Category | flat aluminum parts


Re: Treat your machine/pcb/acrylic/laser shop professionally

25 Sep 2010 |  Posted by tito |  0 Comment.
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Update: 9/25/2010 to http://openpcr.org/2010/07/treat-your-machine-shop-professionally/ Good comment from mo - spread the love around. I want to point out that the relationship with your machine/PCB/acrylic/wood shop can be challenging! It's important but not necessarily easy! If you can't meet in person it's tougher to build repertoire over email or telephone, no matter how charismatic you are. And though I'm usually close to my email, people in shops are on tools and machines most of the time. A phone call is a lot quicker and more personal, but conversations on the phone often lead to miscommunications...



Cutting flat aluminum parts

10 Jul 2010 |  Posted by tito |  2 Comments.
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If you think I'm making a lot of posts over the past week, it's true! I took 2 weeks off of my day job and have been able to get a lot done on OpenPCR. Back to my day job on Monday :\ We are prototyping 3 1/8" flat aluminum parts for OpenPCR: 1. ~ 2" square plate, with holes for 2 screws for the heated lid. Our prototype heated lid involves a peltier, aluminum plate, and thermal pad 2. ~ 4.25" square plate for mounting the heat sink and aluminum heat block to one surface. This needs holes for the aluminum block and screw holes for mounting the aluminum block and heat sink. 3. 4 cm square...