Re: Router - Cutting Thin Sheet Clamping??

Why not put the part before the horse?
Do you have a bandsaw or tablesaw?
Mill your parts on 4/4 stock and resaw them to the desired thickness.
This would work for the wooden parts, the chloroplast could be
temporarily glued or screwed. Nothing that I know of will glue to
chloroplast.


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Dale Emery <dbemery@c...>
wrote:

> You might look into some kind of perf sheet - Small Parts Inc.
> (http://www.smallparts.com) sells perforated aluminum, for example,

and

> then mask all around those holes that get used. Iow, mask similar

to

> how they do it in vacuum-forming, where the vacuum table is masked
> entirely except where the suction draws on the plastic.
>
> Another suggestion - glue the balsa sheet down, with brush-applied,
> water-soluable wood glue, like thinned Elmer's. Glue onto

sacrificial

> plastic sheet, and remove by soaking it all in water - the balsa

parts

> should recover after drying. It also may work to glue using some

kind

> of rubber cement, or 3M spray adhesive, and separate the parts with
> solvent - which would dry even faster.
> -----------------------------------------
> cnc002@a... wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 2/6/2004 11:00:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> >eexgs@n... writes:
> >Oh, I have seem some companies that sell special rubbery sheet

with

> >lots of holes that I think only open when the part is pressed

down.

> >The material can be cut into. I expect it is not cheap.
> >(snip)
> >
> >