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Re: EDM enclosure -- suggestions?

2005-07-03 by lcdpublishing

Hi Brian, if at the hardware store, look for "Pop" rivets which are a 
blind rivet system - Pretty cheap, easy to work with too.





--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Chapman" 
<cornbeltroute@m...> wrote:
> > Bend two pieces of aluminum to a C shape, the one piece forms top
> and   sides, the other piece forms bottom and front/back. <
> 
> This was one of the three methods the author suggests for building an
> enclosure. Thought it would require a bending brake, though, to make
> it fit together fairly well?
> 
> > I'd prefer screws and rivets. Don't try brazing/welding aluminum
> unless you have a tig welder. -ST <
> 
> Screws/rivets it is, then. Thanks for the help, ST. Appreciate it.
> 
> Brian Chapman
> Evansdale, Iowa
> 
> 
> ---

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