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Praetex Design
United Kingdom
Registrace 1. 08. 2017
Hi, I'm Alex from Praetex Design
Previously the Modding Content Lead over at Bit-Tech, I'm an avid PC watercooling enthusiast, designer and machinist.
Join me as I create components and computers that challenge perceptions and push the boundaries of the field.
Previously the Modding Content Lead over at Bit-Tech, I'm an avid PC watercooling enthusiast, designer and machinist.
Join me as I create components and computers that challenge perceptions and push the boundaries of the field.
Machining a DDC Pump Heatsink | ASMR Edition | Only Machine Sounds
How's about a sneak peek of my upcoming DDC pump heatsinks eh?
These are going to be available to order fairly soon and shall come in a variety of finishes and materials. Currently I'm looking to stock aquablasted silver anodised aluminium, black anodised aluminium and raw + aged brass.
Following will be a D5 version, as well as reservoirs and distro plates in due course!
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I use Datron tooling for all my acrylic work. If you're interested in giving them a try on your own setup, be sure to drop Datron UK an email mentioning Praetex Design sent you for 10% off your first order!
www.datrongroup.com/cnc-mills-tools/
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If you'd like to see behind the scenes content, be sure to follow my Instagram, Facebook and TikTok:
praetex_design
Praetex.Design/
www.tiktok.com/@praetex_design
If you're into discord, you can find me over on the /r/watercooling server:
discord.com/invite/watercooling
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These are going to be available to order fairly soon and shall come in a variety of finishes and materials. Currently I'm looking to stock aquablasted silver anodised aluminium, black anodised aluminium and raw + aged brass.
Following will be a D5 version, as well as reservoirs and distro plates in due course!
____
I use Datron tooling for all my acrylic work. If you're interested in giving them a try on your own setup, be sure to drop Datron UK an email mentioning Praetex Design sent you for 10% off your first order!
www.datrongroup.com/cnc-mills-tools/
____
If you'd like to see behind the scenes content, be sure to follow my Instagram, Facebook and TikTok:
praetex_design
Praetex.Design/
www.tiktok.com/@praetex_design
If you're into discord, you can find me over on the /r/watercooling server:
discord.com/invite/watercooling
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Servicing the CNC, Tool Carts and GRIDFINITY! | Praetex Vlog 6
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In this vlog I get the Datron M8 serviced, build a tool cart, cut a bridging plate and solve a niche storage problem shared by probably only 4 other people. You can find a link to the Fusion 360 file for the Gridfinity Fittings Storage Box configurator here: www.printables.com/model/968320-gridfinity-watercooling-fitting-storage-box-config I use Datron tooling for all my acrylic work. If you're...
Lucent Part 3 | Assembling the Parts to Ship Away | Building an INSANE Modded PC
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It's time to find out if any of this actually fits together! It's always a tense moment assembling a mod like this for the first time, usually though I only get one shot at it. Luckily this time we get to do a dry fit, send it to Computex and then fix up anything that's not quite right. I use Datron tooling for all my acrylic work. If you're interested in giving them a try on your own setup, be...
Computer Lighting Panels and my Shop is a MESS | Praetex Vlog 5
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Lets make an acrylic lighting panel and give the workshop some love that it desperately needs! Over the last year it's really become a cluttered mess, time to fix all that and add some much needed workflow improvements. Lucent part 3 is in the works and shall be the next major upload! I use Datron tooling for all my acrylic work. If you're interested in giving them a try on your own setup, be s...
Lucent Part 2 | Machining the Aluminium Structure | Building an INSANE Modded PC
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In this episode we tackle the bulk of the casemod, the solid aluminium framework! Lots of beefy cutting in this one, these components make up a large percentage of the casemod's internal layout, as well as supporting the acrylic portions we cut in Part 1. I use Datron tooling for all my acrylic work. If you're interested in giving them a try on your own setup, be sure to drop Datron UK an email...
Insane Casemods of Computex 2024 | Praetex Vlog 4
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I trekked to Taipei to visit Computex and see what casemodding goodness they had in store for the world! Yeah yeah everybody's going on about AI, racing sims and BTF components, but I'm there for the casemods and to meet other modders. Enjoy this little montage of what was on show at Computex 2024! I did my best to get around the halls, but unfortunately I did miss a few, such as BeQuiet's boot...
Lucent Part 1 | New project and my thickest distro ever! | Building an INSANE Modded PC
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Has it been too long? Absolutely! Lucent is a build I've taken on for Thermaltake's Computex booth, it feels so nostalgic getting back into a proper mod again. Let's kick this one off by making the most ambitious distro plate I've ever attempted! I use Datron tooling for all my acrylic work. If you're interested in giving them a try on your own setup, be sure to drop Datron UK an email mentioni...
Praetex Vlog #3 - 3D Scanners, Tool Chests and DDR4!
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Praetex Vlog #3 - 3D Scanners, Tool Chests and DDR4!
