daniel mason
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 10:26 PM |
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anyone work with ally for dash project?
is anyone on here able to work and cut ally for mounting clocks and switches?
i ideally want something 8-10 mm thick as long as can pass the radius test, it will be rectangular in shape but will have a semi circular cut out for
clocks and 3 small rectangles for swtches
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designer
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 06:20 AM |
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I would have thought any laser cutting place could do it for you.
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ali f27
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 07:20 AM |
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purdy would do it mj engineering currently building mk for customer
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 07:42 AM |
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A 10mm thick ali dash??? 
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 07:55 AM |
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Make it in 3mm, or thinner if you can brace it behind.
A good engineering shop should be able to roll a 19mm radius on the bottom for you.
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nick205
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 08:06 AM |
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Daniel - do we understand right that you want to make an entire 1 piece dash out of 10mm thick ally?
That will cost a rather large wad to get the material alone, never mind getting it machined, finished (anodised) and fitted.
...or do you mean an insert panel to fit into/behind a GRP/Carbon dash panel?
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BenB
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 09:18 AM |
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I don't think the entire dash is going to be made from 10mm ali  sounds like a little centre console type thang....
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boggle
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 10:41 AM |
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i made my ali dash from 3mm.....
10mm is mahooosive!!!
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supercat
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 11:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by boggle
i made my ali dash from 3mm.....
10mm is mahooosive!!!
Me too. 3mm with a small brace behind the switch area. 10mm is a bit extreme
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daniel mason
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 05:54 PM |
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just a small rectangular section with a cut out for my clocks. will 3mm be sturdy enough?
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nick205
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| posted on 9/7/10 at 09:12 PM |
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Ample and much easier to get hold and work with. Water jet or laser profiling would be an easy job, but it really wouldn't be hard to do
manually with hole saws/files etc.
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