Another WaterFall Reservoir

[CyberDruid]

CD a little trick I learned working with plastics at hospital equipment manufacturer is that if you apply beeswax (stick form) on the saw blade while its running, the wax will act as a lube and keep the plastic from sticking to it and it helps make a cleaner cut. Works for drilling and tapping plastics too.

thanks

I use car wax (carnuba) for tapping...it makes a much cleaner thread...had not thought about waxing the saw though...

And thanks for all the positive responses. By the sound of it I will need to make some of these to sell on the FS thread. Sure would like a laser cutter

Martin I love it when you talk technical to me

The only weir I ever knew about until now was Bobby Weir

[fart_plume]

we had sticks of wax at that particular shop for cutting plastics and aluminum. It's available at most machine supply stores. I've even useda plain old white candle.

[CyberDruid]

I use a wax stick from tapmatic for cutting aluminum....the only way I could get 1/4" plate through the table saw

[fart_plume]

that will work great on plastics!

[CyberDruid]

Going to search for my real blade today. I have had about 10 requests for this style res....

[CyberDruid]

Just got off the phone with Virginia Industrial Plastics...talk about a wet dream...6 axis 5 axis and three axis routers, laser cutter and etching, vacuum forming of almost any kind of plastic.

And the owner is a VIR racing his motorcycle today

My kind of hook up. He was an instructor at Cornerspeed.net and we talked about getting me going on some trackdays...

So what I am going to do is make up some drawings and cut up the parts and label them and drive over to Elkton and talk with them in person and get a quote so I can see if this is feasible.

I'll design it so the height is easy to change and the internal parts are all the same dimensions and make up sets for 2, 3 and 4 bay units.

More on this as I progress.

[Sam__]

i love that res... im not surprised ur getting requests lol.

[CyberDruid]

I wish I had CAD still...

[sbinh]

Cool man .. It looks awesome ...

It would look EXTREMELY good if there is a watermill spinning around .....

[CyberDruid]

Next one is going to have a cherub pissing on a CPU...

[peebee]

Hey CD,

That Res looks awesome :top:
Great idea.

regards

pb

[Kayin]

I'm sure I could cast that cherub.

Boy or girl, CD?

[DarthBeavis]

Cyber you want to help me design a res?

[CyberDruid]

I'm sure I could cast that cherub.

Boy or girl, CD?

Oh Wow I never even thought about a girl pisser...hmmmm

Cyber you want to help me design a res?

Hell yeah.

[Pedalmonkey]

Cyber, you need to just start buying all these fancy toys and start making some money :P!! but i would be into the pisser res. with an LED lighting up the stream if thats possible.

[mike8913]

CD looks awesome, definitely cool. But like some one said before: I think you could use a half crescent or something in the base to cut down on air bubbles.

[Martinm210]

Oh Wow I never even thought about a girl pisser...hmmmm


Hell yeah.

That's awesome, can I get a Dodge Calvin pissing on Ford. That would make a great Christmas present for a friend of mine (Ford owner)..

[SafeFire]

Amazing work cyber, I never thought I'd say this, but you just made acrylic look sexy

I've got a few questions though.

First off, does this res oxygenate (de-bleed?) the water?

What are the dimensions of it? It looks like it fits into 3-4 5.75" bays, if not, would it be possible to construct one that would? (Would make it even sexier).

Would it be possible to divide it into 3 separate sections, by employing horizontal walls. For people who run three loops.
I'll try making a cad drawing of it when I get home (sitting in tech.hist class), to better explain the idea.

And finally, what would it cost to have you make one for me? (It's so sexy, I must have one!).

Keep up the good work druid, you could start easily get a contract with some shops if you intend to produce more of these!

[fart_plume]

You got a pm Cyber...........

[stormshadow]

friggin love it.

removing air out of a loop looks like it would be a non-issue with that thing.

how bout a double bay design? possible to get a waterfall effect using only the height of two bays??

[Nate P.]

how bout a double bay design? possible to get a waterfall effect using only the height of two bays??

I'm looking at my dual bay res right now, looks like there is enough room for a waterfall. Lets see it happen CD!

[CyberDruid]

Cyber, you need to just start buying all these fancy toys and start making some money :P!! but i would be into the pisser res. with an LED lighting up the stream if thats possible.

I was joking...but ya know with some polycast and a mold I could make a cherub with a glowing twat/pee pee Incoroprating an LED inside the res is a pretty interesting idea.

CD looks awesome, definitely cool. But like some one said before: I think you could use a half crescent or something in the base to cut down on air bubbles.

The first one I made (4-bay_) was too aggressive and the ports located too high in the first weir (thanks for the new vocab Martin) so the entry stream was turbulent and "jumped" over the first lip. This design the water simply rolls over the lip...no turbulence really.

That's awesome, can I get a Dodge Calvin pissing on Ford. That would make a great Christmas present for a friend of mine (Ford owner)..

If I can find a little Calvin to make a mold from you're on.

Amazing work cyber, I never thought I'd say this, but you just made acrylic look sexy

I've got a few questions though.

First off, does this res oxygenate (de-bleed?) the water?

What are the dimensions of it? It looks like it fits into 3-4 5.75" bays, if not, would it be possible to construct one that would? (Would make it even sexier).

Would it be possible to divide it into 3 separate sections, by employing horizontal walls. For people who run three loops.
I'll try making a cad drawing of it when I get home (sitting in tech.hist class), to better explain the idea.

And finally, what would it cost to have you make one for me? (It's so sexy, I must have one!).

Keep up the good work druid, you could start easily get a contract with some shops if you intend to produce more of these!

It is made to fit three bays.

I ranm it for several hours and within the first couple of minutes the loop de-aerated fine.

I have contracted with an Industrial Plastics shop to make these in 3-bay and then 2-bay versions in lots of about 12 per run. If the sales are as impressive as all the reponses I might finally make some money doing this stuff

When I have assembled tested units in hand I will post them here on the FS.

You got a pm Cyber...........

You da MAN!!!

friggin love it.

removing air out of a loop looks like it would be a non-issue with that thing.

how bout a double bay design? possible to get a waterfall effect using only the height of two bays??

I'm looking at my dual bay res right now, looks like there is enough room for a waterfall. Lets see it happen CD!

I made up the construction drawings for that and it should work: but only room for a single weir

can you tell Cyber jest lerned him a new werd?

I am enjoying this immensely.

[Vargher Warg]

Really cool and beautiful Res!

Just a crazy question - is it quiet?

[CyberDruid]

Yep pretty quiet...it makes a little noise..but from the vids you can tell it's not like Rosie O' Donnel taking a wizzz

[Waterlogged]

Yep pretty quiet...it makes a little noise..but from the vids you can tell it's not like Rosie O' Donnel taking a wizzz

I thought she stood up to do that?