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lets see 399 grams of copper would be ~ 469 grams of silver. 31.1035 grams per troy ounce thats 15 ounces of silver needed for that volume of heat sink. (not counting extra needed for grinding waste...) rounding up to $24 per ounce (from todays $23.82) thats $361 just for the silver alone...

glad to see you are happy with the host :D As for orders. I am always open to people sending a pm to inquire, but to warn you all first: As wolfman stated. I do have to prioritize my normal work first. It took a few months from start to finish to complete that host largely due to a...

Glad to see you finished the build :D I am rather impressed at how far you are pushing the diode in that!

The gap between the host and the tailcap is visible in these pictures. If you look at the top picture it's oriented at the top as you are seeing the gap from the side. It's most obvious in the middle picture. As for the uneven part. It's not as obvious in any of these pictures. I will try to...

Ok. Final version and I've finally got some better pictures up. I just need to get my own camara and not rely on the one from my work. :yabbem: Anyways here are the pictures. I think I will be listing this for sale. Just trying to decide how much. Originally I was planning on...

Well, I ment to get a couple of pictures up of the new focusing ring. However the camara at my work, left with my boss for an alaskan cruise. :yabbem: Looks like I wont be able to get any decent pics up for a little over a week. However here are some rather poor quality pics taken with a...

It took 186 grams of silver to cast. (not counting around 40 grams of silver in whats called the sprue, excess silver that is there to add weight to help force the silver into place) Not certain how much silver was ground away, given this one had a lot of problem areas. I think it weighs around...

*shrug* still changing and playing with the design on this one. Going to cast a new focusing ring. I don't like how it ended up looking. Debating on what else to change, if anything.

well I actually cast up a 14500 host Ive been sitting on for a while. it's in a close to completion state but not finished. Still trying to decide what to change (other then the focus ring which I am already planning on changing) as I'm not quite happy with it yet. I posted a couple of quick...

well, Here is a couple images of a 14500 host that is close to completion. Had this one mostly done for a while, and I decided to cast it up and get some feedback and opinions.

Re: Pesky 12x diodes What kind of heatsink are you putting them in? That's another failure pathway I've not seen asked about yet in this thread. the 12x diodes seem to be rather sensitive to heat when soldering but also when in use. I've only killed one, and that from soldering, (though at...

pm sent. As for pumps. were your batteries going to be in series or parallel? (assuming parallel for more amps) if series, then 4L/MIN 3M 4.2W Mini Brushness DC Submersible Water Oil Gasonline Acid Pump NEW | eBay this pump is 12 volt dc, and this next one is 4.5-12v 44GPH DC 4.5V -12V 3W USB...

my 2 cents on this. If you are looking at making this into an iron man style palm thing, would 2 tubes coming off the palm unit be a bad thing? i.e. bolt the diode bar to a heatsink, which has a hole drilled through it, two tubes circulating water in one side and out the other of this part...

Agreed on that it's only an issue of "cheap" oil, But I personally suspect the current system is more of a game of "hot potato" or "musical chairs" Rather than a tightly controlled system ruling the world, I believe most of that top 3% is just counting on things lasting until someone else has...