<Project> Black Freighter </Project>

[NaMcO]

Incredible work Captain, sir!

Can't wait to see more of it, it's my addiction How good is the HK3.0 block compared to say the GTZ?

[CptDreadFlint]

For awhile now, I've been searching for a 9/16" holesaw.
I've been been to the Himalayas, The Amazon, the Bermuda Traingle and a quant little tribe in Africa where women wear plates on their lower lip.
I've seen Bigfoot getting a haircut, three yetties having brunch, La Chupacabra eating a burrito, the Loch Ness monster and Santa Claus playing poker. (Santa won after going all in on a pair of Jacks.)

Finally, I decided to look in my toolbox. Heh:



I'm not certain as to why I looked so adamently for something I'm not crazy about.
Holesaws in general can be quite pricey for what they are, good for one size and one size only, don't come smaller than 9/16" and they tend to make messy cuts if you don't have hands of a person with...

...hands.



Wear Safety Goggles:



Instead of running out and lugging home a lathe or some fancy drilling situation, I am endeared by one drilling accessory I never leave home without.
The American Express Unibit.
I put it on my trusty Ryobi 18v hand drill and I'm GTG.

My best discovery and my best friend.
Meet Chuck:




If your already familiar with a unibit, please bear with me. If not, allow me to show one little discovery I found useful.

In the proceeding image, both holes were made on an old-school computer chassis lying around begging to be drilled. (There's a joke in there somewhere, but I'm not going there.)
Both measure 9/16" without sanding.

Chuck the unibit was used on the top hole and the lower hole was made with a bimetal holesaw:



Chuck went through that old chassis like a hot cutlass through chocolate chip ice cream...or something.
Using the holesaw was more of a grinding, squelching, shrapnel-flying experience.


I'm in the middle of meausuring the holes that will allow the tubing to pass through the bottom of the hull to the components in the Pedestal below:



Hopefully, I can have them done during the weekend, weather permitting as I'm prone to drilling outdoors.



My finest hour. My highest tide.
My best pic of the night:



It's a macro shot of the inside side of my lens cap.
ISO 200
f/2.8

I'm off to rub the "N" for "N00b" off me forehead.

Thanks for checking in!

Doubloons:

[Anemic]

Hahaha, last picture is pricelsess!! You should sell it!

[CptDreadFlint]

Incredible work Captain, sir!

Can't wait to see more of it, it's my addiction How good is the HK3.0 block compared to say the GTZ?

Thanks NaMcO! I hope to show more soon.

I do own both blocks but haven't done any personal testing to compare the two.

However, two great testers - Hesmelaugh and Vapor have just what your looking for. Both detailed in their findings and both compare the two blocks you mentioned.

Hesmelaugh:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ght=HeatKiller

Vapor:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...eatkiller+test

[millertime359]

LOL, that final pic is by far my favorite. Do you mind if I use it for my desktop?

As usaul, everything is outstanding. That is a nice little test with the hole drilling. It surprised me that the holesaw made such a mess. It looks brand new and you said it was a metal holesaw. I know there is always a bit of sanding left after, but don't remember it being that bad.

[aka_GK]

stunning pics, exciting story line, keep it up!
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[WinstonSthlm]

So small hole saws are not the best tool to make smaller holes, good to know for large holes they are awesome tho.
Love the Doubloons picture

[shazza]

stunning pics, exciting story line, keep it up!
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+1

La Chupacabra eating a burrito

X-Files Fan ???

[CptDreadFlint]

Hahaha, last picture is pricelsess!! You should sell it!

Lol Thanks, Anemic. Glad you enjoyed it!

LOL, that final pic is by far my favorite. Do you mind if I use it for my desktop?

As usaul, everything is outstanding. That is a nice little test with the hole drilling. It surprised me that the holesaw made such a mess. It looks brand new and you said it was a metal holesaw. I know there is always a bit of sanding left after, but don't remember it being that bad.

Thanks, MT - I'm flattered. Certainly, if you need a resize let me know. We'll arrange.

