- Joined
- Mar 31, 2004
- Location
- ohio
when i was shopping for all my watercooling supplys i saw the coolsleves and i thought that i could make some a bit better so i did
**** im not responsiable for you or anyone else getting hurt in this mod****
Skill level 2 (1-10 1 being a monkey can do it and 10 nasa had problems )
This is what you will need
Standed house wiring(solid) about 50ft or if you can find it solid copper wire
a copper pipe that is the same as your water tubing
a dowl rod(wooden shaft) that will fit snug in your copper pipe
a drill
a drill bit that is the same size as your wire
a buddy ( makes it easier on you)
elmers glue or anything that will stick good
leather gloves and saftey glasses
First you take your copper pipe and your dowl and glue the dowl inside the copper pipe (leave 3 inchs out the one end)and let it dry When it is dry you take your drill with the drill bit in it and drill a hole at the end of the copper on the side that you left the 3 inch section on and drill it about half way down when that is done you will want to put the dowl end of the "wrapper" (that is what you just made) in the drill and make sure that it is secure
second you have to strip the wire down to the copper(unless you have plain copper wire that is soild) if you use the house wire you should have 3 strains of wire. Now this is up to you on what you want to do you can leave the plastic coating on or not but i desided not to for mine
Third place the end of one of the wires in to the hole that you had drilled out then you bend it around the pipe about 2 times to make sure that you have it nice and tight around the pipe With your drill on SLOW you will feed the wire around the pipe Make sure you have gloves on so you can hold the pipe steady and feed at the same time
when you are done you should have a nice spring of copper just trim and sand the edges off the tip of the wire so it wont cut in to your tubing and you are done
Just streach the wire a little bit by grabing the ends and pull gently till it is at the desire space is in the middle of each coil
to make it look really good take some tarnish remover and polish the wire when it is on the copper pipe and it will shine like a new penny
well that is all and remember be safe god only gave you so many hands and fingers
**** im not responsiable for you or anyone else getting hurt in this mod****
Skill level 2 (1-10 1 being a monkey can do it and 10 nasa had problems )
This is what you will need
Standed house wiring(solid) about 50ft or if you can find it solid copper wire
a copper pipe that is the same as your water tubing
a dowl rod(wooden shaft) that will fit snug in your copper pipe
a drill
a drill bit that is the same size as your wire
a buddy ( makes it easier on you)
elmers glue or anything that will stick good
leather gloves and saftey glasses
First you take your copper pipe and your dowl and glue the dowl inside the copper pipe (leave 3 inchs out the one end)and let it dry When it is dry you take your drill with the drill bit in it and drill a hole at the end of the copper on the side that you left the 3 inch section on and drill it about half way down when that is done you will want to put the dowl end of the "wrapper" (that is what you just made) in the drill and make sure that it is secure
second you have to strip the wire down to the copper(unless you have plain copper wire that is soild) if you use the house wire you should have 3 strains of wire. Now this is up to you on what you want to do you can leave the plastic coating on or not but i desided not to for mine
Third place the end of one of the wires in to the hole that you had drilled out then you bend it around the pipe about 2 times to make sure that you have it nice and tight around the pipe With your drill on SLOW you will feed the wire around the pipe Make sure you have gloves on so you can hold the pipe steady and feed at the same time
when you are done you should have a nice spring of copper just trim and sand the edges off the tip of the wire so it wont cut in to your tubing and you are done
Just streach the wire a little bit by grabing the ends and pull gently till it is at the desire space is in the middle of each coil
to make it look really good take some tarnish remover and polish the wire when it is on the copper pipe and it will shine like a new penny
well that is all and remember be safe god only gave you so many hands and fingers
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