I've read about some people who are trying to make a keychain from a CPU,
to protect it from scratches and dirt, you could embed it in epoxy,
this is a life report from my first attempt!
as i make my progress throught the job, i'll keep you all up to date with pictures
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step 1: materials and preparation:
Nr 1 : THE CPU: This is a Atlon XP 2600+ this is the part we going to embed in epoxy
Nr 2: a cut plastic bottle, used to make the epoxy (2 components)
i've put a sticker on to make my measurements.
part
Nr 3: A bottle of the best belgium beer, to get the courage!
nr 4: the 2 components for the epoxy
nr 5: plastic form, speaks for itself!
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step 2: making and pouring the epoxy
first we make the epoxy
when we open the big component of epoxy, there a very annoying smell
i've poured the gel from the big component in the bottle, until just below the sticker. (100 ml)
i need to put 35 drops of the small component into this (=+/- 1 ml)
second the epoxy and the CPU in the form.
i've poured a little bit epoxy in the form (like 2 mm.)
then i've placed the CPU in it (the core down, as you can see on the picture)
placed the CPU exact in place, and continued with the pouring, until the pins are about 1 mm. below the epoxy.
i've used a toothpick too distribute the gel evenly.
after this i had still a lot off epoxy in the bottle, so i've started searching for some other forms and objects.
now i've got used a Athlon XP 2600+, a celeron 800 and celeron 700 and the cap of the bottle of beer (dam'n i love that beer)
i've closed off the green form because the manual of the epoxy stated that it would harden faster. so i've got 3 open and one closed form of epoxy.
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step 3: waiting and have a glass of beer
now i have to wait until it dries out, probably 3 days
so i keep you informed the following days!!
after one hour it starts to harden, i've checked after 2 hours, everything is still looking good!!, doesn't smell that much any more, but my hallway smells like hell :?
after 12 hours: after one night of drying time, it hardening, it looks like the epoxy is sticking to the edges, so removing can become difficult.
the edges are a little bit upwards because the epoxy is shrinking, but the edges are stuck to the form, but that's nothing a dremel can't fix once completely hardened.
after 36 hours: the one in the green form, seems to harden ok,
the others are still gel, so, we need to wait a little longer.
i think i'm going to a regular drill to make the hole, there is almost none air accumulating.
after 38 hours: the green one seemed hard enough to try removing it:
so i grabbed to my hardware and started destroying the form! these are the results;
Now Thats a "boxed CPU" :lol:
after 4 days of drying time, to 2 CPU-s that weren't covered the first hour, are still in a gelly state, but there are slowly hardening,
the one that was covered hardened very fast, after 2 days of drying time, i've took my drill and drilled a hole in it.
now i've got my first keychain.
i thinks it looks very bumpy because it was covered the first hour, or it was the last of the epoxy i've used, the other 2 are looking flat, but still hardening.
this is how my first one looks like!
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after 6 days, the epoxy on the other 3 keychains is hardening,
so, i think it still needs another week to become really hard.
my final thoughts:
1: do this in summertime: the epoxy really smells
2: cover the object, for fast drying, or leave them uncovered, but it takes a long time to dry
3: if you want to do it, just go for it, it ain't so difficult
4: i loved to do this, so if you have any other ideas just let me know!!!
to protect it from scratches and dirt, you could embed it in epoxy,
this is a life report from my first attempt!
as i make my progress throught the job, i'll keep you all up to date with pictures
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
step 1: materials and preparation:
Nr 1 : THE CPU: This is a Atlon XP 2600+ this is the part we going to embed in epoxy
Nr 2: a cut plastic bottle, used to make the epoxy (2 components)
i've put a sticker on to make my measurements.
part
Nr 3: A bottle of the best belgium beer, to get the courage!
nr 4: the 2 components for the epoxy
nr 5: plastic form, speaks for itself!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
step 2: making and pouring the epoxy
first we make the epoxy
when we open the big component of epoxy, there a very annoying smell
i've poured the gel from the big component in the bottle, until just below the sticker. (100 ml)
i need to put 35 drops of the small component into this (=+/- 1 ml)
second the epoxy and the CPU in the form.
i've poured a little bit epoxy in the form (like 2 mm.)
then i've placed the CPU in it (the core down, as you can see on the picture)
placed the CPU exact in place, and continued with the pouring, until the pins are about 1 mm. below the epoxy.
i've used a toothpick too distribute the gel evenly.
after this i had still a lot off epoxy in the bottle, so i've started searching for some other forms and objects.
now i've got used a Athlon XP 2600+, a celeron 800 and celeron 700 and the cap of the bottle of beer (dam'n i love that beer)
i've closed off the green form because the manual of the epoxy stated that it would harden faster. so i've got 3 open and one closed form of epoxy.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
step 3: waiting and have a glass of beer
now i have to wait until it dries out, probably 3 days
so i keep you informed the following days!!
after one hour it starts to harden, i've checked after 2 hours, everything is still looking good!!, doesn't smell that much any more, but my hallway smells like hell :?
after 12 hours: after one night of drying time, it hardening, it looks like the epoxy is sticking to the edges, so removing can become difficult.
the edges are a little bit upwards because the epoxy is shrinking, but the edges are stuck to the form, but that's nothing a dremel can't fix once completely hardened.
after 36 hours: the one in the green form, seems to harden ok,
the others are still gel, so, we need to wait a little longer.
i think i'm going to a regular drill to make the hole, there is almost none air accumulating.
after 38 hours: the green one seemed hard enough to try removing it:
so i grabbed to my hardware and started destroying the form! these are the results;
Now Thats a "boxed CPU" :lol:
after 4 days of drying time, to 2 CPU-s that weren't covered the first hour, are still in a gelly state, but there are slowly hardening,
the one that was covered hardened very fast, after 2 days of drying time, i've took my drill and drilled a hole in it.
now i've got my first keychain.
i thinks it looks very bumpy because it was covered the first hour, or it was the last of the epoxy i've used, the other 2 are looking flat, but still hardening.
this is how my first one looks like!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
after 6 days, the epoxy on the other 3 keychains is hardening,
so, i think it still needs another week to become really hard.
my final thoughts:
1: do this in summertime: the epoxy really smells
2: cover the object, for fast drying, or leave them uncovered, but it takes a long time to dry
3: if you want to do it, just go for it, it ain't so difficult
4: i loved to do this, so if you have any other ideas just let me know!!!
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