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    p0Pe got a reaction from KrZaj in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Never to late for an update! Finally got some video edited together of this thing:D
     
     
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    p0Pe got a reaction from godsarmy in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Hah yeah, I got tired of trying to find a super serious name, and this kinda got stuck in my head.
    Glad to have you on board
     
    Final build picture time!   One thing I noticed with this build is that it is really hard to take pictures of, since it is so out of the ordinary regarding orientation etc. But I will let the pictures do the talking, so without further ado:   Benchy McBenchface.                                         A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors of this build, AMD, ASUS, Corsair, EKWB & OpenBenchTable.   Keep watching this thread though, as I will be posting a little side project (A radiator station for this build) here as well! But for now, thank you all for watching and commenting.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from godsarmy in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Never to late for an update! Finally got some video edited together of this thing:D
     
     
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    p0Pe got a reaction from KrZaj in The grey wolf   
    Thanks man!
     
    So, update time, finally!
     
    I have had more requests than I can count about how I make my watercooling distro plates, so I have made a video that shows the process, and included a download link to the file in the video so you guys can try and make your own distro plates
     
     
     
     

     
    This is what I end up with after carefully measuring up where all port locations in the case should go. I then transfer this into a 3D program.
     

     

     
    The final plate after milling and polishing. The o-rings are fixed length, but you could also just cut some o-ring string and glue it together, but using fixed length o-rings are a tad safer.
     

     
    I mounted the acrylic plate on a 10 mm lasercut black piece of acrylic.
     

     
    The bottom piece also has holes for the GPU cables.
     

     
    Really like the fitting color, and the chamfer I made on the top of the distro plate.
     

     
    The pump mounts to the bottom of the distro plate, and goes straight up to the reservoir.
     

     
    Passtrough cables sleeved and mounted.
     

     
    Ready to mount everything inside the case
     

     
    And mounted, and ready for tubing.
     

     
    Tight spot under the plate for the pump.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from Glennieboyyy007 in The grey wolf   
    Thanks man!
     
    So, update time, finally!
     
    I have had more requests than I can count about how I make my watercooling distro plates, so I have made a video that shows the process, and included a download link to the file in the video so you guys can try and make your own distro plates
     
     
     
     

     
    This is what I end up with after carefully measuring up where all port locations in the case should go. I then transfer this into a 3D program.
     

     

     
    The final plate after milling and polishing. The o-rings are fixed length, but you could also just cut some o-ring string and glue it together, but using fixed length o-rings are a tad safer.
     

     
    I mounted the acrylic plate on a 10 mm lasercut black piece of acrylic.
     

     
    The bottom piece also has holes for the GPU cables.
     

     
    Really like the fitting color, and the chamfer I made on the top of the distro plate.
     

     
    The pump mounts to the bottom of the distro plate, and goes straight up to the reservoir.
     

     
    Passtrough cables sleeved and mounted.
     

     
    Ready to mount everything inside the case
     

     
    And mounted, and ready for tubing.
     

     
    Tight spot under the plate for the pump.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from amvoith in The grey wolf   
    Thanks man!
     
    So, update time, finally!
     
    I have had more requests than I can count about how I make my watercooling distro plates, so I have made a video that shows the process, and included a download link to the file in the video so you guys can try and make your own distro plates
     
     
     
     

     
    This is what I end up with after carefully measuring up where all port locations in the case should go. I then transfer this into a 3D program.
     

     

     
    The final plate after milling and polishing. The o-rings are fixed length, but you could also just cut some o-ring string and glue it together, but using fixed length o-rings are a tad safer.
     

     
    I mounted the acrylic plate on a 10 mm lasercut black piece of acrylic.
     

     
    The bottom piece also has holes for the GPU cables.
     

     
    Really like the fitting color, and the chamfer I made on the top of the distro plate.
     

     
    The pump mounts to the bottom of the distro plate, and goes straight up to the reservoir.
     

     
    Passtrough cables sleeved and mounted.
     