Machining a set of Golden DDR4 Heatsinks | Full Montage
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Machining a set of Golden DDR4 Heatsinks | Full Montage
First Part on the Datron M8 Cube! | ASMR Edition | ONLY Machining Sounds
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First Part on the Datron M8 Cube! | ASMR Edition | ONLY Machining Sounds
Praetex Vlog #2 - Datron M8 Cube Unboxing and First Cuts!
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Praetex Vlog #2 - Datron M8 Cube Unboxing and First Cuts!
Praetex Vlog #1 - The New Air Compressor Arrives!
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Praetex Vlog #1 - The New Air Compressor Arrives!
Tower 900 Mod - Making of the Tower Level 10
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Tower 900 Mod - Making of the Tower Level 10
Okay... The performance of that milling machine is pretty damn insane given how small the spindle is and because of that it's capable of spinning at over 35k rpm no problem. At my CNC shop I'd like to have a 4th axis or a 5-axis mill, this looks way too much fun. It might be difficult at first, but after you get a hang of it, it's super satisfying to program for and set things up.
8:05 one question. why did you program it to move the x and y to do circle movement insted of getting the A ( or is it B thats the rotating one on that machine ) to turn around and just move the X axis inwards slowly ? just a question nothing more
@@flikflak24 No that’s a really solid question, because that’s exactly what I did want to do. Unfortunately for me the trunnion just seems to behave really weirdly with simultaneous 4 and 5 axis paths, I’ve not been able to figure it out yet. By all accounts it could be better since I could also tilt it to use the best part of the ball mill. That being said, I’m not sure how the finish would actually look, it could be that the axis is too slow to make it work well. Hopefully I’ll get to the bottom of it eventually.
@@PraetexDesign maybe there is a G-code command that switch it from normal point to point position of the table over to rpm's pure totation ( like some of the lathes i have worked on where you give it one specefic G-code command and it then acts like a 3+1 mill til it gets a G-code command that tells it to cancle it/to go back to normal lathe mode ) maybe this can help with it though ( you will however have to convert it to metric if your machine is metric ofc
Good Job very detailed set up
What is the clamping force of the workpiece in the vice?
I feel for you, i was convinced when we moved the company out of london 12 months ago that it would only take 6 weeks... fast forward.. 12 months later and we are only at about 80% of what i thought i would have done in that 6 weeks. 😅.. like you, moved from a smaller space to a much larger one (from 3 rooms to 14 rooms) and its been constant improvements.. and now its full.😅 keep up the amazing work
Thank you for the video! How do you like the dreanique endmill(-s)? Would you recommend them? I was avoiding them because of fear of bad quality (mostly because i thought the price is to low for it to be good)
They’re astoundingly good for their price. I tend to use them for roughing since I can run them hard and not worry about having to replace them more often.
@@PraetexDesign Thanks! I will give them a try :)
Such a cool machine, love the part dial-in process, so slick.
Looks perfect and a very nice piece to do on that machine :) I would suggest making a male bung, slim fit, to put inside that heatsink to reduce the vibrations on OP2, and that endmill should last even more, plus it will act as a go,nogo plug gauge and it will help with deflection on longer run (when clamping the vice so the walls don't cave in). Congrats from a fellow machinist in Ireland :D
@@iRaised95 Funnily enough that’s exactly what I did try out the first time I made them. The issue I found is it doesn’t help as much as I was expecting as it’s the top surface that introduces most of the vibration. It’s hard to get good contact on that one without making the Z alignment a bit of a faff. The play might be to do the operations in reverse, just with some larger jaws to get some good wall contact 🤔
Would love to see it done with a mcd end mill ( yes you can get both mcd face mills ( which you already have one for top face ) and also mcd end mill ( for side walls and floor finishing down in small features. I was one use one in acrylic. The single flute carbide left a nice finish but then he ran a mcd end mill right afterwards and it made link like completely transparent ice )
@@flikflak24 Ah I did actually try that first before I settled on this finish type. The problem is the top surface, it doesn’t have the thickness to survive the MCD pass without some visible chatter. It still looked okay, but not quite as good as I imagine you’d be hoping for.
Probably not but still love to see it on a thick wall part from that machine with those tool holders. Only got my own self made mcd insert face mill that I made at school back when I became a machinest but nothing for side walls yet
@@PraetexDesign what was the woc and doc ? since mcd tools are only ment for final surface and only somehwere between 0.015 to 0.005 mm woc and doc and nothing more
Brass one looks so nice and shiny 😍
Sick Alex. Very clean
What kind of coolant do you use, ethanol?
Normally for metals I do use ethanol, although in this video I’m using Blaser Vascomill MMS FA1 since I was cutting PMMA shortly before and didn’t want to purge the lines.
Very cool! Interesting to see the calibration of the 5 axis 👍 What are the run time on these two setups?
Machine time is about 8 minutes for the first side, just under 11 minutes for the second side.
howly! freaking amazing!
The humble Dreanique graces even the finest of machine tools, lol. Also, mounting the part at 45° for more contact area is quite clever, I'll have to steal that for more thin-walled parts.
That oscillating trail of flakes at 2:53 is oddly mesmerizing to watch.
