Pipes soldered to 16mm housing. Whole thing goes to normal 16mm fittings
Cable holders
Custom power button & brass dust filter
Drilling the 16mm brass blank
All holes drilled. Pipes are soldered to this housing
Bending tool in use. Die/roller can be changed to smaller radius. Pipes are bent to 3 different radiuses so they line up nicely when put together
Ready for soldering
Pressure testing the seams
Soldered & polished lines. I applied wax afterwards to prevent brass from tarnishing
More leak testing
Cable holder blanks and finished pieces
Power button to fit the style: black+mesh+polished brass
Finished build!
Project V
Polished brass build in Fractal Design's case. Each cooling line is made of five ⌀5mm pipes, hence the name V. Pipes are bent with custom made bending tool which had different radiuses for inner, outer and middle pipes.
Other custom stuff:
- Brass + mesh power button
- Brass cable 'combs'
- Brass mesh front & top filters
- Custom black reservoir
- Brass screw caps and other smaller things