[psas-airframe] Not so much lasers...

2010-01-20 Thread Andrew Greenberg
So I've gotten quite a bit of feedback from people on laser cutting the avionics plates, and the answer is, in general, "bad idea". Apparently with so many little holes, the part heats up and warps ("potato chips" or "bananas" or pick your own curvy fruit analogy here). So, apparently, what we wa

Re: [psas-airframe] Not so much lasers...

2010-01-20 Thread I
WTF? Did you speak with Ron (Duffy) at LCS? Perhaps I'm missing something here, but unless you asked for very thick plates, that shouldn't be a problem. It sounds like the kind of blow off I've heard when I've asked for a freebee as a 'student organization'. So how thick are the parts you r

Re: [psas-airframe] Not so much lasers...

2010-01-20 Thread Dave Camarillo
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:44 PM, I wrote: > WTF? Did you speak with Ron (Duffy) at LCS? Perhaps I'm missing something > here, but unless you asked for very thick plates, that shouldn't be a > problem. It sounds like the kind of blow off I've heard when I've asked for > a freebee as a 'student org