On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 02:51:33 PM dave did opine: > On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:26:20 -0500 > > gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:21:07 PM kqt4a...@gmail.com did > > > > opine: > > > On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, gene heskett wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 06:35:36 AM charles green did > > > > > > > > opine: > > > >> get a CD that > > > >> you dont want to listen to anymore, and cnc it out of that. and > > > >> then paint it black. > > > > > > > > Now that might be (the old cd) a usable idea. I probably bin a 50 > > > > pack a year of those, old data & distro's going obsolete mostly. > > > > And that should be cheap enough even if I use a fresh cdr to > > > > serve as a test developing tool. I don't recall ever seeing a cd > > > > get hot enough to warp either. I can fine tune it 5 thou here, > > > > and 5 thou there to optimize the design very easily. > > > > > > A hardrive disk? > > > > Glass? That doesn't sound like it would be easily worked. Really old > > ones, alu maybe as I expect there's nothing gummy about that alloy. > > I do have a drive or 6 that could be sacrificed on that altar > > though. Packratitis is a serious disease, you could get killed in an > > earthquake that way. :) > > Ah! yes, but chrome plated glass is perfect for a photoetch job.
Maybe, but I'd have to make several just for insurance in case I bumped it with a wrench working in that area. My metal one when I get it done, should be able to take an errant wrench tap. > If the disc is Al or steel with a chrome/nickel layer on top then > machining should not be too difficult. > > Just my tuppence. Mine too. Too bad nobody applies the inflation to maintain its worth over the years. ;-) > Dave > > > Cheers, Gene > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Nasrudin walked into a teahouse and declaimed, "The moon is more useful than the sun." "Why?", he was asked. "Because at night we need the light more." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
