The new system makes the final polishing and buffing much easier, and it only uses one compound to produce a finish second to none. More on that subject later. Here's how to color-sand correctly.

Lapping a CPU is a process by which you sand the top of a CPU's case until it is as close to perfectly smooth as possible. The idea is that if you can eliminate microscopic air gaps between the ...

I am looking for the best guide to lapping a heatsink and CPU/GPU.<BR><BR>Also I recently installed an "Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer Rev. 2 - All In Wonder Compatible" and when I did I had to ...

Conventional abrasives for lapping and polishing are available from Advanced Abrasives such as alumina, boron carbide, cerium oxide and silicon carbide in the form of powders, suspensions, slurries ...

I come across something I had not heard of before: Phase-Change Thermal Interface Compound. Basically, from what I can tell, it is designed to replace heatsink grease and the like, and work as ...

It seemed like a good idea to build a semiconductor lapping machine from an old hard drive. But there’s just something a little off about [electronupdate]’s build, and we think the Hackaday ...