CNC Machining an Acetal and Acrylic Distro Plate for the Evolv X | bit-tech Modding

[@lpmod3368]

Most underrated modding channel ever !

[@AZAZELNESS]

Brilliant job as always! Awesome contrast between the Acetal and Acrylic - would love to see this with a non-transparent fluid.

[@Teklien]

My CNC arrives Monday!! I can't wait to get good enough that I can make stuff like this. Funny because I'm about to build my new 3950X based rig inside of the Evolv X. Gonna modify the front & top panels with my CNC

[@fortedexe8273]

Pls tell me more about your machine, which cnc machine I should choice to make a block like that

[@theagileaardvark]

That sexy thread mill tho... :D Those things are a gift from the gods of machining, especially on blind holes. Nice work there :)

[@bittech1]

I never want to hand tap a distro again haha

[@shadowr2d2]

I have a Question sir. Have you ever done a video. On a basic, & or entry level CNC machine. That a beginner could buy to start off on. I have seen a lot of your videos. You have an Amazing gift. Thank you for sharing your gift.

[@bittech1]

I haven't yet, no. It's largely down to how I've actually only got hands on experience with my particular machine, so recommending others is a tricky business. CNC routers have lots of quirks at the entry level so it's hard to navigate it all you're right. I basically went with the idea of skipping those rungs and went for the CNCStep machine I have.

[@shadowr2d2]

@@bittech1 Thank you very much. Once again you are an Honest man. This is why I love your Channel. You not only inspire the young people. But also a retired 54 year old man. With a passing for tinkering with Tech. Asking myself - *(How does it work. Can I use it in a PC).? My old Dell computer is in VALHALLA - She died. But her part's will be used. When I rebuild her. Using a cell phone, & a tablet is ok......? But *Heavens know's - I MISS MY PC.. Thank you very much..

[@nmasson30]

Try Stoney CNC they can offer advice on all levels of machines,

[@sanrio9722]

im curious, where this distro plate will be use ? at the side or bottom panel ?

[@charlloss123]

Very nice , clean work

[@TheSickness]

Actually curious... how would you make a distro plate *without* a CNC. Well at least a simplified version. Thanks

[@mordechy]

probably with at least 3 layers of acrylic and you couldnt use o rings for sealing you would have to seal the sides with premade gasket cut to size or something and its not going to look as nice

[@noxious89123]

Well CNC just stands for computer numeric control... So you could still do it using a milling / drilling machine, but just controlled by hand. Good luck with that though!

[@landen1234]

hand router, large table, lots of fences to keep router straight. use a middle layer with channels cut through entire width of the acrylic instead of just 3/4 the way through. you can do normal channels, but its hard and not as good looking as when a cnc does it

[@DarknesseDesign]

Hello, Is it possible to have the file of the merge cam part? I am blocked on the thread at the level of the choice of the tools and its use.

[@lordgrape5015]

It's so satisfying watching these videos. Love the work

[@benbrooks566]

Bit overkill with the screws?

[@pablocom4]

Hello. Bit-tech what programs do you use to create such projects and do you make seals yourself or on request.

[@huguesprescott1071]

letting us know which endmills you are using would be a nice add-on!

[@MihaiDobrin88]

can you tell us the cnc model and software that you are using. thanks

[@mizarstifmeister7298]

can anybody tell me whats that tool at 0:48?? i need one of those

[@Matt3DMaker]

Which router do you use? the finish is incredible!

[@wienerschnitzis4596]

A very good job! I just have one question. Is Acetal and POMM the same thing, similar things or two different things?

[@dominic.h.3363]

It's killing me that I can't find anyone in Hungary who has the machinery and know-how to custom make these, and I just know it would look ridiculously awesome if I replaced the front mesh of my Zalman M1 with one.

[@marktrosper2481]

why are they always 2 chambers? I purchased a Phanteks D140 distro plate and returned it because,I have 1 pump and 1 gpu and 1 cpu.I wanted continuous flow.

[@mandem9319]

How are 2 chambers not continuous flow, exactly? I'm intrigued.

[@noxious89123]

Would sort of defeat the point of a distro plate. What you want is just a reservoir.

[@informediatech-bruno5766]

wich cnc is that?

[@johnleonard3951]

You should sell these. I know i would buy one.

[@MrKZdemos]

I dont think he can? He works for ek

[@BuGGzLoVeRsTech]

@@MrKZdemos He doesn't work for EK

[@iCaesarTheApe]

His cad software is for personal use only

[@BenjaminSebek]

Great work as always. :) Would it be possible to "fire-polish" all the holes in the acrylic glass?

