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Offline Melvang

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into perspective
« on: Thu, 03 April 2014, 14:58:36 »
For those of you that wonder why I would want to build a keyboard case out of half inch plate, I just want to put it into perspective with what I do at work. 

Today I had to do a shaft alignment between theotor and the pump on an air compressor.  The alignment was damn near perfect when I finished.  Offset missalignmet was within .0002" vertically and .0005" horizontally.  The angular miss alignment was within .0017" vertically and .0000" horizontally.  Here is a picture of the placard from the side of the motor.

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Re: into perspective
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 03 April 2014, 15:38:53 »
I would love to have a metal case as long as I could carry it without getting a hernia. My naked stealth F has a handle that is good.

Raw metal would look supremely bad-ass to boot.

By "plate" do you mean steel? Obviously titanium would be the best all-around, and copper would be scary wicked steampunk, but aluminum would be plenty adequate for the proletariat.

Realistically, at about 8.25 pounds, my F-122 is about as heavy as a keyboard needs to be. Somewhere around triple that weight and it would start getting obnoxious and unnecessarily cumbersome.
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Re: into perspective
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 03 April 2014, 16:10:02 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 03 April 2014, 15:38:53
Obviously titanium would be the best all-around
i prefer iridium, thank you.
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Re: into perspective
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 03 April 2014, 16:11:48 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 03 April 2014, 15:38:53
Obviously inconel would be the best all-around

Fixed that for you :P

Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 03 April 2014, 15:38:53
Raw metal would look supremely bad-ass to boot.

By "plate" do you mean steel?

Should be a steel plate. And I agree, I always liked the look of raw metal.
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Re: into perspective
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 03 April 2014, 21:40:26 »
wow

that motor is 4 metric tons. Then I checked the power requirements: 2300V at over 300A! That's intense!
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Re: into perspective
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 03 April 2014, 21:46:30 »
Tungsten carbide cases and plates FTW.
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Re: into perspective
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 03 April 2014, 23:58:50 »
Quote from: dorkvader on Thu, 03 April 2014, 21:40:26
wow

that motor is 4 metric tons. Then I checked the power requirements: 2300V at over 300A! That's intense!

Just think I have set motors that were only 1,000 hp that were lower RPM but drew more power and weight much more.  But those were built back in the '40s and '50s.
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Re: into perspective
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 04 April 2014, 01:12:42 »
magnesium is nice stuff
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Re: into perspective
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 04 April 2014, 01:22:28 »
Quote from: mkawa on Fri, 04 April 2014, 01:12:42
magnesium is nice stuff

I love lighting it on fire.
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