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Come one Harry! Slide pots are awesome. You can see what your settings
are at a glance. For mixers and sequencers expecially, that's
invaluable. I agree that cutting for them sucks, but use Front Panel
Express. They look soooooo good. Put a toggle switch rubber cap on
them, like an early Odyssey.<br>
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Mark<br>
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harrybissell wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Frankly you could use a high speed steel bit in aluminum. The two issues
are cooling, and stopping the aluminum chips from clogging the bit and
snapping it. In a professional mill, they might use some cooling fluid or
oil.
Normal router speed is way too high for the application as well...
I'd try making a couple of small holes in each end and using a saber saw.
(otoh I hate slide pots, and that is the #1 reason. #2 is that they are
hard to
get standard replacement parts for... #3 is they collect dirt easily... #4
is the
really limited choice of knobs for them... sorry there are not ten reasons
to
hate them... thats what BBDs are for :^)
H^) harry
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<pre wrap="">All this talk of carbide blades and aluminum got me to thinking...does
anyone know if you can use a carbide router bit on aluminum? I seem to
recall that it's possible, but I'm not sure if I want to try that out
on one of my expensive bits to satisfy my curiosity. It would be cool
if it were possible; being able to cut clean slide-pot channels in an
aluminum chassis would then be trivial using my plunge router and a
straight bit.
-PRH
On Sunday, October 17, 2004, at 10:03 PM, John L Marshall wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Jim,
I use a table saw or a circular saw with a carbide tipped blade to cut
aluminum. I works very well; fast and clean.
Take care,
John
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