Steel wound be better because it would not wear from the repeated use.
LH
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> From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
> To: motm@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [motm] Patch Panel
> Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:42 AM
>
> OK, I'll design the template and get some quotes on it. I'm thinking 1/8"
> aluminum or steel.
>
> Dave Bradley
> Principal Software Engineer
> Engineering Animation, Inc.
> daveb@...
>
> > > From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
> > >
> > > I have plans to drill a lot of panels for DIY
> > > stuff in the future. I'm going to a machine shop,
> > > have them cut a metal template for a 2U wide
> > > panel, and precision drill small pilot holes at
> > > every location an MOTM panel could have
> > > holes. Then I can simply bolt the template
> > > to a blank using the 4 corner
> > > holes, and get perfectly aligned pilot holes.
> >
> > Bradley, you stooge! You are a freakin' genius. Since you are going
to
> > all the trouble, how about counting how many list members would like to
> > have one of those templates and getting a quantity break for
> > yourself too.
> > I would buy one.
> >
> > Larry H
>
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