Finally Did Work

FINALLY...well more like I finally got the the nerve to start putting together the box portion of my project.  I guess I must've been a little nervous having never done anything like this before, and only having one chance.  Anyways, here goes.

Ready to go

Wow is that angle deceiving...It's 90 degrees trust me

Starting to take shape

Have to let it set for 20 minutes before moving anything.

The four sides together.  

Some small air bubbles...that's what happens with less than perfectly flat and smooth edges.  Oh well, should work I hope.

And done.

So I will let this bad boy continue to set for about 24-36 hours, then I'll try filling her up with water to see how it fairs.

In other news, my other package should be coming in tomorrow, which contains a pump, tubing, and some clamps for the tubing.  After that, all I need to wait on is getting oil, which also is on its way.

I'm excited.

New Stuff + Acrylic Work

I received a package in the mail today.  It came all the way from Oregon so I'm surprised it got here in 2 days, but whatever.

AHHHHH...(foam peanuts everywhere...)

Radiator

Barb fittings and screws

Radiator with fans installed

Fittings installed

I also began to prep the acrylic sheets for gluing.  This involved removing some of the protective covering.  

All of the sheets ready to go.

I'm going to start gluing together all of these pieces now.  I'll take lots of pictures.

Quick Update

So I ordered the rest of the parts I need to finish this project.  I will be getting the first part of the order Monday hopefully, which will include the radiator, fans, and fittings.  The other part still has to ship, but includes the pump, tubing, and tubing clamps.

I'm going to start assembling the box portion tonight.

(Most busy weekend of the year coming up...)

Acrylic got here

Well, my acrylic finally came in today.  I'm going to open it up, and start looking at it when I get home later.

In other news, I have 7 gallons of mineral oil on order through Tractor Supply, which should be here hopefully before the end of next week.

In other more different news, I'll be ordering the rest of the components I need tonight - the radiator, pump, fans, tubing, etc.

Busy times ahead.

Finally ordered acrylic...

Well, I finally got around to ordering acrylic.  It should (if UPS can up their game) get to me by this weekend.

It's shipping to me from California, so we'll have to see about that.

In other news, my presentation is scheduled for the 14th of June, at 9am.  I really hope I'll figure out how I can bring this thing into Mr. Creagan's room that day, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Next major hurdle: locating about 6 more gallons of mineral oil ...

Slow Goings

Well, its been a while since I last posted, but here's a quick update on what I've been working on the last few days:

I'm going to build the most recent iteration of my design, the one in the post below.  I found a company, TAP Plastics, that sells cut-to-size acrylic sheets; perfect for my project.

Another thing I've been working on is applying for an IPEI grant. Hopefully that will come through, as it would be a huge help to my project.

So my goal is to order acrylic tonight, and start working on the build this weekend. We'll see how it goes.

Rev. 2 - More detailed CAD model

Well, I spent some time working on rev 2 of my case design.  I am pretty sure I want to build this design, as I think it will look great and function really well.  anyways, here it is:

So the main part of the case will be a fairly simple box shape, with some rails for feet on the bottom of the tank.   I've made the tank as small as I could, in order to minimize the volume of oil I would need to buy.  This tank should hold around 6 or 7 gallons when its full.

While I was working, I realized that there were probably some better part files I could get off the interwebs to use in my design.  I found the radiator, in the foreground, as well as the attached fans, and the black pump sitting on the floor of the case.

I met with Mr Sauve today, we went over the mid marking period assessment, and we both felt like I was in a good position.  We also started talking about my presentation, for which I would like to bring in the finished product to show off.  Transporting this thing however, will not be easy, but it would be worth it to have as a prop for my presentation.

So in the coming days, I plan to order acrylic sheets and actually get building this beast.  I found a company that will cut acrylic whatever size you want, and whatever thickness you want.

I'm really excited to get this thing off the proverbial ground.