Haha yeah it's massive - can't wait to get it done
So I got the opportunity to tour this new workshop close to downtown that just opened. It has all the workshop tools you could never afford to buy yourself, and you can buy day passes or month passes depending on how long you need. So this resolves all my issues with manufacturing the waterfall reservoirs myself, as well as opening up possibilities like custom waterblocks...
It was the launch weekend so there was a free bbq (there were plenty more people later on)
http://i.imgur.com/0vK2gl.jpg
Wood shop room, saw stop tablesaw, planer, chop saw etc. bunch of other stuff that isn't shown:
http://i.imgur.com/jZdqrl.jpg
Large CNC Mill for wood:
http://i.imgur.com/fpxZml.jpg
Sand Blaster:
http://i.imgur.com/uXT7gl.jpg
Vinyl cutter so you can print your own stickers:
http://i.imgur.com/uXSe8l.jpg
Forgot to take a photo of the 3D printer, but here's an 150W laser that cut through some hefty steel plate:
http://i.imgur.com/uJLy7l.jpg
There's two other lasers good enough for acrylic/wood, and a third one is apparently on the way:
http://i.imgur.com/tOMlel.jpg
Spray paint booth, they have an oven for powder coating, but not all the rest of the powder coating tools yet:
http://i.imgur.com/XDPB8l.jpg
Metal press and folding machines:
http://i.imgur.com/ly2Eol.jpg
Other metal machines, bandsaw, grinders and a lathe:
http://i.imgur.com/QPmjEl.jpg
Metal lathe:
http://i.imgur.com/zVTf0l.jpg
Old school mills:
http://i.imgur.com/GHpdVl.jpg
CNC mill - can you say custom waterblocks!
http://i.imgur.com/5zIgDl.jpg
Electronics room - not much here, bunch of soldering irons, power supplies and scopes:
http://i.imgur.com/WMYtgl.jpg
So what do you all think I should do with this opportunity?
I definitely want to:
- make the custom metal backplates for GPUs
- make the waterfall reservoir
- make some custom waterblocks for parts that aren't ultra high performance e.g. raid card, memory blocks etc.