That's probably the messiest hole cut I made. They don't usually turn out that bad, but never as clean as using Chuck. Then again, this is coming from somebody with remedial drilling skills (or lack thereof).

stunning pics, exciting story line, keep it up!
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Thank you, aka_GK! 'Preciate the feedback!

So small hole saws are not the best tool to make smaller holes, good to know for large holes they are awesome tho.
Love the Doubloons picture

Heyas Winston. Yep! I should have included a disclaimer:

Bigger holesaws are pretty much the bomb.

Chuck is more flexible in terms of scalability and smoother drilling, but for those days when you wanna show something who's captain of this ship, and tear something a new one, nothing beats a mean, big holesaw to release the medieval in you.

X-Files Fan ???

Scully: "Should we arrest David Copperfield?"
Mulder: "Yes, but not for this"

[charles_h]

Excellent work Rick!

Thoroughly entertaining presentation Matey!

[kgtiger]

Excellent work there Flint, you have sweet sence of humour and story telling ability to boot, love the camera work as well.

By the way I thought Lost boy's was an excellent movie.

Keep up the outstanding work ya sea dog!

[Origin_Unknown]

awesome project + reading your posts is as enjoyable as looking at the pictures!

[CptDreadFlint]

Excellent work Rick!

Thoroughly entertaining presentation Matey!

Thanks so much, Charles! I appreciate you checking in and taking a gander

Excellent work there Flint, you have sweet sence of humour and story telling ability to boot, love the camera work as well.

By the way I thought Lost boy's was an excellent movie.

Keep up the outstanding work ya sea dog!

Hi kgtiger! Total agreement with you. The Lost Boys was an excellent flick! And arrr! Thanks for your kind words, they be keepin' me a postin'!

awesome project + reading your posts is as enjoyable as looking at the pictures!

Thanks Origin! Hopefully folks won't be too off putted by my sidetracking ramblings. Thanks for stopping by and appreciate your feedback


I was inspired from a few worklogs in the past to use some sort of a cardboard/posterboard situation to be used as a playground for measuring, cutting and drilling before going to town on the actual panel.
So I purchased a temporary black posterboard, replaced it with the bottom panel of the hull in hopes to use it as a properly guided template.

Hopefully before too much longer, I'll have all the precise measurements of holes and cut locations before the cows come home.

I never understood that saying. Who lives in a place where it takes a good long time for their cows to come home? And who owns that many cows where they'll be worried about them staying out too late?
And where do said cows go to prevent them from coming home at a decent hour?
Is there a nightly bowling tournament stricly for cows I'm not aware of?

I know a fair amount of people, but not one of them own any cows, let alone owning cows who are severely late for everything to warrant such a phrase.
Every steak I ever ordered was always delivered on time. So I wonder why these poor cows are associated with a phrase that indicates a flaw in their character by implying their tendency to be constantly tardy.

Anyway, it's progressing slowly, but progressing nonetheless.

Some random shots of test tubes, ugly holes, cardboard shrapnel and temporary fittings oh my:











Another shot of the EK Res 140. I'm a big fan of Michael Phelps.
But was thinking if he was into watercooling, he'd use something like this, no? Just speculating.



Thanks for checking in! More soon!

[GregSG]

Nice pics!

Wads ur background?

[Touge180SX]

Cpt,

I almost piss my pants when I read your threads!

Great work as usual.

[kgtiger]

Tizz gota question for yu Flint.

Could you please let me know if you can fit two straight BP fitting into a heatkiller, I have read that you can't. I have seen that you have used two 45 degress fitting in one of your heatkillers, I hope this is not too much of a challenge.

I want to use BP-BSCPFD-CC6 G1/4 to 7/16" (5/8"OD) . I am not sure what size fittings you are using.

Thanks for your time and effort, I do so much appreciate it ya crusty old sea dog.

