Sheet Metal Sticker Shock

========== When you no longer domestically produce "stuff" and your currency tanks compared to that of your supplier, and you gotta' have "stuff," you are *SCREWED,* be it oil or angle iron.

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

========== check the price of hops.

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

This is an era of technical break throughs. They have finally discovered how to turn lead into gold. I bought a 12"X12"X1/8" sheet of lead from Aircraft Spruce. $63.!! Invest in precious metals now includes lead.

Stu

Maybe aircraft lead is lighter. d8-)

-- Ed Huntress

Hi, Tim. You have investigated fabricating your device from scratch. Have you considered going the other way? Take a square or rectangular tube of the size you need and cut it to the shape you need. Add two spacers screwed to the walls so when you machine away the top, the sides remain parallel. Simple to make and the wall thickness is whatever you need. Perhaps you can find an aluminum extrusion that will be the basis of the structure.

And don't ask us to place that sensor on a circuit board for you. The specs look like pure smoke and mirrors. If you let it out of the box, it will die!

Paul Redmond, Oregon

============= Good idea!

A little web surfing and I located a supplier of rectangular extruded aluminum tubing. 4 X 6 w/ 1/8 wall runs 18$ /ft, but if you cut the end at a slant for accessibility you should be able to get 2 housing per 18 inches.

This was one of the first sites I came to so some additional searching may get better prices. Also they offer cut to length and finish also.

these urls may also be helpful

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

Maybe you should have your kid make them.

24" bench box break, should handle aluminum.

Cut out blanks using router and router guide

Or try this.

It will shear and bend.

A plywood drill fixture with a few drill bushings inserted could handle your holes.

Wes

Tip: Put the holes in last using a drill jig, and eliminate costs associated with close tolerances

Hey Tim,

I saw this in a hobby shop for U$20 this afternoon and thought of you for some reason:

--Winston

And this could replace the troublesome angular position sensor:

Jim Wilkins