[@bittech1]

Not without warping the finish I think. You could get a mirror polish cut by using an endmill instead though, drills have more reach though and there's a lower risk of snapping a tool so I use those.

[@stevenbrown4833]

Perfection.

[@VitaliMateus]

@bit-tech do you have an post or video about your cnc bits? I have some questions about which ones to use

[@bittech1]

Yup I got into some more detail about them in our video on "How to machine a distro plate" :D

[@VitaliMateus]

@@bittech1 perfect! congratulations, your work is perfect! :D

[@shakibrahman]

Amazing video. Cheers!

[@odie0815]

Awesome work !!!! something like that would work perfectly with my next planed build - would you be up for a custom job to do the machining if I provide you the design and the model in fusion360 ?

[@tankusfred]

What are the extra holes in the acetal for?

[@Metatr0n]

To mount the distro plate. Screws go through the mount into the back of the distro plate. I guess he decided to make them through-holes because else he had to stop the workflow, turn the acetal over and start machining again.

[@jjjuhl]

would it be possible to get the CAD-files??

[@noxious89123]

Don't be daft. As if anyone is going to spend time working on this to just give away the plans.

[@nmasson30]

Hi Alex, great work as always, Is that a machine finish on the edge of the Perspex or have you polished it?

[@bittech1]

That's straight off the machine and just given a wipe to remove any coolant residue. Those Datron polished edge endmills are fantastic

[@nmasson30]

Thanks Alex, I will look into them, my CNC is on order, looking forward to the challenge.

[@LS-jk3fk]

@@nmasson30 Which CNC?

[@nmasson30]

@@LS-jk3fk The Router is from Stoney CNC, it is their own design and is not yet on their website, If you contact them and ask for Rory and mention me, stoneycnc.co.uk .The machine has been build from the ground up and is very rigid and accurate

[@iwill_online]

love this video

[@MP_7]

WOW, awesome stuff, neatly done! Do you perhaps accept custom orders?

[@umadbroyolo8413]

Please use white fluid ;)

[@flikflak24]

question why didnt you go zig-zag with the same stepover in the faceing op ? the stress on the machine would had been the same. it would had been faster and the chance of diffrent Z high would had been so much lover since it dosent have to go up and down for each pass it would also have like 40ish % less code in the faceing op ( some machines had a very limited amout of codes they can have in each progam/ up. and if you have some really long programs it can help with haveing less code in the program ( it can be what does that there are enough space to run it or not. tried that my self ) not that it would be that hard to change/re program that part by hand xD since im a fully educated machinest my self i just wanna understand why people program there stuff the way they do anyway good job

[@bittech1]

This was quite a while ago for me so it’s hard to know exactly my process at the time. I believe it was because I observed better results when sticking to just climb milling. Everything’s changed a fair bit since then so I’d take these settings with a pinch of salt.

[@flikflak24]

@@bittech1 it was almost climb and convensional milling at the same time since you pretty much had all of the tool diameter engage at ones so barely any diffrence ( if any) if you had just stepd over the same amouth before going back ) also i know that first hand from my self xD boy oh boy the amouth od grow/changed in just 7 month in mahninig and cam skills if you want i can teach someof what i can ?where you can compensaid for your machine you wouldnt be the first one i teach ( i even ended up teaching my own teachers xD )

[@mandem9319]

Since when is pr0n allowed on KZbin?! Hehe. Awesome video!

[@CJICantLie]

Seems your tool needs a bit of tramming. Would bump up the quality of your results even more.

[@deathb4dishonor755]

Do you mean sharper tools? I'm a noob when it comes to machine work and terminology.

[@Nothinglastsforever]

Absolute porn. Are we going to see this in a build?

[@mwint1982]

Black screws my lord

[@bittech1]

Aha these were requested to match the intended coolant :p

[@mwint1982]

@@bittech1 I bet you could machine acrylic screws and use that melting glue to make them dissapear entirely

[@KableTac]

eh... not a big fan of this one. something seems half assed about it. i think its the finish on it

[@bittech1]

Whut? The finish is bang on, you can see the edge polish cut clearly. Acetal is very anisotropic when cut so the machining marks are part of the appearance on purpose. It would have been clear instead if the acrylic were machined.

[@SuperMike2507]

@@bittech1 " Anisotropy " I had to google that one :p

[@pmcmpc]

Sell your stuff please!

[@aljazgorjanec843]

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