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Re: Integrated WCD "Warp drive" chassis

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Originally Posted by mman1506 View Post
I would but sheet metal is really expensive, I'm not sure if its just Canada but two 6061 6x37 .125 sheets would be double what the 3x3x37 .120 box tube costs. Plasma cut metal also takes a long time to finish and isn't as precise. Does anyone know how 610 hold's there sheetmetal in place on there router? I cant think of a way to do it without using wood as a relief material but it looks like there using something else in there pictures.
Can you link to the photos of them cutting it?

A wood panel under the workpiece is one of the easiest ways to do it, plastic is a good substitute, but a bit more expensive. For accuracy, it's common to have the router face a small amount of material off of the top to true it to the spindle.

You can also get a vacuum table, but that is also more expensive.
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