     
    Ready to mount everything inside the case
     

     
    And mounted, and ready for tubing.
     

     
    Tight spot under the plate for the pump.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from floatingtrem in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Hah yeah, I got tired of trying to find a super serious name, and this kinda got stuck in my head.
    Glad to have you on board
     
    Final build picture time!   One thing I noticed with this build is that it is really hard to take pictures of, since it is so out of the ordinary regarding orientation etc. But I will let the pictures do the talking, so without further ado:   Benchy McBenchface.                                         A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors of this build, AMD, ASUS, Corsair, EKWB & OpenBenchTable.   Keep watching this thread though, as I will be posting a little side project (A radiator station for this build) here as well! But for now, thank you all for watching and commenting.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from mikeeginger in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Hah yeah, I got tired of trying to find a super serious name, and this kinda got stuck in my head.
    Glad to have you on board
     
    Final build picture time!   One thing I noticed with this build is that it is really hard to take pictures of, since it is so out of the ordinary regarding orientation etc. But I will let the pictures do the talking, so without further ado:   Benchy McBenchface.                                         A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors of this build, AMD, ASUS, Corsair, EKWB & OpenBenchTable.   Keep watching this thread though, as I will be posting a little side project (A radiator station for this build) here as well! But for now, thank you all for watching and commenting.
  9. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from KrZaj in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Hah yeah, I got tired of trying to find a super serious name, and this kinda got stuck in my head.
    Glad to have you on board
     
    Final build picture time!   One thing I noticed with this build is that it is really hard to take pictures of, since it is so out of the ordinary regarding orientation etc. But I will let the pictures do the talking, so without further ado:   Benchy McBenchface.                                         A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors of this build, AMD, ASUS, Corsair, EKWB & OpenBenchTable.   Keep watching this thread though, as I will be posting a little side project (A radiator station for this build) here as well! But for now, thank you all for watching and commenting.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from Izzdy in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Hah yeah, I got tired of trying to find a super serious name, and this kinda got stuck in my head.
    Glad to have you on board
     
    Final build picture time!   One thing I noticed with this build is that it is really hard to take pictures of, since it is so out of the ordinary regarding orientation etc. But I will let the pictures do the talking, so without further ado:   Benchy McBenchface.                                         A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors of this build, AMD, ASUS, Corsair, EKWB & OpenBenchTable.   Keep watching this thread though, as I will be posting a little side project (A radiator station for this build) here as well! But for now, thank you all for watching and commenting.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from Anthony_95 in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Hah yeah, I got tired of trying to find a super serious name, and this kinda got stuck in my head.
    Glad to have you on board
     
    Final build picture time!   One thing I noticed with this build is that it is really hard to take pictures of, since it is so out of the ordinary regarding orientation etc. But I will let the pictures do the talking, so without further ado:   Benchy McBenchface.                                         A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors of this build, AMD, ASUS, Corsair, EKWB & OpenBenchTable.   Keep watching this thread though, as I will be posting a little side project (A radiator station for this build) here as well! But for now, thank you all for watching and commenting.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from KrMaH in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Hah yeah, I got tired of trying to find a super serious name, and this kinda got stuck in my head.
    Glad to have you on board
     
    Final build picture time!   One thing I noticed with this build is that it is really hard to take pictures of, since it is so out of the ordinary regarding orientation etc. But I will let the pictures do the talking, so without further ado:   Benchy McBenchface.                                         A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors of this build, AMD, ASUS, Corsair, EKWB & OpenBenchTable.   Keep watching this thread though, as I will be posting a little side project (A radiator station for this build) here as well! But for now, thank you all for watching and commenting.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from Nicnac in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Hah yeah, I got tired of trying to find a super serious name, and this kinda got stuck in my head.
    Glad to have you on board
     
