Some reservoirs I made this week.

**CyberDruid** · 09-01-2009, 02:07 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpEbUiRZkt0
Overview of the various reservoirs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAY1tULHzLc
Vid of them running on a test loop...not real exciting but I gottsta gottsta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG1SUixQDR0
Waterfall Reservoir (5-bay but skinny) with Typhoon III pump housing grafted to it lol...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQi7CJb4NE
Close up of same

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ4HBCYzU6U
3-bay waterfall reservoir with Typhoon III grafted to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dLrFz23rso
dual chamber 3-bay for two loops with identical waterfall internals for each side...too much fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPtm5cnhKCg
A look at the internals on a Waterfall reservoir

That was way too much fun for one week.

All of them are 1/4" polycarbonated fused with waterthin polycarb cement and overlayed with a fillet of Weldon 16. I test them for several days to check for leaks. They all have slightly different internals.

Check out my Youtube Channel for more LC related videos.

Here are some pics

Messy, tedious, time consuming...everything I love about work.

**Aphellyon** · 09-01-2009, 02:27 PM

Neat waterfall Zen effect.

**MoMo_RT** · 09-01-2009, 02:27 PM

Those look pretty bad ass... If it worked with my build I would probably grab one for sure. Maybe on my next build.

Question though. You may have covered this and I just missed it but what about bubbles? It seems like there are so many that they would become something of a problem.

**millertime359** · 09-01-2009, 02:27 PM

Looks sweet CD, you should talk to Geno about getting you some that are just the pump top section. and missing the res section so they don't stick out so far.

**XKaan** · 09-01-2009, 02:35 PM

Excellent work my friend! (Not the easiest material to work with)

**Vapor** · 09-01-2009, 02:36 PM

The 5-bay waterfall+T3 is amazing

(so are the others too, of course, but I'm totally in love with the 5-bay waterfall+T3)

**adam9977** · 09-01-2009, 02:41 PM

Very nice work! I like the waterfall effect!

**century child** · 09-01-2009, 03:19 PM

Very nice work mate. I wish I had the skills/resources to do stuff like this. My hat's off to you.

**SNiiPE_DoGG** · 09-01-2009, 03:24 PM

looks great CD, I cant wait to build my next reservoir, I think its something everyone should try because its really fun and satisfying to have your own design in your case

**Meatpuppet** · 09-01-2009, 05:03 PM

Wow, I love the new waterfall reservoirs. Just a question, how deep are the reservoirs with the attached typhoon III? Again, great great work.

**Fitseries3** · 09-01-2009, 06:56 PM

nice!

**Waterlogged** · 09-01-2009, 07:08 PM

As usual CD, stellar work.

**ptrout** · 09-01-2009, 07:27 PM

The 5 bay res, is 3.5 inches deep, and 6.5 deep at the t3 end, its going into my HAF932 build, along with a IandH bloodrage block.

The size was contrained by the feser 360.

**DarthBeavis** · 09-02-2009, 06:17 AM

I <3 Cyber

Dude are awesome

**Serra** · 09-02-2009, 10:59 AM

Amazing. There has to be a good market for something like that, it looks unbelievable.

**CyberDruid** · 09-02-2009, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by Aphellyon

Neat waterfall Zen effect.

With five of them running on two loops it's like being by a babbling brook...not too annoying really.

Originally Posted by MoMo_RT

Those look pretty bad ass... If it worked with my build I would probably grab one for sure. Maybe on my next build.

Question though. You may have covered this and I just missed it but what about bubbles? It seems like there are so many that they would become something of a problem.

Bubbles are inherent in a waterfall...one of the reasons most fish ponds have somethinglike that to aerate the water. Definitely a sacrifice for looks...but I try to come up with internals that limit the amount of air returning to the pump. Hence all the slight variations from unit to unit.

Originally Posted by millertime359

Looks sweet CD, you should talk to Geno about getting you some that are just the pump top section. and missing the res section so they don't stick out so far.

