Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don Y Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,comp.arch.embedded Subject: Re: Cutting panels Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:36:13 -0700 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: X5OkaRnpFkH8qj3rBc8bqA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.arch.embedded:12602 Hi Joerg, On 7/21/2013 9:32 AM, Joerg wrote: > amdx wrote: >> On 7/21/2013 4:47 AM, Don Y wrote: >>> My problem is cutting these long slots in some material >>> (e.g., aluminum) in a manner that doesn't look amateurish. >>> [I suspect these slots are punched in commercial offerings >>> so they are nice and square, etc.] >>> >>> You *know* aluminum with a file is going to look like >>> "aluminum with a file" :< ... > > Not sure why you'd see filed edges in this case. If you mean the > outsides of a cut panel I do this: No. Outside is easy -- you can bring power tools to bear (belt sanders, etc.) But, when cutting a long, thin slot/opening in the interior of the piece, your choices quickly get limited. Esp if you want nice square corners, etc. >> I'm don't know what type of connector will go in the slot, but many >> have a small lip to cover minor flaws. ... > > IME they all have a lip. Else they'd fall out the back :-) The ones I've seen are all *mounted* from the back. See the images (URL) I posted in another reply. --don