My Newest Creation: "The Lemon Block"

[ThePunkGeek]

looks sweet
1/4 on the end thats pretty small :\

[DorrellCO]

Well here it is. When the top is made it will have a 1/2"ID middle inlet and 2 1/4" or 3/16" outlets on the ends of the outer channel.
http://www.dorrellco.com/aluminumWB5/002.JPG
http://www.dorrellco.com/aluminumWB5/006.JPG
Outer channels is 1/4" wide .3125" deep. Inner channels are .125" wide and .25" deep. Pins are .25" squared. The block material is .5" thick, 2" wide, 3" long. That leaves .1875" of base for the outer channel and .25" base on the inner part.

Hopefully I can get the barbs in sometime this week...

[pby5cat]

cool now u need yellow water

[JasonKosi]

Are you concerned that the majority of water will avoid your little pin city there in the center and the vast majority of water will flow aroun in the larger outer channels?

Edit: Looks good, by the way. I could just see yellow UV dye in the water to make it look like a nuclear lemon! :D Or at least like Mike's Hard Lemonade :beer:

[Lusankya]

No, he said the inlet will be in the middle so the water goes right into the "pin city" with the outtakes on the ends

[JML]

http://dtekcustoms.safeshopper.com/9/98.htm?778

Yellow UV dye!

[Moriquendi]

thats just what a sherbert lemon looks like

[Mizzery]

Nice mill work :)

I'm asuming thats aluminum. Why not make some 'dents' in the bottom with a drill bit, like on the swiftys. Just a thought for increased surface area.

[Starfoxer]

wow, looks good! would a dremmel cut through that? it would
be awesome if you could anodize it yellow, would that fubar
cooling?


please post in the CORRECT section. william and the other mods are getting tired of moving threads.

[The Overclocker]

looks good, the design looks sound as in theory the water should spred evenly accros the waterblock - only a test will prove this this though

[ColdMiser]

Originally posted by pby5cat
cool now u need yellow water

Did somebody say yellow water (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119941)?:eek:

[DorrellCO]

Originally posted by Starfoxer
wow, looks good! would a dremmel cut through that? it would
be awesome if you could anodize it yellow, would that fubar
cooling?


please post in the CORRECT section. william and the other mods are getting tired of moving threads.
Sorry man I was unaware of the water cooling section. Havn't been here in a long while. Not sure what you would want to do with the dremel but usually they are no good on AL unless it is a drill bit.

As for the poster that said 1/4" is kinda small, there will be a 1/2"ID inletr directly in the middle and TWO 1/4"ID outlets. Maybe two 3/16" to create a little pressure. Will post in other forum now. :D

[FunkDaMonkMan]

ok... if you have 1/2in in... you would need four 1/4's out.... is my math right here? or would you need 3.14 1/4's out.... not sure.. but .. more than 2.

[FunkDaMonkMan]

Oh btw, it looks sweet... I mean sour

[DorrellCO]

Originally posted by funkdamonkman
ok... if you have 1/2in in... you would need four 1/4's out.... is my math right here? or would you need 3.14 1/4's out.... not sure.. but .. more than 2.
Hummm, 1/4" + 1/4" = 1/2"??? Maybe I am thinking to simple?

[FunkDaMonkMan]

lets just make the tube square for simplicity.....

1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2

well look at the drawing

[Caffinehog]

Originally posted by Mizzery
Nice mill work :)

I'm asuming thats aluminum. Why not make some 'dents' in the bottom with a drill bit, like on the swiftys. Just a thought for increased surface area.

Good idea. Dents also improve flow. Why do you think golf balls have dents? It makes it easier for air to flow over them.

[DorrellCO]

Originally posted by funkdamonkman
lets just make the tube square for simplicity.....

1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2

well look at the drawing
Yeah but this drawing also applies the the outlets!

[grunjee]

Looks cool, let's just hope it doesn't turn out to be a "lemon" cooling-wise.

[NoKtEm]

looks nice! make sure to post and tell us how it performs

[wymjym]

Originally posted by funkdamonkman
lets just make the tube square for simplicity.....

1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2

well look at the drawing

let's not, for 1/2"

A=pi x r squared so
A= 3.14 x (.25 x .25) (radius is 1/2 of the diameter, squared is times itself)
A = .19625


for 1/4"
A=3.14 x (.125 x .125)
A = .049

.049 x 2 (two outlets) = .098 which is less than the inlet so the pressure will rise and the flow will be reduced.

The actual id is less than the above example but the ratios are similar.
wj

[Yodums]

Very nice. I wonder what would happen if you painted the top of the block yellow or something :)

[Caffinehog]

Originally posted by wymjym


let's not, for 1/2"

A=pi x r squared so
A= 3.14 x (.25 x .25) (radius is 1/2 of the diameter, squared is times itself)
A = .19625


for 1/4"
A=3.14 x (.125 x .125)
A = .049

.049 x 2 (two outlets) = .098 which is less than the inlet so the pressure will rise and the flow will be reduced.

The actual id is less than the above example but the ratios are similar.
wj

I would just use 1/2" for all three of them. It would simplify the the tubing connectons, don't you think?

[Caffinehog]

And maybe put a radiator on EACH out channel. The water would be slower there, so it would spend more time in each radiator.

[TLKfatman]

Caffinehog are u saying he make the inlet bigger so it will flow more water
or have same in as out
or just make out smaller

[Caffinehog]

I would say have the same size inlet and outlet. It would make it so you didn't have to get adapters to increase/decrease hose size, and you would only have to buy one size of hose. And if you used two radiators after the waterblock, the same hose size would make the water flow more slowly through the radiators, improving cooling.

[jdmcnudgent]

very nice block.:D

[grim]

use 3/8" outlets and then you can just stretch the 3/8" hose over a 1/2" T connector to join them into a single 1/2" tube

[strokeside]

Use 1/2" in and 2 x 1/2" outs and join the two outs after that, this will give you half the flow when in the block letting you soak up a lot of heat, and your radiator should be able to dissapate the heat when the water is going at full flow anyways, assuming you have enough airflor through your fan that is.

[grim]

actually, thats a myth. you want as high flow as possible in all parts of your system. you dont want the waater to stay in the block long. you want it in and out as fast as possible.