Hardline Tubing Guide: Glass | bit-tech Modding

[@MyuTwo]

Nice video and nice moustache!!!!!!!!!

[@bittech1]

Thank you good sir!

[@mcmcx5514]

Great tutorial mate. Precise and to the point. Subscribed. Good luck !!

[@johnbagley8211]

OK, can someone--JUST ONE SINGLE PERSON who disliked this PLS explain why? Other than to be a part of a small, exclusive group of people in order to feel special, please explain a single good reason to dislike this video. It's of high quality, the information is accurate and well articulated... And pls don't say "his mustache..." LOL

[@xristinarose2409]

Not me, but one reason i could imagine is because the thumbsnail is of bent glass, while he did not explain how we can make bends? Oh yes the mustache is distracting, but not a good reasob for dislike xp

[@AXington]

You can actually put borosilicate glass in hot oil to cool it faster. Or even in hot water after it sets for a few minutes. It's much more thermal shock resistant than soda lime glass. And I'm not aware of anywhere that sells non-borosilicate glass tubing. But you can't do it when it's red hot, that's for sure. But this is all really a technicality, because by the time it drops enough in temperature to put it in water, you've already waited quite a while.

[@groovieguy]

Subscribed. Excellent Tutorial. Im just starting to do some liquid cooling and your video is by far the best i've come across. I can't believe you only have 970 subs. Everything bout your channel screams Professional, from the clean workshop, clean tools, high quality video and audio and clear speaking. And keep the Tuts coming. Small suggestion, list your videos under "HOW-TO" not Science and Technology. I made the same mistake on my channel and as soon as I changed it I started getting more Subs and Views.

[@bittech1]

Haha it’s still early days and we haven’t got the big hitting project logs on the channel yet. Growing well though, good catch on the category, will have a look into that.

[@groovieguy]

Thanks I got lucky on a video which is over 1.5 m. & almost 3500 subs. Look at your tags,. Hope i'm not stepping on any toes,, I was lucky and someone help me with a few things I never noticed on my vids and was a tremendous help.I have a few other suggestions if you want and would rather talk off the here my email is my user name @gmail.com.

[@groovieguy]

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[@w3st80]

Doesn't it weaken the glass by flame polishing it ?

[@stanislavkorulin3913]

Where did you get 90 degree elbows with 12mm OD? I can't find them anywhere...

[@bittech1]

As in with 12mm compressions built in? Pretty sure Bitspower makes those, at least they do for rigid tubing. You can always use 90 degree adapters and regular fittings, much more flexible that way.

[@stanislavkorulin3913]

​@@bittech1 , I am looking after glass 90 degree bends. Glass tubes, not the fittings.

[@bittech1]

@@stanislavkorulin3913 Ahh does Mayhem's sell them?

[@S7tronic]

I would strongly suggest duct taping a shop vac hose beside the tube if you are cutting glass with an abrasive, your lungs will thank you.

[@bittech1]

Definitely not a bad idea, we didn't do this because it messes with microphones and so on.

[@ThrashyB]

​@@bittech1 hey man I am a professional scientific glassblower. Silica dust is as dangerous as asbestos. It is insoluble particulate. You NEED to wear a mask. Secondly use a wet tile saw and clean with distilled water to avoid hard water spots. To bend tubing flawlessly you need practice and patience. one side is stretching farther than the other so your heat should reflect that. Also without a Kiln and a proper annealing cycle relative to thickness of the glass you will have very stressed glass that actually could just check under tension at any moment. Yes a lot of liquid will spill all over your components. This happens way more often than you'd think, even as a glassblower. Flame annealing is another option if you don't have a kiln but is never as efficient. If you would like to do this video again sometime with the assistance of a glassblower. Hit me up. Check out @titanglassworks on instagram for my work. The creative options are near limitless with this application. Someone trained in scientific glassblowing and fluid dynamics could definitely come up with some pretty unique or never before seen stuff.

[@bittech1]

@@ThrashyB Muchas gracias! Come a long way since this video was done so I think it would be a good idea to revisit at some point. Also it's nice to hear from somebody who actually does this for a living for once. I await the day an actual glassblower does a proper glass tube PC, rather than homebrew enthusiasts melting things and making a mess (myself included in that list, solid reason I don't work with glass in my actual rigs).

[@waltertunk2964]

@@ThrashyB did you see the mask?