    Final build picture time!   One thing I noticed with this build is that it is really hard to take pictures of, since it is so out of the ordinary regarding orientation etc. But I will let the pictures do the talking, so without further ado:   Benchy McBenchface.                                         A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors of this build, AMD, ASUS, Corsair, EKWB & OpenBenchTable.   Keep watching this thread though, as I will be posting a little side project (A radiator station for this build) here as well! But for now, thank you all for watching and commenting.
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    p0Pe got a reaction from AperumDesign in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Haha good old Project N.V. Lots of videos has been added to my youtube since then, so be sure to give it a look and a subscription:D
     
    https://www.youtube.com/user/metap0Pe
     
    So this update will be quite rough and unedited unlike most of the other updates, and will give you a view of what goes on "behind the scenes" since everything is not always all tidy and clean when doing builds.

    First off I started with mounting the custom alu cable combs I showed off in a previous update (I think). These mounts with two countersunk M4 from the bottom of the bench table.

    I claimed the dining table while making this as I ran out of space on the other 3 tables

    Pressure testing the huge distribution block to make sure everything was OK before putting it onto the bench.

    Testing out the cable comb. Worked as a charm!

    Fast forward LOTS of hours, and lots of sleeving, this is the result.

    All the cables has a lot of cable combs to train them into position, and are being routed around, and under the bench table where they will meet up with the PSU.

    Pulling them down, and then cutting them to length. If you have not yet seen my video of how to make these cables, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-xk86Iebco&t

    More cutting to length.

    With all the cables done, I just need to splice them. I normally use the HXi power supply since that only has a single cable that has to be spliced on the 24 pin. This one has 4! I really hope corsair release a 1:1 schematic PSU at some point.

    And now, how to properly sleeve a D5 pump. Step one, use a knife to open the lid.

    Step 2, drill out the lid hole to around 7 mm.

    Sleeve the cables, and pull the lid back down. It is important that you burn the sleeving ends as this will prevent the sleeving from just being pulled out of the hole.

    Looking like this from the other side. Doing it right will make sure that the cables are never pulled out.

    Jobs done!

    Testing fluid color to see if it will work the rest of the build.

    Final cable set. Not the cleanest since it does not go 1:1, but I am pretty happy with it.

    Mounted, and routed under the table.

    With hardware installed. The cable combs are temporary to train the cables.

    Ready to mount the distro plate. It is quite simple as it just mounts with 4 screws onto the bench table.

    The parts I showed in a previous update. This mountes to the bench table legs, and acts as a holder for the QD fittings. The fittings are recessed into the milled plate.

    Very short tube runs on the other side.

    The QD's then mounts to two 90 degree angle fittings, and up directly into the distro plate.

    Cables and distro plate mounted!

    Now, I needed something to hold the pumps to the distro plate, and did not want to use 2 stock EK brackets, so I made my own dual version.

    And how that thing mounts. I ended up countersinking the holes so it matches the rest.
  15. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from KrZaj in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Haha good old Project N.V. Lots of videos has been added to my youtube since then, so be sure to give it a look and a subscription:D
     
    https://www.youtube.com/user/metap0Pe
     
    So this update will be quite rough and unedited unlike most of the other updates, and will give you a view of what goes on "behind the scenes" since everything is not always all tidy and clean when doing builds.

    First off I started with mounting the custom alu cable combs I showed off in a previous update (I think). These mounts with two countersunk M4 from the bottom of the bench table.

    I claimed the dining table while making this as I ran out of space on the other 3 tables

    Pressure testing the huge distribution block to make sure everything was OK before putting it onto the bench.

    Testing out the cable comb. Worked as a charm!

    Fast forward LOTS of hours, and lots of sleeving, this is the result.

    All the cables has a lot of cable combs to train them into position, and are being routed around, and under the bench table where they will meet up with the PSU.

    Pulling them down, and then cutting them to length. If you have not yet seen my video of how to make these cables, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-xk86Iebco&t

    More cutting to length.

    With all the cables done, I just need to splice them. I normally use the HXi power supply since that only has a single cable that has to be spliced on the 24 pin. This one has 4! I really hope corsair release a 1:1 schematic PSU at some point.

