View Single Post
Discseven Discseven is online now
Registered
 
Discseven's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 4,462
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by fanaudical View Post
Nice bracket!
Thanks Jim


Quote:
Originally Posted by thetorch View Post
Have done a few items with SendCutSend and nothing but good experiences.

Thinner stock I have found to be smooth except at the start / end points of the laser cut.

I have found that thicker parts can come with quite rough edges.

This flange base is 6061 aluminum in 0.375" / 9.5mm was very rough on the outer edges (not the holes/center hole though). This is after quite a bit of sanding and wire wheeling. Sufficient for my needs but would have taken a lot more sanding and grinding to make smooth.
Beautiful weld. Is that high or low temp?

Curved edges on my aluminum...also very rough. Photo I posted is after sanding. Found out from SCS it was my uploaded file done in Tinkercad. Switched to Onshape. Below is curve they just cut into 3/16" stainless steel from Onshape vector file.

__________________
Karl ~~~

Current: '80 Silver Targa w /'85 3.2. 964 cams, SSI, Dansk 2 in 1 out muf, custom fuel feed with spin on filter
Prior: '77 Copper 924. '73 Black 914. '74 White Carrera. '79 Silver, Black, Anthracite 930s.
Old 07-05-2023, 08:31 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #17 (permalink)