Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] home brew rapid prototype machines

> From: Brian Bartholomew <bb@...>
>
> > [Are you sure it's pure copper that's being used here, or is it some
> > kind of (much) lower-melting alloy? The oven would have to get
> > awfully hot for copper to work this way- and it would likely oxidize
> > before it did, unless it's in a vacuum oven.]
>
> I remember it as "copper", with no indication about alloy. I will
> recheck the literature next week when I get back in town.
>

Bronze is sometimes used.

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