Re: TI-H: Cases READ!

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: Cases READ!
From: matt.johnson@wmich.edu
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 16:46:32 -0500 (EST)
In-reply-to: <01bd4870$92ab2a70$0a0a0a0a@gandolf.MarotzSA.com>
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org

You can't use a rotter on plastic. The friction from the bit will cause
the plastic to deform not alowing you to get a clean cut. Plastics need to
be molded into the correct shape. Plastics are intrinsicly different from
wood and can't be treated the same way. Plastics are molded into shape
not cut (the only cuting involved is the trimming off of small amounts of 
exsses where the mold seams were). If you want to use a router to create
your mold that would be fine, but it would be hard to get it accurate. 

On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, David Knaack wrote:

> 
> >like I mentioned in a previous message, jointed cases are dificult, and
> >can be done later.
> 
> A solution would the to mold a case that is as close to the original as
> possable,
> and then use hand tools to finish the job.  With a halfway decent router (or
> even a
> crappy one) and an appropriate jig, the covers could be routed out in a
> matter of
> seconds, no jointed casting required.
> 
> DK
> 
>

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Re: TI-H: Cases READ!

From: "David Knaack" <dknaack@easen.net>