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Unread 17-06-2013, 16:32
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Re: Star intake rollers
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Originally Posted by marccenter View Post
Hex Star Intake Design Concept,

Since I have access to a water jet, here's a concept I developed. Use water jet to cut out alum hex star (0.125 to 0.25 inch) thick. Use on both ends of 1.0, 1.5, or 2.0 inch long star. Attach 6 thin plates (0.5 inch wide by 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0 long) with attached wedgetop, roughtop, or silicone material. Rivet star material to thin plate. Attach thin plates to hex star by super glue? Thoughts? Apologies in advance for using powerpoint as my source drawing tool.
Seems like a lot of work for very little benefit... if you have access to a water jet, you might as well just cut out entire stars out of some rubbery material.

Side note: I wouldn't at all trust superglue to hold aluminum plates together under repeated impact. VHB tape would probably serve you a lot better.