    And now, how to properly sleeve a D5 pump. Step one, use a knife to open the lid.

    Step 2, drill out the lid hole to around 7 mm.

    Sleeve the cables, and pull the lid back down. It is important that you burn the sleeving ends as this will prevent the sleeving from just being pulled out of the hole.

    Looking like this from the other side. Doing it right will make sure that the cables are never pulled out.

    Jobs done!

    Testing fluid color to see if it will work the rest of the build.

    Final cable set. Not the cleanest since it does not go 1:1, but I am pretty happy with it.

    Mounted, and routed under the table.

    With hardware installed. The cable combs are temporary to train the cables.

    Ready to mount the distro plate. It is quite simple as it just mounts with 4 screws onto the bench table.

    The parts I showed in a previous update. This mountes to the bench table legs, and acts as a holder for the QD fittings. The fittings are recessed into the milled plate.

    Very short tube runs on the other side.

    The QD's then mounts to two 90 degree angle fittings, and up directly into the distro plate.

    Cables and distro plate mounted!

    Now, I needed something to hold the pumps to the distro plate, and did not want to use 2 stock EK brackets, so I made my own dual version.

    And how that thing mounts. I ended up countersinking the holes so it matches the rest.
  16. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from Nicnac in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Guess who managed to snatch the X399 ZENITH EXTREME monoblock prototype from EK's heasquarter:D This is the only sample currently available of this block!
     

  17. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from Dark in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    So excited to show this thing! I waited a bit with these pictures as I wanted to keep the entire mod a bit of a secret for Dreamhack Winter where I won first place in the casemodding competition with it. 
    This block is one of the most complicated distro blocks I have done. It is made from 2 pieces of 25 mm acrylic, and some 5 mm acrylic, as well as some custom alu parts. 
    The two 25 mm pieces switches in level where the pumps are placed so that I could avoid making 3 separate pieces, and keep the plate even more simplistic. 
    The plate also has some recessed M20 threads that fits the bitspower fillports. That way the real fittings will never stress the distro block, and swapping out fittings can be done with ease.

    Picture of the final distro block assembled.

    The solid chunks of material that was used for this mod.

    heavy pieces!

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This is how the bottom part looks after sanding with grid 2500. From here it will be polished 2 times, and then rubbed in some finishing spray.

    The M20 threads that will hold the fillports.

    And this picture shows the switch in level on the pieces.



    O-rings are all bought to size, and fitted into the channels so I did not have to glue them together.

    How the 2 plates looks put together.



    How the 2 plates looks put together.

    2 fillports mounted, and one fitting mounted into one of them. I also test mounted the Openbenchtable

    How it looks assembled.

    And the lovely monoblock for the zenith extreme.

    The 5 mm piece on the bottom was needed to connect the fluid channels from the pumps and further into the distro plate.

    These two fillports was not recessed as I needed the extra hight.


    Final piece.

    These are some of the custom aluminium parts that is going into the build as well. These have been milled, and then sand blasted, and will later on be anodized.

    The funny shape of this piece will be explained in a later update.
  18. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from KrMaH in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Thanks man! I also sanded so much that my fingers hurt for days
  19. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from Damascus in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    Guess who managed to snatch the X399 ZENITH EXTREME monoblock prototype from EK's heasquarter:D This is the only sample currently available of this block!
     

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    p0Pe got a reaction from Jameswalt1 in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    So excited to show this thing! I waited a bit with these pictures as I wanted to keep the entire mod a bit of a secret for Dreamhack Winter where I won first place in the casemodding competition with it. 
    This block is one of the most complicated distro blocks I have done. It is made from 2 pieces of 25 mm acrylic, and some 5 mm acrylic, as well as some custom alu parts. 
    The two 25 mm pieces switches in level where the pumps are placed so that I could avoid making 3 separate pieces, and keep the plate even more simplistic. 
    The plate also has some recessed M20 threads that fits the bitspower fillports. That way the real fittings will never stress the distro block, and swapping out fittings can be done with ease.