[Weevil]

I never understood that saying. Who lives in a place where it takes a good long time for their cows to come home? And who owns that many cows where they'll be worried about them staying out too late?
And where do said cows go to prevent them from coming home at a decent hour?
Is there a nightly bowling tournament stricly for cows I'm not aware of?
[/B]

When I was a young buck my parents used to send me to the family farm in Wisconsin during the summers to keep me away from all the murdering Vampires here in Santa Cruz, the term until the cows come home came from there, in the morning you take the cows out of the barn after milking, (its done with machines now) and bring them out to pasture, at the end of the day, they some how know to come back, they'll stand by the gate waiting to be brought back in the barn for the night.

So there ya have it.

[dingdong555]

AHHAHA @ the last picture!

Wanna fly to Aus and take pictures of my new worklog soon?

[millertime359]

I love your photos. I think Michael Phelps would really like watercooling too. That would probably be his favorite part.

[CptDreadFlint]

Nice pics!

Wads ur background?

Thank you, Greg!

I'm a son of a sailor. My father once sailed the 7 seas and he instilled that same adventuresome quality in me. I am a pirate. Albeit, 200 years too late.
I'm always looking to expand my horizons in...wait. you mean in the photos?

Oh...

Shhhh. My secret. Tell anybody and I deny it to the end:



It's a plastic tray thingy. Cost me $1.99 from Target.

Cpt,

I almost piss my pants when I read your threads!

Great work as usual.

HAHA! Thanks Touge! I'm glad I could help entertain!

Tizz gota question for yu Flint.

Could you please let me know if you can fit two straight BP fitting into a heatkiller, I have read that you can't. I have seen that you have used two 45 degress fitting in one of your heatkillers, I hope this is not too much of a challenge.

I want to use BP-BSCPFD-CC6 G1/4 to 7/16" (5/8"OD) . I am not sure what size fittings you are using.

Thanks for your time and effort, I do so much appreciate it ya crusty old sea dog.

No problem, kgtiger. I'm using 1/2" ID - 3/4"OD compression fittings. Unfortunately two 5/8" OD straight compressions won't fit on the Heatkiller.

Attaching 45 degree rotaries work like a charm. However, you have at least one that comes in two pieces (one straight compression AND one rotary as opposed to 45-degree rotary compression already attached) as two single-piece 45 degree rotary compressions will butt heads as you attempt to screw them in.

Hope this clears things up for you

...my parents used to send me to the family farm in Wisconsin during the summers to keep me away from all the murdering Vampires here in Santa Cruz...

Mystery solved! Thank you for the clarification! Now I can go around saying, "I'm gonna fit this 3/8 OD tubing over this 1/2" barb til the cows come home." with bold confidence and a secure sense of knowing the origin of that phrase.

AHHAHA @ the last picture!

Wanna fly to Aus and take pictures of my new worklog soon?

Be careful what you wish for, Ding! I'm overdue for a trip to Australia to visit the in-laws.

I love your photos. I think Michael Phelps would really like watercooling too. That would probably be his favorite part.

Thanks MT! May I just say, your worklog is coming along nicely.
Yes?
Ok.

"Your worklog is coming along nicely."

[aka_GK]

Thank you, Greg!

I'm a son of a sailor. My father once sailed the 7 seas and he instilled that same adventuresome quality in me. I am a pirate. Albeit, 200 years too late.
I'm always looking to expand my horizons in...wait. you mean in the photos?

Oh...

Shhhh. My secret. Tell anybody and I deny it to the end:



It's a plastic tray thingy. Cost me $1.99 from Target.

hahah

[shazza]

Loving the "Phelps" pic.


And, sorry DingDong ... AZ is a lot closer to CA than Australia, so I got dibs on the Captain first

[dingdong555]

Loving the "Phelps" pic.


And, sorry DingDong ... AZ is a lot closer to CA than Australia, so I got dibs on the Captain first

Oh crap.

The tray is an ingenious design that works flawlessly!

[kgtiger]

Thanks for th info there flint, much appreciated.

[millertime359]

Thanks MT! May I just say, your worklog is coming along nicely.
Yes?
Ok.

"Your worklog is coming along nicely."

I just try not to embrass myself with the quality of photos I take. Just do my best with what I have.

Keep the updates coming. Love your photo skills.