Geno actually PMed me to say NOOOOOOOO don't cut any more I'll send you some

Originally Posted by XKaan

Excellent work my friend! (Not the easiest material to work with)

It's actually a little nicer to cut and route than acrylic...not so stinky and sticky, but God help you if a piece gets sucked into the saw and spit back out

Originally Posted by Vapor

The 5-bay waterfall+T3 is amazing

(so are the others too, of course, but I'm totally in love with the 5-bay waterfall+T3)

I credit pTrout with getting me rolling in that direction. We went back and forth on various points and finally arrivedat the unit in the vid. It's got a great look. Even without a pump I like the smaller L dimension on this res. For cases with tons of empty optical bays I think a 3" deep res like this would be cool in as many bays as you can spare...fill em up with water

Originally Posted by adam9977

Very nice work! I like the waterfall effect!

I am interested in makingone that has the same effect with less noise and aeration. But the way light lenses through the water is my favorite.

Originally Posted by century child

Very nice work mate. I wish I had the skills/resources to do stuff like this. My hat's off to you.

Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

looks great CD, I cant wait to build my next reservoir, I think its something everyone should try because its really fun and satisfying to have your own design in your case

Your res in Flow came out perfect. It's definitely a Modder's
Rite of Passage"

Originally Posted by Meatpuppet

Wow, I love the new waterfall reservoirs. Just a question, how deep are the reservoirs with the attached typhoon III? Again, great great work.

That is definitely a limiting factor on the TyphoonII graft. The pump needs about two bays of pond in the res to stay wet and that limits what you can achieve with 3 bays. I put the first fall right off the top and could only fit one trough which will actually be half submerged. You still still get a double fall effect.

Originally Posted by fitseries3

nice!

Originally Posted by Waterlogged

As usual CD, stellar work.

Originally Posted by ptrout

The 5 bay res, is 3.5 inches deep, and 6.5 deep at the t3 end, its going into my HAF932 build, along with a IandH bloodrage block.

The size was contrained by the feser 360.

You should see how jammed his case is with gear...there's about 1/8" clearance between res and rad.

Originally Posted by DarthBeavis

I <3 Cyber

Dude are awesome

Back atcha

Originally Posted by Serra

Amazing. There has to be a good market for something like that, it looks unbelievable.

That would be nice. It's more fun designing them than making them.

**voigts** · 09-03-2009, 06:28 AM

Great work. Your stuff is definitely one-of-a-kind. From looking at them, I'll bet they take a lot of time to make- a lot more than most people would realize.

**CyberDruid** · 09-03-2009, 08:03 AM

I fool myself into thinking they don't take that long to make...then I make like 5 or 6 at a time and a week goes by and at the end I always think what the hell am I doing? Beats flipping burgers I guess

**MoMo_RT** · 09-03-2009, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by CyberDruid

Bubbles are inherent in a waterfall...one of the reasons most fish ponds have somethinglike that to aerate the water. Definitely a sacrifice for looks...but I try to come up with internals that limit the amount of air returning to the pump. Hence all the slight variations from unit to unit.

I guess with a bit more restriction the flow will be a bit lower and there probably wont be quite as many bubbles.

**CyberDruid** · 09-03-2009, 08:05 AM

Yes I believe that is the case in an actual loop. Once I got the one installed in a turn key I did last week it was exactly what I wanted: a gentle flow with very little noise. The HK blocks are apparently pretty restrictive.

Have a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I29tLV8mKw

**MoMo_RT** · 09-03-2009, 08:20 AM

would it be possible to put a plate in front of the fluid out hole that slants downward in front of it and has small holes at the top to let and bubbles escape? Something like the Swiftech RES. That may prevent any bubbles from getting sucked up.

It looks great in a loop though. I've already decided on a theme for my next build because of these.

**CyberDruid** · 09-03-2009, 09:07 AM

The last unit I made I put a piece over the bottom port but no bubble hole. The bubble hole is a good thing. But the piece I used was simply parallel to the bottom about an inch up and an inch wide.

**Meatpuppet** · 09-03-2009, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by CyberDruid

Yes I believe that is the case in an actual loop. Once I got the one installed in a turn key I did last week it was exactly what I wanted: a gentle flow with very little noise. The HK blocks are apparently pretty restrictive.

Have a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I29tLV8mKw

Heya, did you use cathodes to light up the res in this video?

**millertime359** · 09-03-2009, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by CyberDruid

Geno actually PMed me to say NOOOOOOOO don't cut any more I'll send you some

Yea, I bet he cried a little watching that video.

**CyberDruid** · 09-03-2009, 11:00 AM

I used Blue LEDs on the 5-bay vid and blue and green 4" CCL tubes on the Glowfall vid

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