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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/05 11:03:09
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/05 12:18:44
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I don't want to accept any payments at this time. Let me finish this batch first.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/05 12:36:32
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on this week you can finish first batch?whats you mean?
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/05 12:39:43
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Your translation software isn't doing you much justice.
I can't say how long they will take, but I hope to have daily progress pictures.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/06 06:34:17
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Top plate is surfaced:  edging done:  and a close-up of the surface finish:  Not much to look at for you guys, but just goes to show the process of what is involved making a new batch of blocks. Still have to do more work to the plate with drilling/tapping holes, and other functions.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/06 10:45:56
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Out of curiosity, why round of the edges of the fixture plate? Just to remove sharp corners?
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/06 11:21:40
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eh, just thought it looked nicer. It was just as easy to make it square, or rounded. It makes me happy? :P
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/06 14:23:33
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eh, just thought it looked nicer. It was just as easy to make it square, or rounded. It makes me happy? :P
Fair enough 
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/11 06:41:34
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Update: keeping with the rounded edges that has captivated leland...  I cut some brackets to hold down the multiple blocks. Traditionally I use threaded studs and various clamping fixtures, but there isn't much room for them on the table, so I came up with a single "strap" of 3/8" thick aluminum to hold them all down with a bolt on each side of each block. The traditional clamps are the black bars on the right of the picture. And here are the finished (and thankfully marked) brackets.  The table will be laid out something like this:  Although...having cut them already at midnight I am now looking at it with fresh eyes this morning. I may have to drill a new hole for the second down from the top right. Its god awful close to the top right block. Plenty of room to move around though, so its not that big a deal. There are random holes all over this plate, but they aren't a big deal. The aluminum came from the scrap yard so it was very inexpensive. For what I need it to do, its perfect. I just have to move things around to capitalize on all the real estate of that plate. It would serve no purpose to buy a new chunk of aluminum just to drill holes in it anyway.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/11 10:18:37
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Thanks for sharing pics, interesting to see how things progress.
And those are some mighty fine rounded edges sir.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/11 10:26:51
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Those bars are a huge shift in the process of how I do things. Since I haven't really been doing batches of multiple blocks at a time, (mostly 1 at a time) this process speeds up the clamping and indicating processes.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/11 13:19:41
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I have to admit, I'm very confused as to what these hold downs are going to do...
Will be very curious to see some pictures/a video of them in production.
Cheers for the updates nateman_doo!
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/11 14:49:45
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I have to admit, I'm very confused as to what these hold downs are going to do...
Will be very curious to see some pictures/a video of them in production.
Cheers for the updates nateman_doo!
To hold down the blocks during the milling process I assume. Maybe once they are milled to a certain point the blocks could break away from the base due to less material holding them down vs. the pressure of the bit moving around. Now that I've typed this out and looking back at the pics I think I may be getting confused as well.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/11 15:26:56
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Acesi7I have to admit, I'm very confused as to what these hold downs are going to do...Β Will be very curious to see some pictures/a video of them in production.Β Cheers for the updates nateman_doo!
To hold down the blocks during the milling process I assume.Β Maybe once they are milled to a certain point the blocks could break away from the base due to less material holding them down vs. the pressure of the bit moving around.Β Now that I've typed this out and looking back at the pics I think I may be getting confused as well.
I thought that too. However, this straps appear to run right through the middle of the blocks. You wouldn't be able to mill them with this in place... But most of this is way out if my knowledge arena so I'll just wait to see how it all pans out. Hehe
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/12 05:55:23
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Not to worry, as long as one of us knows whats going on ;) Basically whats going on is this:  I laid out the outline of the block on the plate. See how there 2 holes on each side of the outline? Those are the "hold down" screws. Take a look at this picture:  See how the block as 6 screws holding it down? Its the same concept. There are various methods to hold the piece of material you are working on. Basically the strap is there to hold the cut sections of raw material in place, while I drill the 2 holes that will align with those holes in the plate. Then some small screws go in and hold the work piece in position, and the strap plate comes off. It is a once process item. A process being, a bit change, re-positioning of the work piece etc. The strap only holds it while I drill those 2 holes in each separate block. With the As_rock blocks, instead of a strap, I drilled holes and used bolts w/washers to hold the raw material down:  Same concept. Once the work piece is secure, holes drilled, bolts inserted, then the clamping method is removed and you have a block mounted. Then just remove the excess material. Just like Michelangelo (yea right) The sculpture is already there, you just have to remove the excess. ;)
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/12 17:19:33
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Not to worry, as long as one of us knows whats going on ;)
Same concept. Once the work piece is secure, holes drilled, bolts inserted, then the clamping method is removed and you have a block mounted. Then just remove the excess material. Just like Michelangelo (yea right) The sculpture is already there, you just have to remove the excess. ;)
OK that makes so much more sense. When I pictured a chunk of aluminum in my head for some reason I imagined a taller piece of jagged, wrinkly ore.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/13 15:31:57
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Gotcha, that makes sense, and this is why your the pro. :)
Enjoy your weekend mate. Speak again soon.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/15 11:29:32
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 Coming along
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/15 13:32:56
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Beautiful Work Nate, You've come a Long Way since the "Good Ol' Days"! 
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/15 17:16:01
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Beautiful Work Nate, You've come a Long Way since the "Good Ol' Days"!
OMFG your ALIVE?!?
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/15 17:49:34
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LOL!, Contrary to Popular Belief.....Yes, I am Still alive and Lurking around the Forums. I posted a few times lately in the "Get it Colder II" thread just looking to see if anyone was going as Crazy as a Few of us were back in 2012.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/16 06:38:12
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Blocks are bolted in place, and all holes drilled.  Now Michelangelo comes along and removes the excess material. I am still writing some of the code for it.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/16 10:26:14
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Blocks are bolted in place, and all holes drilled.
Now Michelangelo comes along and removes the excess material. I am still writing some of the code for it.
NateMan, i see you was finish first batch? when you can take second batch?
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/16 10:28:27
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/16 10:35:26
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anyway you require for ending very small time......
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/16 11:52:54
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/16 11:54:29
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in any case, you left quite a bit to do to finish.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/16 15:32:50
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Looking good nateman_doo. Awesome work. Love seeing the 'step-by-step'.
Can't wait to get one of these into my hot little hand.
Are you still planning on doing a NB/SB chipset block also? Or has that idea been 'canned'?
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/17 06:09:22
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 inner channel cut out. Still working on the code, but everything is going according to plan.
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Re: EVGA X79 DARK WATERBLOCK *prototype finished!*
2013/12/17 06:16:44
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Looking good nateman_doo. Awesome work. Love seeing the 'step-by-step'.
Can't wait to get one of these into my hot little hand.
Are you still planning on doing a NB/SB chipset block also? Or has that idea been 'canned'?
Thanks! Fun to watch your block grow into maturity right? ;) The NB/SB it hasn't been canned yet, I just havent had the time to work on the prototype. I can shift focus on that once this batch is done? or start a second batch of these?
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