Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 1107

Thankyou Chas.
Only thing better would be no $$$. But it is probably about the best
you can do considering health, mental as well as physical.

Peace
Phredd


Les Watts wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcus & Eva" <implmex@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 1107
>
> > Hi Tony:
> > snip>You mean you've not heard the phrase "as purfled as a newt"?? Its
> a
> > >familiar state to reach on a Friday night after a hard week's work...<
> >
> > Seems I have missed out on a great cultural tradition here.
> > Does it come with adverse consequences the next day??
> >
> > Less Puzzled in Canada
>
> Marcus.
>
> Being the end of the week I may get a six after work, play
> some guitar, and get very slightly purfled. "How many beers
> before you sound like Eric Clapton" is a very good measure
> of how much you have been practicing! As I have not been due
> to a finger wound I had better not try that test right now.
>
> Ballendo is right about miters when inlaying this stuff. ANY
> visible defects are considered poor workmanship. The same for inlays. No
> putty allowed. No gaps either.So instrument makers will have a great
> interest in doing this with CNC as it is so labor intensive. Thousandths
> matter.
> The only problem is sharp inside corners. Laser is good to handle that. I
> had a YAG laser trimmer that could do it slowly
> over 1.5 " square but I gave it to a school. I could not afford
> the upkeep to run it a lot. Steel rule die laser engravers do an ok job on
> plywood and plastic. CO2 is a little bit more coarse usually due to the
> longer wavelength. I got fairly crisp lines with brass templates though. I
> built a machine for a client using a 2kw Spectra Physics laser a long time
> ago that was used that way. It was also very expensive to run.
>
> Leslie Watts
> L M Watts Furniture
> Tiger, Georgia USA
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