Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Joerg Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,comp.arch.embedded Subject: Re: Cutting panels Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:48:21 -0700 Organization: Consultant Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <20nnu8doarr1466ggm9780lc522oi7nalq@4ax.com> Reply-To: news@analogconsultants.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 6vKs6qHvApC1l0EDQ3XLUgBbZwpvxgchrKZq+YDM9O04ALLXUd Cancel-Lock: sha1:/4Ph2bqfMvJKLgqcjhIieKjjYH8= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070728 Thunderbird/2.0.0.6 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.arch.embedded:12594 Carl Ijames wrote: > For just one, find someone with a manual mill and have the slots milled. > Maybe post on rec.crafts.metalworking and tell where you are and maybe > someone will volunteer. Or find a machine shop in your area. Laser > cutting, punching, or cnc milling will all cost twice as much because of the > set up and programming involved. If you want five or ten or more, then that > gets spread out and doesn't matter much, but for one the overhead is a > killer. > Or use the situation as the perfect excuse to get one of these: http://www.harborfreight.com/two-speed-variable-bench-mill-drill-machine-44991.html It's still less than what most wives spend on shoes, handbags and such in a year :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/