Iandh has decided to make CyberDruidPC the sole outlet for a new style of barb he designed and manufactures from brass stock on a CNC milling machine. These barbs represent a new era in O-ring barb technology. The Captive O-ring ensures a tight leak-proof seal against radiators, waterblocks and reservoirs. Unlike the typical O-ring barbs mass-marketted today, these parts are made right here in the States by one of our own OverClock.Net Members: Iandh.
Typical O-ring barbs like these:
Have a narrow flange that is also the nut--overtighten this fitting and the O-ring deforms and you have a potential leak--too loose and they can become undone when moving a tube around. There is no positive friction fit with these style of barbs. the best you can done is get them hand tight and then gingerly tighten a quarter turn more.
This is Iandh's barb design. The O-ring is captive and cannot pop out when tightening--this means you can crank this barb down as tight as possible without fear of the O-ring deforming and creating a leak--these barbs will form a tight friction fit when hand tightened: there is no need for a nutted surface to wrench on.
The picture above is from Iandh's thread about his new waterblock. I saw the barbs and immediately PMed him begging him to make some for me.
I am adding these to the store. They will list at $8 each with a quantity discount of $7 each for purchases of 6 or more. This is a first production run so costs are high: but so is my opnion of these barbs.
Please take a look at Iandh's work: http://www.overclock.net/2812414-post80.html and you can see these are basically metal art.
The barbs are extremely high flow too due to the precision machine thin wall.
This first production run of 80 pieces is already 1/3 sold so if you want a pair or six of these Iandh Barbs PM me to place your pre-order.
Thanks
Typical O-ring barbs like these:
Have a narrow flange that is also the nut--overtighten this fitting and the O-ring deforms and you have a potential leak--too loose and they can become undone when moving a tube around. There is no positive friction fit with these style of barbs. the best you can done is get them hand tight and then gingerly tighten a quarter turn more.
This is Iandh's barb design. The O-ring is captive and cannot pop out when tightening--this means you can crank this barb down as tight as possible without fear of the O-ring deforming and creating a leak--these barbs will form a tight friction fit when hand tightened: there is no need for a nutted surface to wrench on.
The picture above is from Iandh's thread about his new waterblock. I saw the barbs and immediately PMed him begging him to make some for me.
I am adding these to the store. They will list at $8 each with a quantity discount of $7 each for purchases of 6 or more. This is a first production run so costs are high: but so is my opnion of these barbs.
Please take a look at Iandh's work: http://www.overclock.net/2812414-post80.html and you can see these are basically metal art.
The barbs are extremely high flow too due to the precision machine thin wall.
This first production run of 80 pieces is already 1/3 sold so if you want a pair or six of these Iandh Barbs PM me to place your pre-order.
Thanks
