60mm to 70mm Adapter

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 12:28 am

Does anybody know of a company that makes/sells them. I have a HS that takes a 60mm and have a 70mm YS fan that I want to put on it and dont feel like machining my own (that and i dont really have acess to a shop).

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:25 am

Google

The first hit, but it says outta business

canton_kid · Post by **canton_kid** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 2:45 pm

I've seen a bunch of places selling fan adapters. DOn't know what sizes they are?

bestbyte.net, directron.com, both have fan adapters and I have dealt with and liked them.

I think svc.com had a lot of them too, haven't bought there yet though myself.

I think one of those 3 places had an adapter you could use several size fans on.

I haven't needed one so I hadn't really paid close attention to them, yet

I think svc.com had them in neon and UV.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:13 pm

nope... none of them places had them. I think im just going to have to make my own.

canton_kid · Post by **canton_kid** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:46 pm

If you make your own, might not be to hard to make out of plexy.

Haven't tried it myself. It might work though.

make a frame out of a heat resistent material like wood? Yea, should work ok.

My thought is sandwich a piece of plexy between two frames the size of your fan to hold the outside edges flat, leave the center open. Then sit the heatsink in the center of the plexy for weight. Sit over metal bowl and bake about 450 degrees, checking regularly. Remove when golden brown or toothpick comes out clean, oops sorry wrong reciepe

Ok back on track,
When the plexy gets warm enough it should start to bend down under the weight of the heat sink.
If this works as it should and I think it will, you should be able to get a nicely formed plexy fan reducer.
The plexy should kinda wrap around the heatsink and taper to the frame which is the size of your fan. The frame should hold the plexy straight and smooth around the edges and make a flat flange you can bolt/screw the fan too.

If it works ok then just cut out the center to fit the heatsink and drill holes for mounting screws.

I know some people shape and mold plexy in there kitchen ovens, use heat guns, and even heard of boiling it to make it soft to bend. So you might be able to make a nice reducer with it easely too?

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 6:26 pm

all im gonna do is take somthing boar out a hole for the air... then put the holes to mount it. and countersink the holes to bolt it to the HS so the fan blades dont hit the screws.

Absolut Talent · Post by **Absolut Talent** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 9:27 am

yeah, I searched high and low.....but it looks like NO ONE has or sells a 60mm->70mm adapter.
They are all 80 to 60.

i think 70 is kinda a odd number anyways

canton_kid · Post by **canton_kid** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 4:21 pm

Well, yea that would probably work too, if you want the easy way out

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Tue May 20, 2003 9:14 pm

And do that i did! take a looky!! I own the only known to man 60mm to 70mm LIGHTED adapter (lights arent in it yet). Ill get some more pics when i put it on... then more when i light it up. Let me know what you think... im working on gettin them CNC machined, so it wont take 2 hours to make.

Absolut Talent · Post by **Absolut Talent** » Tue May 20, 2003 10:54 pm

sweet deal dude

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Tue May 20, 2003 11:59 pm

Wow, that looks sharp. Choose your LEDs wisely, though. You've got a crapload of em.

Very sweet looking. Specially with the silver TMD fan.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed May 21, 2003 1:06 pm

im selling my ElCamino this week.. when i do im gonna order about 3-400 new LEDs. 100 of them will be the color changing ones... so ill probbly put some on that.

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Wed May 21, 2003 5:42 pm

Just what you need, more LED's

Hey, speaking of LEDs, do you have any that would fit in my Antec case? i want to replace my Power LED with either red/blue and make my HDD light either red/blue as well. Whatever color each one has, basically, i need one red and blue. Something that isn't too bright either.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed May 21, 2003 8:02 pm

Isnt too bright isnt what i do. what size are they on the case? i never seen one so i dont know... they are probbly 3mm. if so i can get (have) red ones and blue (have to order some). but they will be bright.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:07 pm

been awhile... like too long... so here is a video of the finished product in action... looks much better in person. you can ask AT and nexus_7 they have seen it.

about 3.25 megs

let me know what you think. I might be selling it some time soon.