Quad 140 Radiator Stand

[Mudgey]

Hi guys,

I have just designed myself a floor/desktop radiator stand to mount a 140mm rad, in my case its being designed to support the mammoth weight of a quad 140..

Any mfr is going to charge me a fortune to CNC out those feet unless were talking large volume, I was wondering if anybody here can Lathe work alu bar for £££?

Approx Requirements:
Just under 1" dia, approx 15mm thick.
Small counterbore/recess one end for sticky rubber pads.
M5 hole through centre.
Two small flutes around diameter, only for aesthetic purposes!

Full engineering drawing will be given.

I think I am going to widen the base a bit to give more stability, and adjust some panels as they do not blend well together.

If anybody wants one give me a shout as it'll bring costs down with more made in one go!

Cheers!

[nlancaster]

How about something like these?

I know they are bigger then 1inch in diameter but already made and ready to go.

Also, do you have access to a drill press. I made something like these once on a drill press by putting in the mounting screw and grabbing that with the drill press. Then used a file to cut the grooves. Just don't press to hard as you can knock the chuck out of the drill press.

[Mudgey]

Hi nlancaster, those are exactly how I have drawn mine! Only problem is they are too big. I have found out my local fab shop has a small lathe so have emailed an eng dwg over to them to see what price they can give me.

I do not have access to machinery, and unfortunately I always manage to mess a job up right at the very end when im working with tools! I can bolt things together no problem so thats what I prefer to do! lol I think patience is my problem, however with CAD I can sit here for hours on end working on various projects..

[nlancaster]

And with CAD it is impossible to screw up hardware!!

You might be supprised how cheap it will be for such a simple part.

[Church]

Might i bring up issue of such long and heavy rad mounted vertically will make center of gravity high and easy to tip over by accidental pushing. So it's wise to use fans (and maybe some fangrills aswell) on both sides of rad, to serve as extra protection of rad (i recall reading about easily dealt damage to rad from few falling accidents). And imho reasoning that owner will be careful is not enough. There are always playful children, pets, wife cleaning up place, drunk friends and alike disasters waiting to happen

[NKrader]

There are always playful children, pets, wife cleaning up place, drunk friends and alike disasters waiting to happen

locking door and turning off cell forever..

[Mudgey]

I'm given the go ahead to get 10 made initially. I'll reply here with pictures and details once they are ready to ship.

The centre piece and sides will be made out of 1.6mm m/steel and the bottom plate is 2mm m/steel. The whole thing will be powdercoated and the alu feet will be left with a machined surface finish to N8 / Ra3.2. The frame will be powdercoated and stainless steel fasteners will be supplied. The first 10 will be sold at a loss, but i'd rather get 10 made and find they are wrong than 50!!

Cheers,
Adam

[Conumdrum]

Might i bring up issue of such long and heavy rad mounted vertically will make center of gravity high and easy to tip over by accidental pushing. So it's wise to use fans (and maybe some fangrills aswell) on both sides of rad, to serve as extra protection of rad (i recall reading about easily dealt damage to rad from few falling accidents). And imho reasoning that owner will be careful is not enough. There are always playful children, pets, wife cleaning up place, drunk friends and alike disasters waiting to happen

Not a bad point. I just noticed the rad weight isn't centered in the middle. Might look into that, bit tippy in one direction?

[Mudgey]

Ah thats strange, I replied seperately to those posts, I guess I didnt click send!

Fan grill tastes differ between people, I believe the best thing to do is to offer the unit without grills and if the user wish's to use them then they may choose from the many different types available from many retailors. I have made the feet wider to increase the stability of the unit, this of course, becomes less of a worry with 420mm rads etc.

I have offset the rad as this will me to run fans and fan spacers on the side facing us, so once everything is assembled the stand is positioned approximately in the middle of the rad/fan assembly.

[Mudgey]

Hi guys,

I have just received the fabricated parts today, however I am still awaiting on the CNC machined feet. They were shipped at the end of last week I believe so they should be with me anyday now.

The image below shows the steel parts bolted together but without the CNC feet. Some will notice the G-Changer 560 rad in the background, this will be assembled along with rad spacers and 140mm fans once the CNC feet have arrived.

Edit: Just to let you those are not nuts on the back but infact hank bush's which are pressed into the steel, so all thats needed for assemply is an allen key!

[Brodholm]

Is there any other company thats planing on releasing 560 radiators?

[Mudgey]

I have only heard of the Black Ice SR1 and the G-Changer, however this will mount any size of 140mm rad, and in the future there willl probably be a 120mm version. This floor stand allows users to buy and use these extreme radiators even if they haven't got mammoth PC cases!

[Manicdan]

i think it would be cool to build a handle that uses the top fan mounting holes, for easy moving and stylish appearance to match the base

[Church]

Don't know. In my eyes if i'd ever consider external rad, i'd probably get MoRa3.

[Jacka]

Black Ice SR1 and the G-Changer

The GTX560 is also available.

[ld0891]

cnc looks very good.
and nice design too.

[Alexandr0s]

You know this stand would look good for any type of 140mm rad . One of the best I've seen so far . You're still waiting for the feet by the looks of it?

[wez]

Looking good

[Mudgey]

Thanks for the encouraging comments guys!

I am still waiting on the feet and then I can post pictures of the whole unit assembled with a 560 rad, it looks pretty awesome already with the rad installed!!

[Mudgey]

I have finally received the CNC machined feet. I have attached some pictures of the unit fully assembled with a 560 radiator!

I have 10 available, however lots of people have PM'ed me expressing their interest so be quick!

These are now ready, please pm me for a price and shipping costs.

[Church]

Mudgey: Next thing you can work on - make this stand easily extendable to something speaker alike .. more fit to bolt on good looking 'box' on top, or since the beginning box-like design (to get as result something like aquaduct, that would look good near Hi-Fi hardware )

[Mudgey]

Hi Churchy,

Thats a good idea, however that aquaduct looks hideous!!

[NaeKuh]

a rad stand is kinda pointless without a holder for a small PSU.

Sorry to say, but most rad stands are located externally.
Then having tubing + wires come from rads to your case is very ugly.

I would be very nice if you could somehow integrate a holder for a small PSU, to keep near the rads so you can connect the fans to it, instead of having the fans cables to back to your computer.

Or a way to combine all 3 leads into 1 nicely.... you want to minimize whats going in and out of your case.



Other then that its a very nice and simple design.

[Church]

NaeKuh: extra PSU for fans - price++. Imho single wire for all of fans (or all of them sleeved together) won't be as bad. I recall seeing L-slot bracket with 4-pin molex in it (originally probably for quick test/connecting something like standart harddisks/dvdroms). Imho something like that + quick disconnects might result in nice external radstand. Connect two quick disconnect fittings, push in connector in that bracket and all ready to go . It would be nice to see integrated rheostat for fans in external rad aswell.

[Mudgey]

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