SV: RE: [sdiy] Cut Aluminum

[karl dalen]

--- Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au> skrev:

> When I have to cut PCB material, I score a groove in it with a carbide
> tipped tile scoring tool ($6) and snap it.
> 
> I wonder if anything similar could be done with aluminium?
> OK it isn't near as stiff, but on the other hand it is pretty soft, so maybe
> you could easily score a pretty deep groove in it.
> 
> Anyone tried?

With the hardest aluminium sort you can do that, however edges will be ugly,
Aluminium are made in hundreds of different alloys from very soft to ultra
hard, hardness are mostly defined by the content of silicon in the alu.

KD


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