    Picture of the final distro block assembled.

    The solid chunks of material that was used for this mod.

    heavy pieces!

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This is how the bottom part looks after sanding with grid 2500. From here it will be polished 2 times, and then rubbed in some finishing spray.

    The M20 threads that will hold the fillports.

    And this picture shows the switch in level on the pieces.



    O-rings are all bought to size, and fitted into the channels so I did not have to glue them together.

    How the 2 plates looks put together.



    How the 2 plates looks put together.

    2 fillports mounted, and one fitting mounted into one of them. I also test mounted the Openbenchtable

    How it looks assembled.

    And the lovely monoblock for the zenith extreme.

    The 5 mm piece on the bottom was needed to connect the fluid channels from the pumps and further into the distro plate.

    These two fillports was not recessed as I needed the extra hight.


    Final piece.

    These are some of the custom aluminium parts that is going into the build as well. These have been milled, and then sand blasted, and will later on be anodized.

    The funny shape of this piece will be explained in a later update.
  21. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from Prorokk in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    So excited to show this thing! I waited a bit with these pictures as I wanted to keep the entire mod a bit of a secret for Dreamhack Winter where I won first place in the casemodding competition with it. 
    This block is one of the most complicated distro blocks I have done. It is made from 2 pieces of 25 mm acrylic, and some 5 mm acrylic, as well as some custom alu parts. 
    The two 25 mm pieces switches in level where the pumps are placed so that I could avoid making 3 separate pieces, and keep the plate even more simplistic. 
    The plate also has some recessed M20 threads that fits the bitspower fillports. That way the real fittings will never stress the distro block, and swapping out fittings can be done with ease.

    Picture of the final distro block assembled.

    The solid chunks of material that was used for this mod.

    heavy pieces!

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This is how the bottom part looks after sanding with grid 2500. From here it will be polished 2 times, and then rubbed in some finishing spray.

    The M20 threads that will hold the fillports.

    And this picture shows the switch in level on the pieces.



    O-rings are all bought to size, and fitted into the channels so I did not have to glue them together.

    How the 2 plates looks put together.



    How the 2 plates looks put together.

    2 fillports mounted, and one fitting mounted into one of them. I also test mounted the Openbenchtable

    How it looks assembled.

    And the lovely monoblock for the zenith extreme.

    The 5 mm piece on the bottom was needed to connect the fluid channels from the pumps and further into the distro plate.

    These two fillports was not recessed as I needed the extra hight.


    Final piece.

    These are some of the custom aluminium parts that is going into the build as well. These have been milled, and then sand blasted, and will later on be anodized.

    The funny shape of this piece will be explained in a later update.
  22. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from amvoith in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    So excited to show this thing! I waited a bit with these pictures as I wanted to keep the entire mod a bit of a secret for Dreamhack Winter where I won first place in the casemodding competition with it. 
    This block is one of the most complicated distro blocks I have done. It is made from 2 pieces of 25 mm acrylic, and some 5 mm acrylic, as well as some custom alu parts. 
    The two 25 mm pieces switches in level where the pumps are placed so that I could avoid making 3 separate pieces, and keep the plate even more simplistic. 
    The plate also has some recessed M20 threads that fits the bitspower fillports. That way the real fittings will never stress the distro block, and swapping out fittings can be done with ease.

    Picture of the final distro block assembled.

    The solid chunks of material that was used for this mod.

    heavy pieces!

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This is how the bottom part looks after sanding with grid 2500. From here it will be polished 2 times, and then rubbed in some finishing spray.

    The M20 threads that will hold the fillports.

    And this picture shows the switch in level on the pieces.



    O-rings are all bought to size, and fitted into the channels so I did not have to glue them together.

    How the 2 plates looks put together.



    How the 2 plates looks put together.

    2 fillports mounted, and one fitting mounted into one of them. I also test mounted the Openbenchtable

    How it looks assembled.

