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Title: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: The_Beast 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.

(http://i.imgur.com/PFpMi2c.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/qKNcAIqh.jpg)

My laser guy also just got in a 6 figure metal forming machine in his shop that is 1 1/2 stories tall.
Title: Re: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: phetto on Sat, 19 January 2013, 00:01:02
cool :D
Title: Re: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: CPTBadAss 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...
Title: Re: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: McWilloughby 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.
Title: Re: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: 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
Title: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: 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?
Title: Re: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: esoomenona on Sun, 20 January 2013, 12:07:10
^+1
Title: Re: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: The_Beast 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?
Title: Re: Stainless plates being cut
Post by: jdcarpe 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.