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So I'm sure you all need another anecdote, but two years ago, we were smart enough to drill/file/saw our aluminum frame with our electronics installed. ("It was just a little repair.")

We let the magic smoke out of three Victors and lost our +5V line (see my posts above). We found little metal shavings in everything, of course. We were able to replace the transistors in the Victors for a tiny fraction of the price of a new one, and if I remember, we got our RC ultrasonically cleaned and it worked. We also returned it under warranty later for some other reason.

But after all that, you can be sure we always removed our electronics or covered them in plastic before making metal shavings. I advise everyone to do the same.