[samfreese]

Lots of stuff going here. I attached some pics, so it's a bit more friendly here in the first post. Only original project I have left is stevenma188's heatsink, which I should be finishing soon. I'll be starting some new projects of my own here soon. Look out for DICE pots and waterblocks.

 

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Originally Posted by SmasherBasher hm......i could give you a list But coming up with models/renderings is far beyond me.....Unless you like autocad 12 from WAY back when + for a great idea though.

I'm sure I can convert the files...

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Originally Posted by arekieh Could u make me a plaque with my name on it? if i designed it

Yep

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Originally Posted by whe3ls up to how big of a peice could you do?

Depends on what it is and how thick

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Originally Posted by trogalicious I smell an OCN case badge in the works...

I'm actually working on that ATM, but if you have a Solidworks, Autocad or whatever file of the OCN flame, send it my way.

 

[samfreese]

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Originally Posted by Mjg1675 What about my College's mascot made into a case badge?

Depends how cool it is.

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Originally Posted by trogalicious I might be able to get my hands on the old mastercam v8 and a dongle. If so, I'll work that out.

If you want, go for it. I can accept pretty much any file type, though

 

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Originally Posted by Mjg1675 I bet I could find more but the tiger on the left. I'll do some more looking after my grampa's funeral tomorrow.

That would be better suited for engraving or micro-machining. Sorry, but no-go.

 

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Good God! Lots of stuff to digest here. I'll post up tomorrow with some replies but for now I need some sleep. I think I'll have plenty to do now...

 

[samfreese]

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Originally Posted by H3||scr3am hrmmmm, can you make custom water blocks out of copper? or is that too much? what about copper base, brass tops?

I can make them either way.

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Originally Posted by RaBidRaBit You could bang out a few cpu pots.

I could

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Originally Posted by pr0bie How much Round a bout for you to make a nice NB and mosfet Waterblock if i drew i up, ball park? EDIT: What About a LN2 or DICE pot

Not doing things for money in this thread.

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Originally Posted by Enigma8750 Fan Shrouds would be great. Get Ideas from custom auto wheels. and CNC them. You could sell them on OCN like Candy. For 5 dollars + shipping would be a good start, but you know what it cost to make it. 120mm Fan Shrouds with unique features 140mm Same Also buy one Case.. Like a Lian Li PC-A05B and cut a really awesome design in it. Sell it but make sure that the person that your selling to send thier case door to you. Then you have a unlimited supply of material. And really good paying jobs. I would ask 80.00 at least for the first one to cover the expence of the first case.

Good thoughts, but I don't want to do a production run.

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Originally Posted by thehighlander123 AHHH 120mm fan shrouds 1.5'' deep would be awesome

WTH are fan shrouds? I've seen several mentions. PLease, somebody give me a picture

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Originally Posted by Enigma8750 make custom light and fan controllers to fit into the 5 and a quarter bin or the 3 and a half bin in cases. The wiring is easy and parts are available for a nominal fee.

Not doing things for money and really not into assembling all that little stuff

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Originally Posted by thehighlander123 if u make fan shrouds for around 10/12 bux a pop ill buy six

Not doing things for money

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Originally Posted by radodrill hmm the Flying WV wouldn't be too hard

This will be done next week on the waterjet. Congrats, you're first

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Originally Posted by Enigma8750

Interesting, but I'd need heat pipes and info on where to drill recesses for water to flow through, etc

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Originally Posted by Manyak I've got a good one... I've got an Arctic Web TEC water block, and it needs a new mount so that it can fit on a LGA1366 socket (its only got LGA775/AM2 mounts). Its a very simple piece, its just that metal bracket you see with all the holes in it in the picture underneath. If you can make one just like it but with holes for LGA1366 as well, I can stick it in my scanner and send you the exact dimensions of it. Also, if its not too much, that block could also use a copper top (its currently half Al half Cu, which as you probably know is really bad in a WC loop).

Maybe. I'd need exact dimensions.

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Originally Posted by DIRTYDUCK I 100% agree with whoever first said Dice pots...I would be soooo stoked on a dice pot!!! They should be easy to make right?

Somebody give me some dimensions and a drawing. This sound like a good lathe project

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Originally Posted by Adrienspawn Definitely radiator grills. The ones companies sell are like 30$ each. I'm sure a lot of people are looking for some on the cheap, and they should be fairly easy to make. I have no experience whatsoever in those programs though.

Pics?

Wow, that's alot of interest. I'll definitely be busy now...

 

[samfreese]

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Originally Posted by S2000_Skyline12 What about this? A case badge of this would be awesome

Why yes, yes it could. However I think those games are the

, so I'm going to pass on making that. But yes, if you guys have a logo like Skyline just put up, they are stupid easy to make on the waterjet.

EDIT: @timw4mail All those pins on the underside terrify me. That would be pretty much impossible minus having, well, I don't know. The top side would be pretty simple, but all those pins on the underside. That's the stuff of nightmares.

 

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Originally Posted by xlastshotx Or maybe you could waterjet a bunch of ocn logos out of a sheet of aluminum for some of the case modders around here

I was thinking more for folders than for case modders, but yeah, close enough.

 

[samfreese]

I wouldn't have time to do all the colors on it. The flame would be a much easier and cooler cutout, plus, no colors involved.

 

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Originally Posted by CyberDruid How about some panels for a tech station? Pretty simple stuff...basically 2D..but would be a handy file to have for sending off to the lasercutting guys.

