Bought my Lapping kit

l33t-krew · 12 Apr 2007 at 17:59

Brought me my lapping kit today. Was fairly expensive @ 10 pounds. It includes

2x of every of the below sandpaper
400

600
800
1000
40 micron
25 micron
20 micron
15 micron
10 micron

I also got a tube of Artic Silver 5 and some special grit. The man said it has a abrasive power of 10000 :eek:

He said it gives a mirror finish.

Will be interesting to see how it performs. Have to say im not expecting much for 10 pounds.

w3bbo · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:13

tbh I would expect miracles for £10 - self made lapping kit of £3 gave me mirror finish (which isn't required for good temps btw - flatness is what matters!).

l33t-krew · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:23

10 pounds here or there is no issue for me.

Im hoping there is enough paste and sandpaper to do 2 chips and heatsinks.

I have a Pentium 4 65nm. Gonna overclock it to hell and back. Going to try for 5ghz. Then I am going to get me a new C2D.

DaveMac · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:27

Diminishing returns past P800, not worth the effort for unseen bling.

Participant · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:28

Should have cost 50p for a few sheets of paper from your local friendly DIY guy!

l33t-krew · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:32

Robbie G said:
Should have cost 50p for a few sheets of paper from your local friendly DIY guy!

lmao. I live in the back of beyond. To get to the nearest town is 40 miles away traveling over a mountain pass.

The village I live in while reasonably big (population 2000) :rolleyes:

and has some good shops, most definitly does not sell high quality sandpaper

z0mbi3 · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:38

l33t-krew said:
Im hoping there is enough paste and sandpaper to do 2 chips and heatsinks.

Read here. You should use less than a quarter of a tube and get good results. Using a whole tube would be insanity.

PhillyDee · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:40

I went to work and lapped my heatsink on the lapping machines. Impossible to get any flatter.

mwtb · 12 Apr 2007 at 19:09

I suppose a tenner isn't bad for the amount of paper you got, but after lapping to 1200 myself, I don't see any purpose in going further. It's all about flat, not shiny, after all. My "lapping kit" was a set of 240, 600, 800 and 1200 paper from Halfords for all of two quid.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 12 Apr 2007 at 19:15

l33t-krew · 12 Apr 2007 at 19:17

apparently the sheets of paper are 9" by 11".

Dunno how big that is. Is it standard size??

cheers

l33t-krew · 12 Apr 2007 at 19:18

I wish there was a halfords nearby.

£2

*feels ripped of*

barrymacp · 12 Apr 2007 at 21:09

Im planning on lapping what paper should i go for?

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 12 Apr 2007 at 21:17

Cyber-Mav · 12 Apr 2007 at 21:23

markyp23 said:
The answers to that question are littered in this thread. You'd have to proactively try to miss them.

id go for 400 ----> 800 ----> 1200 then be done with it. only need a 3 step lap process.

ramirez · 12 Apr 2007 at 21:36

Where did you bring it from?

jellybeard999 · 12 Apr 2007 at 21:50

ramirez said:
Where did you bring it from?

I dont understand how people manage to add an R into bought either :confused:

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:30

***F1ZZY*** · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:43

ramirez said:
Where did you bring it from?

Ha ha, most amusing

I think OP has either gone shy / embarrased or is just plain old confused..

barrymacp · 13 Apr 2007 at 13:24

Cyber-Mav said:
id go for 400 ----> 800 ----> 1200 then be done with it. only need a 3 step lap process.

Thanks for that