[@xrys749]

@@ThrashyB Thank you for your great knowledge! As a gem stone cutter hobbiest, I cut quartz (crystalized silicone) all the time, we use gritted disks WITH WATER! The water helps with capturing the insoluble particulate. LIke you sad, a wet tile saw will do wonders for your health over cutting in open air. I am not a glass expert, but thank you so much for all that knowledge.

[@MajorTendonitis]

Darn , was hoping you were going to show us bending a 90. Not serious lol . I have no idea what you would put inside to stop it from kinking . As you mentioned, it comes with an angle apparently, although this wouldn’t work if you wanted a second bend

[@theeltea]

That was a great video but I would like a follow up to see how you bend it. I've done PETG before but interested in the specifics of glass bending.

[@MrKeeleeer]

Most people just by the pre bent stuff as i think the temps and rigs needed to bend it properly arent something super easy to do at home.

[@AXington]

True that, and it tends to bubble if you overheat it, so you have to be pretty precise and practiced with the heating. Technically you could do it with a propane torch as well, but do you really want to handle something that hot? I will say that they do this regularly with much smaller tubing in chemistry labs though.

[@JAH12PRO]

For those of you worried about the glass dust yes wear a mask that protects from glass dust and legitimate goggle to protect from glass dust and it you go the dremmel route they do sell after market shield attachments to contain the majority of the dust particle from flying in all directions while using a dremmel or rotary tool to cut the glass

[@def-po8tu]

Why borosilicate glass and not pyrex. I'm asking because I am building a loop and found pyrex tubes and am wondering if u can use pyrex

[@jaquan123ism]

pyrex is a brand of borosilicate glass tubes used in lab ware

[@sumdude4]

What about a wet saw instead of a dremel? Cuts down on the dust and much safer.

[@remixhouse3476]

I wonder if just spraying WD40 or water on the tube as its being cut would help reduce dust without the need for a shop vac

[@lovescamaros1]

I was thinking that my wet tile saw would do the trick.

[@ezerasurfr]

"This stuff will just wreck you and pretty much shatter a lot....hope this inspires you to work with it because it looks amazing!" :D

[@TheKez1a]

Hey mate, I was wondering if you think it would be possible to use a Mitre Saw with a high quality glass tile/ mosaic disc (and plenty of water) to efficiently/ cleanly cut glass tubing?

[@AXington]

With a thin enough blade, possibly, but due to the shape and thin walls, you'd have to take it very very slowly. You're more likely to crush or break it due to the size and pressure of most mitre saws. Also, you want to be careful placing it in the metal of the surface of the saw as it could scratch it.

[@4.0.4]

This is a fantastic channel. I really hope you get tons more views and I really appreciate you taking the effort and doing such a well-presented guide. Glass seems indeed to be the best material there is. But you made it sound doable. I'm surprised big tech channels don't use it - is acrylic really that foolproof? I'm scared of acrylic degrading and leaking. Glass just sounds super safe in comparison.

[@bittech1]

Personally I just wouldn’t use glass since it’s so much more effort relative to acrylic. The thing is, you’ll only ever know somebody has used glass because they told you :p Acrylic is very stable, naturally glass is more so but the real world difference seems in watercooling aren’t that major.

[@4.0.4]

@@bittech1 thanks for the reply!

[@N8riz]

where can i find glass tubing for purchase?

[@l__l2328]

From Aquatuning, Alphacool, Mayhems and Primochill

[@N8riz]

@@l__l2328 Thank you!

[@lrmcatspaw1]

Wearing protective gear for eyes and breathing is all good, but remember that this dust will fly everywhere. Doing this in a garage or a dedicated workplace is fine, but doing this at home is a bad idea (do this first with a plastic tube and you will soon see why). Honestly, I love the idea of glass tubing in my PC but there seems to be a lot of dangers and annoyances (not to mention the extra cost when you factor all the tools required).

[@bittech1]

Personally, after doing these I feel glass is just pointless. You could use thick walled acrylic and it would look nigh on identical. You essentially won’t know it’s glass unless you’re told, or they do advanced glass blowing techniques, at which point it’s a different kettle of fish anyway.

[@lrmcatspaw1]

@@bittech1 Is acrylic going to be eaten away by any fluids containing Glycol? One of the main drawacks of soft tubing for me is that the fluids tend to get cloudy from the chemical reactions. (strangely enough, its not consistent. I had soft tubing clear as day one after 2 years, then cloudy in 1 week after replacing the tube and fluid. For the exact same tube and fluid). I am very bad at fluid understanding, it seems that all pre mixed fluids are just terrible.

