Project : L3p L4n

[UrbanSmooth]

That's very cool. I didn't see any yellow, orange, or white there?

[l3p]

Thanks!
Well they are there for sure, maybe the controller was set a little too fast to see the difference.

[d3v0]

I would love to make a window in my fractal case just like yours. I can't get over how nice the flush window looks. I am wondering if the best way to approach it would be to cut to short then file down the side panel until flush? I don' think my side panel is as thick as yours was, would you suggest still doing it?

[l3p]

You can always try it
I would do it the same as I did. But when it finally fits lay the panel AND acrylic on it's flat side, so the will both be flush.
Then just use strong glue to keep in on its place on the back side.

[l3p]

The 'rough' 6kg copper part should be here any moment!

I did have some time to post the nice Battle Dragon Gaming Bag I got from Tt esports for this build at lans. At home I will probably use this Keysonic RF board (HTPC)





























Color of mouse and keyboard is adjustable. Fan is removable :P



























Thanks a very lot Tt esports for offering this incredible bag!

[Dk_vr]

Great ! Now you need to find some time for gaming. You got the gear!

[l3p]

The copper block...





I ordered a piece of 300x155x15,5, this was going to be 6kg.
When I wanted to lift it quickly I had some problems...
Appeared my 'foreign friend' sent a brick of 300x200x20.





Price for a piece of copper with these measures in Holland is around €360
Got it for €185 now





Think it'll fit.





Sending it to Quepee tomorrow, he loves copper





Today Quepee also engraved the backplate.
He told me he had a plan for the "Inspired by EKWB" text.
Go ahead I said..








Full of pride he showed the first picture....
I got a stroke :O
INSIRED by EKWB!





Appeared he was having fun with me :P







Again thanks a lot Quepee!!

[l3p]

To give you guys something ..

Backplate changed a bit.




And today Quepee started with the front side of the copper.




Took it back home carefully to match it with the POM part :P






Well .. we're in love with the block



Probably next week the backside.


Oh .. out of curiosity ..

Poll: Just Copper or Nickelplated?
Keep it as it is.
Nickel plate it!

[Boulard83]

God. this is a well worth thread to read ! AWESOMENESSSS !

[l3p]

Thanks!

By the way, the copper block went from 10.6kg to 6.4kg now.
After the backside milling it will 'only' weight around 1.8kg

[l3p]

Small update/teaser


Mill-route-check of the blocks backside.




Almost done! (movie completely failed cause of the coolant used while milling :/ )




Really can't wait to assemble this with the backplate, POM top en MARSII!






Maybe more this weekend

[fr0wn3r]

Jaw dropping! Never seen a copper put in a better use!

[UrbanSmooth]

Holy cow, the beast (of a card) awakens.

[l3p]

Received a very nice package this weekend from Ivo.

Sorry for the amount of pictures, didn't know which ones to delete
Everything is clickable to 2560 pixels.






Somehow I didn't dare to unpack :P





And actually stared at it for half an hour before doing anything





As you can see there isn't much left from the 10.6 kg.
The copper part weight is now exactly 1.8kg.





I really think I'm going to nickel plate it.
Copper part is already oxidizing after a few weeks.





But what a job Ivo did ... (And Daniel off course in front!)





POM next to it.





And the 'screwless' backplate.








Just had to put it together fast





Next day some pics in the sun.


























Exploded view.








Original red aluminum parts on it.








First time testing the M3 holes with stainless steel I ordered at Highflow








Hmmm nickelplate it?








Think I'm going to polish the POM.





For a next time.





Ok .... it just screamed to be polished





Love Coca Cola.





Love the result
(Camera didn't with all that light)




















And put it together once more for you guys











Ivo and Daniel ... Real craftsmanship!
Thanks a very lot to be able to be so close to all this!!!


Now .... let's enjoy the nice weather over here

[Elder]

Wonderful!
FC looks perfect, I'm waiting impatiently for the practical test (temps & flow)

[l3p]

Copper part has been sent to the nickel plater.
So curious how it will look!

