On 5/18/17 9:54 AM, cdel...@juno.com wrote:
Hi,
I have a square aluminum tube 5" X 5" with a .25" wall it's 8 1/2" long.
I need 20 holes in each end tapped for 4/40 and 1/2" deep.
So you're putting 5 holes in each side? in the ends? (i.e. the long axis
of the screw is within the wall?
That's a fairly tricky operation, especially if the tube is standard
extruded tube, because the sides might not be perfectly flat or at right
angles. You're drilling a 0.112 hole in a 0.25" wall, so you've got some
clearance, but I assume you've got a matching cover plate you want to
attach?
How critical is the spacing of the holes?
A good drill press (or vertical mill), and a really good clamping setup,
and "match drill" the cover plate and the tube at the same time.
This is for a Rubidium project.
The local machine shop want's $360.00!!!!
Anyone have a machining setup that could do the work a bit cheaper?
If not I'll give it a try myself.
Please contact me off list.
Thanks!
Corby Dawson
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