Oddbean

Cleaned up the drawing from the last post and added some angled internal walls instead of a straight wall (near the left of the miner) The items in the picture are not to scale. I was trying to get a feel for the internal design and how big I wanted the whole thing to be. https://image.nostr.build/724b66369cc41c402ba74494f4e88e72ec24c32617be5bc4127e1fac3f078608.png #mining #antminer #btc #bitcoin #woodworking #fans #insulation #soundproofing #design

We are getting very close to the final design now with only some small tweaks ahead! 😅 😌 (Picture attached is a birds eye view with the top off) This picture is mostly to scale... (note: the miner and the fan attachment is slightly not to scale, though it is close) 1) Greyish/black thick lines are the walls. Will be keeping all the walls straight to keep it simple. 2) Light blue thick lines are the internal soundproofing/heatproofing materials. 3) Dark black thick lines are the big fans at the back (you can see two). 4) The brown thick line is the two vertical stacked fans which are smaller and higher max RPM than the big black fans. 5) Cool air through the holes in the left (marked green), air goes through the fans, into the miner and out through the holes on the right (marked red). https://image.nostr.build/3a0619af9768eff451550613b77e23a39fde159587de8078f8d456f1f27514f2.png #mining #antminer #btc #bitcoin #woodworking #fans #insulation #soundproof #heatproof #design

I thought about a new design idea but scrapped it after about 30 minutes of thinking about it. Even though it looks interesting and would help a lot with the soundproofing, the internal build would be complicated for me. The maintenance would probably be more difficult if something needed to be fixed. So in the image below, the idea was to have the miner angled slightly and have the internal air flow in an S shape for the intake and the exhaust. Sounds nice, but slightly complicated. Pass. https://image.nostr.build/7ffabbe3bf666e1f5f4646845712023342569a185f9d712d6a7f73f3e5e8f3bd.png #mining #antminer #btc #bitcoin #woodworking #fans #insulation #soundproof #heatproof #design

Building on my design post 18 days ago. I decided on adding some ducting to help keep the hot air contained and forced out rather than having the warm air build up the internal compartment (right side of unit). It's also much easier to use ducting here than trying to build a custom internal unit! I'll need a Y ducting piece for this, can buy one or can easily make it with existing materials in the garage. This contrasts to the cold air section (left side of unit) where there is no ducting, just maximum room for air to flow in. I thought about how big to make the airflow holes on the visible outside of the unit. I also thought about how it can be finished and what type of soundproof padding to use near it to make it look nice. https://image.nostr.build/baa01ca9d25e53bb95ff2ebb24d566f5332f7c38fa782333b9e840b34db28fa1.png #mining #antminer #btc #bitcoin #woodworking #fans #insulation #soundproof #heatproof #design

With this design update everything is slowly coming to together and is being built more to scale. The unit is slightly wider than the prior design image so it now has a similar size to a coffee table. I decided to flatten the inner triangle shaped brown wall on the left side of the unit and pushed the black intake fans closer to the outside wall. I resized and shaped the soundproof/heatproof padding near the miner intake and exhaust. https://image.nostr.build/bdf95c1d15fcd0a4f6d58bf8f019163718fd203b6a8031129d672a9d45b16584.png #mining #antminer #btc #bitcoin #woodworking #fans #insulation #soundproof #heatproof #design

Something new now, a side shot of the unit to scale. Originally the 200mm exits holes looked way to big, so I resized them down to 150mm in this picture (green and red square). There is not much space for soundproofing material above and below the miner but it should be fine as I am looking to use thin wood and sandwich some soundproof material in the middle of the wood (the black exterior walls in the picture). The brown line are extra fans and the black angled square is also an extra fan (4 additional fans I am thinking of adding in). https://image.nostr.build/113577ee5eecc9dcaaa3020d53ac3459bd5dcb9eaebf294b11498e5d650adacd.png #mining #antminer #btc #bitcoin #woodworking #fans #insulation #soundproof #heatproof #design

Back to the birds eye view of the unit. Small changes here. 1) Removed the brown angled inner wall, no real need I think. I thought it would help direct the airflow but probably not necessary. 2) The holes on the exterior walls have been resized down to 150mm from 200mm with inner padding removed https://image.nostr.build/e7cfc29636572ed22d81d888b23c5ff7385c0ac3c58a1a617f9277dad542dc7f.png #mining #antminer #btc #bitcoin #woodworking #fans #insulation #soundproof #heatproof #design

These are the final two design images with no further changes to be made. 😃 Bird eye view and the side view. The miner and fan adapter was updated to be more true to scale. I decided to use only 1 brown fan instead of 2 near the miner intake because of space issues. So only 3 additional fans in total. I might be missing a few things but 90% of the design planning is done. It's best to start getting the materials ready and cutting everything to size now before winter really kicks in! https://image.nostr.build/6d429a8eab052b3e2fe6531161db918b17cbf4466516a0a0768e17fee7bde97c.png https://image.nostr.build/14cf740cd5e47d3beb10f69c5e861c918875128ec8f643553b05738b2aeb8106.png #mining #antminer #btc #bitcoin #woodworking #fans #insulation #soundproof #heatproof #design #done