Which areas? I have built 10 of these on my 3 axis machine. I had to hand drill the hole in the side of the lid. Everything else was done with 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 bits.
PVC is the only cost effective material with resistance to bromine. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:43 AM, John Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > At least I can open up the stl files and view them in 3-D. There are > several areas that are impossible to machine... they could be injection > molded but not machined. Sharp inside corners in the Z axis are not > machinable... if they have a radius they can be machined. The smaller > the radius the longer it will take to machine as the tool would be > small. I can only view a stl file and can't make a solid out of it... > > Is there some reason you selected PVC as the material? > > John > > On 4/16/2012 4:26 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > > Ok, hadn't thought that far. www.aercon.net/Public/Pumpitems.zip > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:13 PM, John Thornton<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> The dxf and pdf came through this time but too much detail is missing. > >> The alibre web site says the software can export to STL which I can > open. > >> > >> John > >> > >> On 4/16/2012 3:36 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > >>> Try these again.The ad_prt is an alibre file. I intend to get > iges/step > >>> exporting, but currently only have alibre pe. > >>> > >>> For some reason, fireftp isn't doing its job, and was uploading > >> incomplete > >>> files. > >>> > >>>> DXF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Base.dxf> > >>>> PDF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Bottom.pdf> > >>>> Alibre<http://aercon.net/Public/Base.AD_PRT> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Joseph Chiu<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>>> I've recently got a bunch of parts from FirstCut (Part of ProtoLabs, > >>>> which started out as ProtoMold) that turned out well. Years ago, I > >>>> used Rapid Sheet Metal for sheet work, and was very happy. Their > >>>> affiliate company, Rapid Machining, is working on a piece for me right > >>>> now. Their prices were better than FirstCut for 5-days turns, while > >>>> FC was better for 1-3 day turns. > >>>> > >>>> With FC and RM, they used my exported STEP 214 files from Alibre. > >>>> With FC, I use their online system to call out the threads. With RM, > >>>> I had a separate .pdf calling out my threads. > >>>> > >>>> Both places have a +/- 0.005" as a standard tolerance; but usually > >>>> achieves much better than that. FC only supports a limited number of > >>>> threads. RM appears to be more flexible. > >>>> > >>>> One thing about FC -- they claim they have a bed size limit of 7" x > >>>> 10" -- but it turns out for thinner parts, the supported bed size can > >>>> be much bigger, depending on thickness. > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM, John Thornton<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>>>> Erik, > >>>>> > >>>>> I get invalid or incomplete for the dxf and bad file for the ad_prt > >>>>> file. Can you save the file as step or iges? > >>>>> > >>>>> thanks > >>>>> John > >>>>> > >>>>> On 4/16/2012 2:00 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > >>>>>> The 3d pdf's created by alibre are a little flaky. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> DXF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Base.dxf> > >>>>>> PDF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Bottom.pdf> > >>>>>> Alibre<http://aercon.net/Public/Base.AD_PRT> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:47 PM, John Thornton<[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> I can't see much on the pdf, do you have a cad drawing or 3d model > of > >>>>>>> the part? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> John Thornton > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 4/16/2012 1:42 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > >>>>>>>> Around 50 pieces each. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Dave<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On 4/16/2012 1:35 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> Has anyone here use e-machine shop, or anything like it? 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