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Offline The_Beast

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Stainless plates being cut
« on: Sat, 19 January 2013, 00:00:25 »
Someone requested plates to be made. He gave me the dwg files on Thursday night. I picked up the plates at 2:30pm today, snapped a few pics and talked to the operator for a bit. These stainless plates run at ~200 inches per minute. In comparison, 1/2" aluminum runs at 4 IPM and "air cutting" 1/16" aluminum (bad edge quality) can go up to 600 IPM.

You can also see another previous keyboard plate just above where these two were cut.





My laser guy also just got in a 6 figure metal forming machine in his shop that is 1 1/2 stories tall.
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Re: Stainless plates being cut
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 19 January 2013, 00:01:02 »
cool :D
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Re: Stainless plates being cut
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 19 January 2013, 00:46:58 »
Sweet, love watching laser cutters. Waterjets look way cooler though.

Wish I had access to these goodies...
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Re: Stainless plates being cut
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 19 January 2013, 03:47:09 »
Had access to a laser machine at school when I was doing graphics. I used to think that was cool, now I've seen this. Do want.
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Re: Stainless plates being cut
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 20 January 2013, 11:07:37 »
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Sat, 19 January 2013, 00:46:58
Sweet, love watching laser cutters.

Video next time!!! :P
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Stainless plates being cut
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 20 January 2013, 11:35:57 »
Beast, if he got a metal forming machine, does that mean now he can make plates with the "lip bend" for Filcos and their cases?
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Re: Stainless plates being cut
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 20 January 2013, 12:07:10 »
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Re: Stainless plates being cut
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 20 January 2013, 13:06:48 »
Quote from: absyrd on Sun, 20 January 2013, 11:07:37
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Sat, 19 January 2013, 00:46:58
Sweet, love watching laser cutters.

Video next time!!! :P

I got some before he changed to stainless, it's 1/4" aluminum:



Quote from: jdcarpe on Sun, 20 January 2013, 11:35:57
Beast, if he got a metal forming machine, does that mean now he can make plates with the "lip bend" for Filcos and their cases?

I'll ask next time I order something from him. But I'd also need to know where the bend is since I don't have a Filco. Would a Rosewill be the same?
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Re: Stainless plates being cut
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 20 January 2013, 13:22:14 »
Quote from: The_Beast on Sun, 20 January 2013, 13:06:48
I'll ask next time I order something from him. But I'd also need to know where the bend is since I don't have a Filco. Would a Rosewill be the same?

I'm pretty sure the bend is in the same place for the Rosewill as the Filco. Looks the same to me just eyeballing it. I don't have calipers or anything.
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