.

Sounds good mate. Cheers.

Awesome work Nate, really happy with how they turned out. Looks phenomenal!

Nate, can you do me a favor and take a pic looking directly down at the face of the delrin top
so I can do a mock up of the engraving?
 
Thanks mate

iamSneaky
Nate, can you do me a favor and take a pic looking directly down at the face of the delrin top
so I can do a mock up of the engraving?
 
Thanks mate

 
I can e-mail you a pdf, or something that will print to scale.

Do you hand engrave it, or do you do it an a CNC type?
 
 
Installed an O-ring, and doing some preliminary design leak testing. 


 
There are many holes in the copper, but only a few in the Delrin.  I am testing to see how many holes are necessary for the design.  If the design is strong enough on its own, I can just omit the holes going down the channel.  If there is a slight leak, then I can use those holes.  Most of this is done behind the scenes but since this block didn't get a prototype phase, I am doing all the testing with this first batch. 
 
I will likely leave all the holes since its the bottom of the block, and I can always retain the option of putting additional screws in it, should someone really put some crazy pressure through the block, then I can beef up the structure with the additional screws. 
 
I also don't use hose clamps.  I have always used a surgical rubber type hose when I watercool.  It was super stretchy and never needed hose clamps.  Once I see this block installed and how it works with some CPU blocks, then we can probably expand it to fit more connectors. 

I emailed you the pdf.  I can make it a dxf for you or some other format if you like?  engraving Delrin is cake.

That's great, thanks Nate. I don't really need vector line art of the actual
blocks, all I need is the measurements and once I have the blocks, I can
work out the text/logo positioning in relation to X,0 - Y,0.
Images for the moment are just for visual layout of the text/logo
for Acesi7 and I to see what would look best.
;-)

 

 
Pics of the finish.  Thanks again for the face mill! <you know who know who you are!
For those wondering what it is, its a Glacern Machine Tools FM45 Face mill.  

Your Vreg block doesn't look much different then that... but I am sure I could be persuaded ;)
 
More pr0n:

Sandblasted goodness.
 
edges coated and hanging in the oven to cure:


 
its 1am... calling it quits for the day.  I can barely see strait anymore between the cooking paint vapors, and inhalation of the glass beads to clean the blocks.  Killer headache!
 
More pics tomorrow as the finishing process continues.

Mate that's amazing. I love it!
 
Can't wait to get my 2 of a kind Nateman_doo + IamSneaky blocks!
 
Really going to finish of my design.
 
Might have some more work for you soon. But I'll discuss that with you later. :)

I'll be using just a standard D cutter with a slight angle, probably be between 1 and 1.5mm deep
(0.04 - 0.06 of an inch) but I will look at the block and determine the best depth when I see it.
With Epoxy filling around 1-2mm depth is best as the epoxy being smooth and high gloss, it gives better visual depth.
Probably need to be much shallower for the smaller text though.
Yeah, for tri and quad SLI it will barely be visible but I will only have 2 cards so about the bottom two thirds should be visible.

One I would like to have

Batch number 2... how do you do?