PM me what you want. Any particular reason you have things done on laser? Waterjets can do pretty much exactly what a laser does and are cheaper to job out to. Although Im partial to waterjet work since we have one. The tolerances and restrictions are very similar. Either way Id be happy to do something for an idol. Your work is AMAZING.

 

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Originally Posted by Zoki318 I say forget about helping OCN. Nothing personal guys but in this economy there is no JOB SECURITY. I say help out other people at work if you can or work on other porjects. Your income is really important to you right now since it's not that easy to get a job like it was years ago.

Where did that come from? At my machine shop(it's actually owned by my dad, brother and myself), we have not laid anyone off, and the wages we pay are top-notch in the industry. The healthcare plan we have is paid entirely by us, with nothing out of their pocket. Everybody in the shop gets a minimum of 2 weeks paid vacation. The reason I posted up is our shop is busy, but I'M not. I like giving back to good communities, hence why I said preference goes to folders. OCN is an awesome community and has definitely helped me out, so I wanted to help this community out in return. My income is also not important to me. I own my house outright, and most everything else is paid off. I was smart and saved the money I earned through college, and was very careful about my spending habits. Yes, the job market is slim, but the way we planned our work and purchases at the shop was done so in a way that we only bought machines if we could buy them outright, allowing us to keep our workers employed even if work slowed up. While respectable that you are looking out for other people, please, know the circumstances first instead of firing off a post telling me what to do.

 

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Originally Posted by BRISKbaby I have a few ideas but lack the 3d drawing tools. Are there any open source 3d cad tools that you know of, or that are best suited to translation to your environment? ~BRISK

Google Sketchup, but it's not that great. Gets the job done, though

 

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Originally Posted by highwhey Silvia emblem.

That's stamped and would require lots of 3D machining. Plus, it's small, therefore it would be really irritating to machine, since I'd break 27 end mills cutting it.

 

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Originally Posted by stevenma188 Could you make me a backplate for mounting my Thermaltake DuOrb onto my video card. Something probably similar in concept to one of those CPU bolt-thru plates, but will fit my GPU. Currently, the heatsink is just held in by 4 bolts, but the tension seems to be warping the card. It would probably just be a flat piece of metal with holes where pre-existing bolts can go through. I am located in Canada, and would be more than happy to cover the extra cost of shipping to here. Really appreciate what you are doing here.

Got a to-scale layout of the card? I'd need that in order to draw it up in my program.

 

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Alright, so I've picked a few things out. First, I'm going to make the logo Radodrill sent me. Then, I'm going to do a few fan shrouds(as long as I get some good pics of them). After that I think I'm going to do a DICE pot, which I also needs ALL the dimensions on, as well as what type of material to use. I'm looking at all the other projects, but they may be a month or better down the road, minus a few PM's I have received.

 

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Originally Posted by BittenReaper I posted a picture of a fan shroud a few posts back, it's the best one I could find. They're very simple. I can whip up a Google Sketchup file if it'd help?

If I could get some dimensions or a sample, that'd be great.

 

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Originally Posted by CajunPower If we're gonna do college logos, lets do one for a real school.

Just the one for Radodrill for the moment. Sorry

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Originally Posted by CajunPower Actually, I would love to have this cut into the side panel of my HAF. I've been wanting to do a Nod themed HAF case for a while. This with a red CCFL glowing behind it would be awesome.

Possible, but it will be a bit before I am going to give it a go.

 

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Originally Posted by BradleyW Could you make me a 2 heatsinks to cover my VRM's on my mobo?

I'll probably be doing some heatsinks next time around. Probably in a month-ish

 

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Originally Posted by SmasherBasher Pardon me. If you have any questions about sam's intentions, please feel free to PM me and we can discuss the QX6850 he sent to me on his dime without my asking for it and refusing money for it.

Thanks, dude. Making me get all fuzzy.

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Originally Posted by Culverin samfreese, i'm a drafter by trade. i'm kinda curious what machinese you have? what they are capable of? what kind of file delivery format works best for you? .dwg files? i have the skills to CAD up a custom case from scratch, but i've been holding off.

I've never heard of "machinese"

but I do have some machines. We have several manual mills, lathes, drill presses a horizontal bandsaw, and a few vertical bandsaws. We are mainly a CNC shop, though. We have several vertical CNC's, 2 horizontals, a 5-axis, 3 turret cnc lathes(2 of which have live tooling), a waterjet, a CNC press and some other, more random equipment. We also have a CMM(coordinate measuring machine) and a great deal of welding stuff. The combo of these machines is capable of pretty much anything. File delivery? I have Mastercam, so I can import pretty much any file. .dwg works fine, and is a format I use on a daily basis. Cad that bad boy up, and I'll look at it. The lead time is enormous on something like that, though

 

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Originally Posted by ModoeXtreme Hey its great to see someone doing somthing for this economy, I always wanted to find someone that can CNC stuff but never did . Anyways is it possible to make a full cover waterblock for a 9800GTX+, the see through kind? They just don't exist at the moment .

It is, but it would probably hell on earth if I tried. On another note, I NEED YOU GUYS TO POST UP DRAWINGS OR CAD DESIGNS OF DICE POTS AND FAN SHROUDS. WHOEVER CAN GET THESE UP LOOKING THE BEST WILL GET A FREE SAMPLE(S).