Cutting slots for slider pots

[Eli Brandt]

> A safer solution that should work would be a router on a router table. I
> know that they are meant for woodworking, but aluminum is quite soft and
> easy to work.

I don't work metal, so I may be off base on this, I think you'll want
a variable-speed router for that... a wood router turns at ten or
fifteen thousand RPM.

> Question would be:  If it cost $100 or so to buy the tools, would it be
> cheaper for you to have them done by a metal shop???

Probably not as much fun.

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   Eli Brandt
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