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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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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2010
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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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2010
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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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2010
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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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2010
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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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2010
Frame Scraps
Scrap wood remnants from cutting the frame down to size. Surprisingly, the frame wood is decent...
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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2010
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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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2010
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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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2010
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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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2010
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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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2010
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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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2010
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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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Uploaded on Oct 18, 2009
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This is the underside of the control panel. I'm using an old monitor cable as a disconnect.
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Uploaded on Oct 18, 2009
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Immersion cooling tends to spread oil around everyplace. I'm hoping to stop "cable creep"...
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Uploaded on Oct 18, 2009
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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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Uploaded on Oct 18, 2009
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