Hi all,
I would like to machine a shape which is a rounded rectangle, out of a
3/8 " thick Aluminum sheet. The shape and the basic dimensions are here:Can this be machined on a regular milling machine, in one's garage, with some kind of an adaptor to make the circular curves? A friend of mine who consideres himself an experienced machinist just laughed at me and said that I will need to give this job to a professional shop which has a million-dollar electronic mill, the rounded curves to be iterated by pixelated steps in X-Y. At the same time, to me it seems like there must be a simpler way.
I would not mind spending up to $1000 in equipment, if it can be done in my garage. The shape is for a prototype, and I am sure I will have to go through many of them, with variable dimensions, before it starts working, and paying a shop for every trial not sound very efficient, in terms of time and $$.
Thank you all in advance for suggestions!
RunnerXCskier