Looks sick, but doesn’t it hurt the sinks performance if you coat it? I mean you’re practically insulating it by the looks of it. Is there a measurable difference?
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You will still get the thermal mass.
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Based on the testing I did, not even a little bit. If anything will affect it will be the lack of fins in the wind stream.
I heated them both with the heat gun to the same temp twice. One painted and one just anodized. M They stayed within tenths of degrees as they cooled. Twice. Considering I’m running two on Stormcore 100D’s, I doubt they will ever get warm.
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Should through mount heat sinks include a beveled faceplate that goes on the outside to hide the edges of the cut?
how did you cut enclosure ?
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Just a Dremel and a cutting disk… for the corners you have to be very careful 
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Best to cut small and bring up to size with files.
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This has got be the most satisfying enclosure around. Especially if you follow his build on freesk8
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I love the mini.
Also…Is the sink glued in place? Looks so clean without the screws.
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Glued or between fiberglass layers I assume. Has a removable mounting plate that goes between the esc and heatsink(add thermal paste!!)
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someone should make a video show how they cut it so clean
probably the same as the rest of the holes, a dremel and a steady hand.
