Oh, there's the leak.

Oh, there's the leak.

Aha! There it is. A hairline fracture at one of the molding injection points. I don't know if it...

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Wait, where's the leak?

Wait, where's the leak?

At first glance, it's tough to see how the tank leaked. Where's the crack?

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Pulse is steady, BP normal.

Pulse is steady, BP normal.

This bin, according to Home Deopt, is supposed to be for mixing concrete... or something. I bought...

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Reduce, reuse, reanimate.

Reduce, reuse, reanimate.

I salvaged as much of the oil as I could. Food grade mineral oil isn't overly expensive, but it's rather difficult to find, so I try not to waste it.

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We've reached crush depth!

We've reached crush depth!

When it comes to computers, the normal thing to dread is the distinct grind of an ailing hard drive....

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Frame Scraps

Frame Scraps

Scrap wood remnants from cutting the frame down to size. Surprisingly, the frame wood is decent...

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Plastic bits

Plastic bits

The frame cutting is part of a bigger project, and here's some of that project's aftermath. This is...

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Notched frames

Notched frames

Why go through all that trouble? Because the cutout in these picture frames is too small. I can't...

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Underside of the routing table

Underside of the routing table

All that work with the drill press was worthwhile however. I got a router table for a fraction of...

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Recessing screw holes

Recessing screw holes

I had to drill out a total of 6 holes, three for the screws, then three more on the same spots, to...

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Drill Press

Drill Press

What I've been up to, Last weekend of May edition: I needed a table router, and only had a...

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It's alive!

It's alive!

Muahaha!

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DSCN1871

DSCN1871

The entire computer, completely submerged in oil. There was a lot of nailbiting at this stage, would it work? Did I just kill my computer?

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DSCN1870

DSCN1870

This is the underside of the control panel. I'm using an old monitor cable as a disconnect.

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DSCN1862

DSCN1862

The tank, half filled with mineral oil.

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DSCN1861

DSCN1861

Immersion cooling tends to spread oil around everyplace. I'm hoping to stop "cable creep"...

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DSCN1860

DSCN1860

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DSCN1856

DSCN1856

GPUs can't be immersed in oil out-of-the-box, the entire surface of the board needs to be modified....

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