    And the lovely monoblock for the zenith extreme.

    The 5 mm piece on the bottom was needed to connect the fluid channels from the pumps and further into the distro plate.

    These two fillports was not recessed as I needed the extra hight.


    Final piece.

    These are some of the custom aluminium parts that is going into the build as well. These have been milled, and then sand blasted, and will later on be anodized.

    The funny shape of this piece will be explained in a later update.
  23. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from KrZaj in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    So excited to show this thing! I waited a bit with these pictures as I wanted to keep the entire mod a bit of a secret for Dreamhack Winter where I won first place in the casemodding competition with it. 
    This block is one of the most complicated distro blocks I have done. It is made from 2 pieces of 25 mm acrylic, and some 5 mm acrylic, as well as some custom alu parts. 
    The two 25 mm pieces switches in level where the pumps are placed so that I could avoid making 3 separate pieces, and keep the plate even more simplistic. 
    The plate also has some recessed M20 threads that fits the bitspower fillports. That way the real fittings will never stress the distro block, and swapping out fittings can be done with ease.

    Picture of the final distro block assembled.

    The solid chunks of material that was used for this mod.

    heavy pieces!

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This is how the bottom part looks after sanding with grid 2500. From here it will be polished 2 times, and then rubbed in some finishing spray.

    The M20 threads that will hold the fillports.

    And this picture shows the switch in level on the pieces.



    O-rings are all bought to size, and fitted into the channels so I did not have to glue them together.

    How the 2 plates looks put together.



    How the 2 plates looks put together.

    2 fillports mounted, and one fitting mounted into one of them. I also test mounted the Openbenchtable

    How it looks assembled.

    And the lovely monoblock for the zenith extreme.

    The 5 mm piece on the bottom was needed to connect the fluid channels from the pumps and further into the distro plate.

    These two fillports was not recessed as I needed the extra hight.


    Final piece.

    These are some of the custom aluminium parts that is going into the build as well. These have been milled, and then sand blasted, and will later on be anodized.

    The funny shape of this piece will be explained in a later update.
  24. Like
    p0Pe got a reaction from KrMaH in Benchy McBenchface - The ultimate test bench build   
    So excited to show this thing! I waited a bit with these pictures as I wanted to keep the entire mod a bit of a secret for Dreamhack Winter where I won first place in the casemodding competition with it. 
    This block is one of the most complicated distro blocks I have done. It is made from 2 pieces of 25 mm acrylic, and some 5 mm acrylic, as well as some custom alu parts. 
    The two 25 mm pieces switches in level where the pumps are placed so that I could avoid making 3 separate pieces, and keep the plate even more simplistic. 
    The plate also has some recessed M20 threads that fits the bitspower fillports. That way the real fittings will never stress the distro block, and swapping out fittings can be done with ease.

    Picture of the final distro block assembled.

    The solid chunks of material that was used for this mod.

    heavy pieces!

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This picture shows the top and bottom, where the top has been completely sanded down with grid 400-2500 and then polished, while the bottom is as it comes directly from the CNC. I spent more than 10 hours sanding and polishing these pieces.

    This is how the bottom part looks after sanding with grid 2500. From here it will be polished 2 times, and then rubbed in some finishing spray.

    The M20 threads that will hold the fillports.

    And this picture shows the switch in level on the pieces.



    O-rings are all bought to size, and fitted into the channels so I did not have to glue them together.

    How the 2 plates looks put together.



    How the 2 plates looks put together.

    2 fillports mounted, and one fitting mounted into one of them. I also test mounted the Openbenchtable

    How it looks assembled.

    And the lovely monoblock for the zenith extreme.

    The 5 mm piece on the bottom was needed to connect the fluid channels from the pumps and further into the distro plate.

    These two fillports was not recessed as I needed the extra hight.


    Final piece.

    These are some of the custom aluminium parts that is going into the build as well. These have been milled, and then sand blasted, and will later on be anodized.

    The funny shape of this piece will be explained in a later update.
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