Re: gEDA-user: Putting holes in hard steel - was - Re: the joy and sadness of new boards

[evan foss <evanfoss@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Friday 03 April 2009, evan foss wrote:
>>On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:36 PM, andrewm <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> If anybody has a better idea, yelp.
>>>
>>> EDM ?
>>
>>Don't you aready need a hole to run the wire threw?
>
> A hole for a wire through it?  No.
>
>>Or are you just
>>going to live with a very thin line cut threw to the hole?
>>
>>If your are going to spend EDM level money water jet would be better.
>>
> Drilling holes with EDM?   Straight plunge cut/burn.  Hole size determined by
> the electrode in this case.  Only milling machine motion if I get the right
> electrode size is z, at about .001" a minute, which emc can manage nicely.  I
> have everything but the right sized electrode on hand.  Even some trash that
> needs burnt by tossing the used kerosene on it. :)

Oh yea I was just thinking about wire edm not sink edm. Sorry.

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