[Burn]

if you don't or can't have readily available amounts of copper to do your own block, melt a ton of pennies down, there you have it! a block for less than 3 bucks....

 

[Inquisitor]

once again... destroying government money is illeagle

and besides you can get a 1lb block from dd for 5 dollars

 

[Burn]

so what? they're never going to know that 3 dollars in pennies are missing...

 

[Inquisitor]

300pennies?

now if everyone here does it thats around 3 million pennies

 

[Burn]

yes, but most people who have wc setups already have their blocks... idk where i could get the fire hot enough though to melt them thoroughly though..lol
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Originally Posted by The Dark Inquisitor 300pennies? now if everyone here does it thats around 3 million pennies

 

[YiffyGriffy]

Not only that, pennies aren't pure copper, they have a lot of zinc in them.

 

[Inquisitor]

hah true

I miss calculated it'd be more closer to 12million

I think fire could do it if you got it hott enough ... just need something that wont melt to hold it

 

[adas]

u can over a huge fire, but anyways its not the same quality copper. blocks use really good solid copper, and pennies are only like 50%, so that wont work. good idea though

 

[YiffyGriffy]

I melted a penny with a propane tourch, wasn't that hard

 

[Natel]

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Originally Posted by YiffyGriffy Not only that, pennies aren't pure copper, they have a lot of zinc in them.

ever tried smelting soft metals in a microwave? I can't remember all the specefics. Google it sometime, it actually works.

 

[Burn]

lol, yeah i realized they had zinc in them, that's why people already aren't doing this... ehh, i'll try and find somewhere where i can get a big block of it..

 

[adas]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Natel ever tried smelting soft metals in a microwave? I can't remember all the specefics. Google it sometime, it actually works.

lol...man that tells u just how unsafe microwaves are lol

 

[Burn]

yea they can be used for many things, like melting small animals...

lol jk jk
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Originally Posted by adas123 lol...man that tells u just how unsafe microwaves are lol

 

[adas]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATVkid*AFZ* yea they can be used for many things, like melting small animals... lol jk jk

wow...well....uhh..ok thats scary

 

[Burn]

i'm not that scary a guy once you get to know me...lol i was kiddin aboot the small animals part...but you can melt many things...as long as they have some form of water in them
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Originally Posted by adas123 wow...well....uhh..ok thats scary

 

[adas]

lol yeah, they are great, and ive melted alot of things in there. just it sucks to have something in your kitchen that emits about as much radiation as a friggin nuclear power plant

 

[Burn]

yeah, thank god for shielding, otherwise we'd all be screwed...lol...im out...bedtime for me
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Originally Posted by adas123 lol yeah, they are great, and ive melted alot of things in there. just it sucks to have something in your kitchen that emits about as much radiation as a friggin nuclear power plant

 

[ShawnMcGrail]

They melt easy with a bit of heat.. but the only problem is where are you going to melt them to? No matter what you do, the copper will be diluted and the final product (no matter how much lapping) will look like ****! lol

 

[Burn]

machine the hunk into a block...

machining...some people in the machining industry have access to a CNC machine...lets them specify how much of a tolerance they want on the bottom, so you can have a shiny bottom....no pun intended.

 

[YiffyGriffy]

I actually have acess to what looks like a very nice and very expensive mill and lathe at any time should I need to... and the idea of machining my own water block(s) has come to me several times now... especially if I want to bolt that 50x50mm 226watt TEC on my 6800GT when I get it