Meantime.

Highflow sent me 3 'Cpu lapping kits' to try polishing the POM part.
(Hopefully this will succeed )
Thanks Freddy!




I was looking for O-rings for a while to seal the block.
Luckily Skiryl had some left from a previous project!






The 'Inspired by' logo was grey anodised aluminum.




Now I think it should look like the nickel and fittings.




So lets polish




When I got an hour left next week I will polish the last scratches out.

[Shuan]

Really, reeeaalllyy AMAZING! this worth every second of your time working! I wish to be there helping you, and givin' ideas :P
Keep modding!

[UrbanSmooth]

Very cool, now make three more for a quad SLI setup.

[l3p]

Too bad 2 of these already is a quad SLI setup :P

[l3p]

Sorry, just a teaser this time

Need some more time for testing/fitting.
Already had to adjust the backplate 'a bit' cause of a small miscalculation.

Very glad I decided to nickelplate it

[l3p]

And the promised update

It all didn't start as I want to last week.




It started with one m3 hole that didn't align.




Forgot the pci bracket holder.




And the bottom border of the backplate.



So, let's get the dremel.
Appears this is possible to do




And the raw file.




Made the OD of screw hole smaller.
Love these cutters!




No contact with the backplate anymore.






And backplate screw holes align.




Covering it up. (Even if you can't see it)




Already ordered some thermal pads from Highflow.




And the package arrived I've been waiting for




I have to say, all the tiny scratches that were already there are even more visible now in the right light.
However I'm really satisfied!




















Want the EKWB plate in the same style








And the next problem ...... POM

When I just got the POM there was a little scratch on it.
I thought lets remove that with some P2500 .....
Well ..forget it.. wish I had asked someone with knowledge before I did that
So eventually had to sand the complete top ... what a mess .
When I just touched it with a nail it already had a scratch on it.
It's like high carpet, when you chuck it in 2 different ways.

After some google, reading, and asking people I found out there are a few ways to recover it.
Machining it again, flaming it, sanding it in lots of grits
I chose the way to sand it like I lap a cpu. (And never again )





Started with P150, after that P240 (30 min)
You can see you can still easily scratch it with your nail




90 minutes with P600, P1000 and P1500




Next day my arms already didn't want to go further .. let's continue :P
P2000 it is.




P3000, starts to look like something.




After sanding 3.5 hours I'm done with it




Borrowed something from the marsII's younger brother.






I'm satisfied!
Not able to scratch it anymore with my nails or any other softer object then POM. (Weird stuff)






This is easier then I thought.
Put in the rubber, cut it on the exact size and glue it together holding it for 10 seconds.
The 'O-ring glue' smells like superglue. (And sticks to your fingers the same fast way)














I'm done with it for this week :P
Next week hopefully testing it on pressure and the mounting!

[l3p]

Sometimes everything goes as I want ... sometimes not.
That next to my 2 jobs at the moment, got some problems finding time


Last week after a 3 hour test I noticed this ...




So time to get my UV light, maybe I can discover more.




Setup.




Lights off.




Probably 2 small leaks.




So opened it carefully again, maybe I can see more.




Going to test it once more with a POM remount and 2x serial connected D5's. (This to be really sure)
This time with a new glued big O-ring and small cast O-rings.
Problem could be the distance between some of the M3 bolts (6-7cm) to keep the POM really flat on the copper.
It does seem it's completely flat..

So one solution is to use Loctite Quick Gasket.

Or ... I'm going to add some M3's ... and probably polish the POM again. (I will succeed!! :P )
Anyway, learned something again

[davidkozat]

I take it you like Asus?.... I do hate the feser 1 watercooling liquid though... it used to stains my see throw tubes...

[l3p]

Yeah I really like Asus products, always have :P
Not going to use Feser in my future projects. This was just to test on leaks since it is the most UV active coolant.

[davidkozat]

^^ Agree always preferred their Mobos and GPUs...