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    Re: Cast aluminum vs extruded?

    Thank you guys. Yes it was odd.

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    Re: Cast aluminum vs extruded?

    forgot to mention mitee bite has a heat activated film for use in hold down . I've never used it so I can't comment on it , but judging by their other products I'd expect it to work well

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    Re: Cast aluminum vs extruded?

    good to know, thank you. I use some of their product but did not know.

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    Re: Cast aluminum vs extruded?

    where those done by hand or a cnc mill? They look amazing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FoxCNC1 View Post
    where those done by hand or a cnc mill? They look amazing.
    CNC you would have a hard job doing pockets like that with a manual machine, but not imposable to do on a manual machine these are just some very basic parts that I can show
    Mactec54

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    Quote Originally Posted by mactec54 View Post
    CNC you would have a hard job doing pockets like that with a manual machine, but not imposable to do on a manual machine these are just some very basic parts that I can show
    I figured I would ask anyway. There some very talented folks around that could that by hand.
    What CAM software to you use if you dont mind me asking?

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    Re: Cast aluminum vs extruded?

    Quote Originally Posted by FoxCNC1 View Post
    I figured I would ask anyway. There some very talented folks around that could that by hand.
    What CAM software to you use if you dont mind me asking?
    I use Gibbs Cam, for doing one off of something like those parts yes they could be done by manual machine but when you make hundreds of parts you would not even consider to do it on a manual machine they would take so long to make the cost per part would be about 10 times that of a CNC machined part here are some more of my machined parts
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails HPIM2804.jpg   HPIM2834.jpg   HPIM2910.jpg   HPIM2929.jpg  

    Mactec54

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