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Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte
What you're looking for is a Cratex cylinder. Mount on a mandrel and go to town.
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I have an old 1/2" Cratex "stick" from working in the avionics world 40 yrs. ago...but it's dry. Tried it and it crumbled too much and I didn't want to spend $22 on a new one...nor having to wait for its delivery.
Took me an hour last night to turn a 2" x 4" aluminum flat. Learned a lesson or two. Next time I'll make a jig so I don't have to be so careful of it not moving on the graph.
Also, the turning is not as pronounced (deep) as I had hoped.
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Finished, so far...need to make some cuts and holes now for the switches and mini meters.
I love being retired...lots of silly but fun projects.
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Thanks all.