[@bittech1]

Acrylic is fine with all the major coolants, most reservoirs were acrylic for years remember. Personally I’ve never had good luck with clear soft tubing, it always clouds up and stains, regardless of the manufacturer claims.

[@Jawnwickk]

Anyone know of someone or a service will make custom glass loops for me?

[@linusmlgtips2123]

989th sub! I remember subscribing to Dave 2D a couple years ago when he only had 600 subscribers and now he has 1.3 M subs. He always produced great content from the start, and it took a few months for his channel to start picking up, but once he hit 1k subs his popularity exploded and his channel grew exponentially. TLDR keep it up and I guarantee you will be a big force in the tech community in a couple of years. Admittedly PC hardware isnt viewed as much as mobile tech but give it a year and basically every KZbinr in the PC hardware community will know you.

[@bittech1]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@Startekselva]

Bit tech you guys are so good

[@LevisL95]

Very nice tutorial!

[@christopherfrawley2560]

How do you bend glass?

[@bittech1]

christopher frawley With a very hot torch and a lot of patience. Personally I wouldn’t bother as glass blowing is itself a high technical skill set that requires a lot of dedication in its own right. I’ve seen other modders try it but their results have always been mixed.

[@colinjava8447]

I just ordered 3 mayhems 90 tubes, 16mm. I plan on dremmelling them, If I score them it will just go wrong. Hopefully the bends are better than my petg bends

[@xristinarose2409]

But how do we bend it??

[@markcanhoto]

Trying to do some myself it was a fail so far

[@iGameOvertv]

Your videos are amazing!

[@kayletheyellowsubmarine9676]

I can't hear anything past that mustache.. it's so mesmerizing

[@baalejo]

use water to grind/cut glass, nice vid

[@srmunir]

please do a video on how to attach fittings to tubings. thanks

[@josexCP]

but HOW to you BEND glass tubing?

[@bittech1]

With a VERY hot torch and a lot of patience/expertise

[@josexCP]

@@bittech1 can one Glass tube be bent multiple times like an one of acrílico?

[@bittech1]

@@josexCP If you mean with multiple bends, sure, if you're really good. Neon sign makers, glass blowers and lab equipment manufacturers do all that stuff, I've done a bit of glass blowing and can confirm it's very challenging.

[@josexCP]

it's always encouraging to follow a channel when it's owner takes his time to reply to the comments, I wanted to try and do a custom liquid cooling loop with glass tubes bent like regular acrilyc or pteg, but from what you are saying I get it would take a workshop at home and a glass bending course to do that

[@jaquan123ism]

fortunately glass dusk is amorphous silica dioxide not pure crystalline silica still its not ok to breathe any fine dust but you wont get silicosis

[@HexaDecaHelix]

YES! YOU KNOW THE WORD! Pnuemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. First other human ive seen use that word

[@Fleshlight_Reviewer]

That stachue

[@schranzwar]

I was working in glass working factory and when we cut glass you need water to cut....

[@Nlck_Name]

those small well works well enough i've also seen it being used in other forms like entire window pannels

[@Sage521]

Killer mustache!

[@boostaddict_]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis isn't fun lol

[@mightyst3v]

Im a glassblower and please dont cut your glass without water please!! a few drops of water every second somehow needed

[@douglasman100]

Who the fuck cuts glass without running water over it.

[@peterwood2633]

Glass in my loop let's see...hmm no pass

[@repscluesrep5400]

LOL, this guy just seems to skip over the hard parts. Bending? Nah just straight lines bruh.

[@bittech1]

If you want to bend, don't choose glass. I didn't do it because I'm not a glass blower, even after taking a course in it I don't feel comfortable trying to teach how to bend glass tubes for a rig.

[@repscluesrep5400]

@@bittech1 Ya you said the same thing about metal and carbon fiber tubing tho is my point.

[@bittech1]

@@repscluesrep5400 I do actually have a tutorial on bending stainless steel tubing too.

[@repscluesrep5400]

@@bittech1 Oh cool. I'll check it out. I was just interested in trying something new after building about a dozen soft/Acrylic/PETG systems. Wanted to maybe try glass or copper and your two videos were the first two to pop up. Both just klnd of glossed over the very basics imo. That's why i commented but ill check out your other videos maybe more informative. Thanks

[@dukoth6552]

so in short: just dont

[@redneckhippiefreak]

Never cut or sand any glass dry, as the dust can contaminate areas far beyond the workshop....Doubly so with Boro. No safety, Know pain, or Know Safety, No pain. Cheers.