Im waiting ur videos from years why u leave ur channel
@@el_mastuo6738 Bit-Tech wasn’t my channel, I just worked there.
@@PraetexDesign nice to see u again . Good luck
I know I am a nerd. I have always known I am a nerd. What I did not know, until now, was just _how much_ of a nerd I am.
The finish that thing is able to achieve is nothing short of incredible, and the part looks amazing too!
great video. I'm curious why were you using soft jaws to hold the part at 45 degrees in the second operation I'm guessing clearance?
The part self locates thanks to the angle, if I had it flat, I'd need wider jaws to get it somewhat accurate, which is a pain as that's the blank size I had haha.
@@PraetexDesign That's really cleaver I would have never thought of doing that for locating.
Hey Alex, beautiful work as usual. I'm drooling over that additional axis, lol. Do you do your own anodizing?
@@jrmichel1975 I outsource my anodising to a local specialist, it’s one of those things where it’s just not really viable to do in house efficiently here without a huge investment (in time, money or both)
You are awesome my friend ❤❤❤
Design and craftsmanship, top tier as always! Great work 👍
That brass one is a total sploosh-fest. Enjoyed listening to the whirring of the machining too.
I have a PC project on my channel too, but it's completely overshadowed by just one pump case. I have room to grow.👍
Beautiful underside chamfer at 5:33. I'll watch every ASMR Datron video you upload. Well done!
Now that DDC pump cover is SAF, i need one.....
Lets go babbyyyyy
Sweet!!!
Hey Alex. Big fan. I live my dreams through your work. Some of those computex mods are ridiculously insane. Thanks for covering it for us and keep doing your thing.
Measuring with that microscopic probe stylus would drive me crazy 😅
@@jesperhagstrom it’s unbelievably convenient when frequently working with <2mm sheet stock. I think the default is a 3mm probe and I swapped it out within the first week 😂
I recently found out about bit-tech and watched most of your videos and then found out that channel is dead then I looked you up and found this!!! So glad to see you again Alex!!
So therapeutic! 😅
Hi, I love your videos, keep it up! Have you ever considered using transparent gaskets?
@@pirugnappo Indeed I have! At the time this was filmed though I hadn’t quite got the method right though so didn’t use them. Getting the join right on transparent ones is much less forgiving.
Very nice good experience congratulations be successful with all ur projects sr great machine I wish to have one
would love to see a "high end" GRIDFINITY implementation where you CNC the components in various materials, just because!
@@Dsgj I’ve honestly contemplated it, I pretty much always mill my grids as it’s way faster, but milled top sections would be cool. I’ve seen a few folks do it before, always comes out really nicely.
@@PraetexDesign Random thought that came just now. If your "arsenal" of tools would grow quite a lot and you were to cnc the "holders", do it in a semi opaque plastic and place programmable leds under each to implement a searchable inventory that quickly lights up the exact tool. Overkill but a fun and possibly neat project:D
How much was that CNC machine??
Any reason why you're feeding downward into the threads? Assuming the tool is RH, you're conventially cutting instead of climb. I'm surprised you're not re cutting chips.
dear random magic using, youtube man, ive missed your videos. wouldn't a nasa style isogrid underneath make that bed stronger and stop any sag across the length
Thumbs up for shiny 👍
Hi Bro, it's been awesome to see you back on CZcams nowadays. Wishing you the best of luck for the future. Quick question, how are you able to finance all of this? Are you doing this out of your own savings?
For emptying the swarf bin, we use a plastic shovel into a bin for the recyclers. To move the trunnion I built a carefully sized table from rexroth, which sits neatly on our pallet truck, and can be moved with it, side table under discconected trunion, pump up pallet truck and it lifts it off to be wheeled out.
@@samcoupland I was thinking to do something very similar for the trunnion, put it off continuously since I don’t remove it that often though. For the swarf bin, I was thinking I might fill it with some plastic bins that can then be picked up quickly and emptied, the size is a bit awkward though :/
Good idea to get the new bed piece machined when it's just been calibrated, make sure it's 👌
Dumb question maybe but...can you recycle all that aluminum you scooped from the bottom?
You can get swarf recycling and they'll even buy the chips off you. They normally require it to be a single metal though, and I noticed some brass in there as well as the aluminium, probably some acrylic too. There might well be places that take mixed, but I've only dealt with it on an industrial scale.
@@MakinComputers another dumb question maybe separate plastic and metal out just do some magnet them all out??
@@a17waysJackinn Aluminium is non magnetic
Very jealous of the ToolAssist!
Great video.Btw fusion file link is missing
@@arpanchoudhury_ Ah I guess the description didn’t save when posted the link in, I’ll pop that in shortly
Wich Controller did u use for RGB ?
@@JJ-gk5tn It’s the Phanteks digital RGB one
@@PraetexDesign thank u so much And please keep up the awesome work Love ur videos
Have you made some Heatsinks for M.2 ssd?
@@tropmx Not yet, most of the boards I use tend to come with them so I’ve not really had the opportunity/need. Could be worth checking out though!