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Thermal tape contacts the oblate heat pipe to the exhaust fins(will solder or weld in the future) . Heat pipe shaped with a dowel and force (carefully)
Scrap copper, concept of idea (spent 1 minute shaping it)
Copper tape binding copper plate 1mm thick and any gap between additional heatpipe
UnitConversionBot
1mm ≈ 39 thousandths of an inch
bikesandtools
Gtfo with those imperial units
bikesandtools
Yep got a bunch of fire copper fins, 1mm maybe thinner, using an analog caliper
theboatsong
Lick it
bikesandtools
Don’t need to even make contact it’ll still cut you somehow :o
bikesandtools
But if you dare me
Arcygenical
Did you tape copper fins to the heatpipe lol?
bikesandtools
Yes,, surprisingly, I’ve also tried soldering copper shims but there’s no improvement. Especially if done on both sides (air gap-fill it)
bikesandtools
Haha yeah. Well I added a heat pipe.. this is the stock single heat pipe. Then webbed it with a piece of copper I cut to fan at the end
bikesandtools
Wrapped in copper tape, and used thermal tape to connect the heatpipe to the exhaust. Test run.. I’ll spot weld things eventually
Arcygenical
Soldering heat pipes is a bitch. I've always had to use a plate burner and even made my own solder alloy
bikesandtools
Oh for sure, oblates are touchy!!
bikesandtools
Any luck? Would like to hear tips , less failures in my journey that way :)
Arcygenical
Sure. I made an indium solder by mixing lead-free plumbing solder with 10% indium by weight. That lowered it's melting temperature.