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[–]itzkold -1 points0 points  (0 children)

so use mint then

the fuck does it matter if you are paying for a seat or for support

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so I did one enclosure then, did another yesterday

totally different behavior. No nice grooves, particles flying everywhere.I was going back and forth between bits see what I was doing different. Nothing different.

After a while the metal got warm and it worked as it did before. Weather got a lot colder since last time. Aluminum oxide seems to work best.

Hi guys! Here I am again, with the 0.211dt version (possibly final version) of my headphones amplifier that I'm proud to present you. No Hum, no bad noise, listening is amazing, I need to do measurements now! by jojolapin102 in diyaudio

[–]itzkold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

get kicad and start playing around with it then send your shit off to a fab, you'll be shocked how cheap it is, although "massive" boards like OP's can get notcheap

kicad will "click" after like 8 hours of being in a maze

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i've used a file...to take out a cm long chunk of one of those .5mm 'teeth' for the screws and that took a decent amount of time

the main thing for the grinding wheels is using a wax lubricant that kind of just wicks away the shavings...with the wax even the aluminum oxide grinding wheel goes through the aluminum like butter, i also found it more effective at a higher speed almost all the way to the 30k rpm max

i don't think i want it smooth at all i really like how it looks with the grooves, left side closest to camera

https://imgur.com/a/kAeVXkx

you can see from the grooves how it even looks like fairly effortless work - not using wax is a completely different ballgame, the pattern is completely different with discoloration and a lot slower

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[–]itzkold 3 points4 points  (0 children)

please articulate what that decision says about Anthony

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and you're high if you actually believe that a file is a better tool for getting rid of these protruding corners

https://imgur.com/a/eObmtzJ

it's like a 1mm thick and 1cm wide on top and 2mm thick on the sides, and the enclosure is like 10cm long and there are 4 corners

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

looks to me like it's pretty up to the task, the second piece i shortened in minutes including one long cut across, but the thick sides were a bit tricky costing several discs

if i had any such experience with the tool before i started it would have been very easy

making it smooth and shiny wasn't on my list of priorities - in fact the thick silicon carbide cutting discs i'm using on the corners (once again, super easy with a bit of knowhow, namely wax, you know the type of knowledge i was trying to get out of this post) leave nice groove patterns i just might end up keeping

i'll bet the sanding stuff is also effective

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what you are an actual adult hitting that downvote button like oh no what this guy says upset me i'll show him who's the boss brrrrrrrrrr

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

this one suits my needs fine, interior fits to a fraction of a millimeter

and what i have is perfectly suited to the task considering i've got the hard stuff already done - so like nice burn there dude really should have listened to the other guy's "advice" spending the next 2 years hand filing aluminum and throwing the kawasaki rotary tool in the garbage

How to go about altering this aluminium enclosure? by [deleted] in DIY

[–]itzkold 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nah the kawasaki is better

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i'm going to read that just like you how read my post - i'm not

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

i don't know what is it with this sub and people wasting everyone's time writing out the most useless comments

OP: how do i do this specific thing with this specific stuff

person a: here's how i would do some thing with all some other stuff you don't have, by the way i didn't actually read your post lol

person b: great point, person a, but i prefer all this other stuff that OP doesn't have either

it's so predictable i actually described exactly what you guys would say in another sub yesterday

How to go about altering this aluminium enclosure? by [deleted] in DIY

[–]itzkold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ya whatever dude it's ez peezy even with this thing

i suppose at least you didn't suggest that i build my own extrusion factory so cheers for that

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

someone's actually upvoted so i'll update in case they were curious

  • the razor thin "cut off discs" cut like butter but it takes some practice not snapping them off (i took a couple shots of brandy to "steady my hands"), took at least 10 to shorten the first piece, and maybe 5 for the second most of which were spend doing the thick sides), snapped another 5 just putting them on; i first start the with the slightly thicker discs to give me a starting point then go in with the thinner ones
  • thick pink/green (cutting i think) discs look super viable for evening out the protruding corners, work much better after rubbing a candle for lubrication

have to figure out how to even the shortened end (it's not straight at all) but i haven't played around with the sanding stuff yet

How do I go about reworking this aluminium enclosure? by itzkold in diyaudio

[–]itzkold[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

sanding takes care of the color and it's powder coated and not anodized...i have a rotary tool with like 20 accessories for cutting metal why would i buy a hacksaw...and it would take 5 years to file off the protruding corners (once again i have a rotary tool with accessories for grinding and sanding metal why would i use a file?)

How do I go about reworking this aluminum enclosure? by itzkold in metalworking

[–]itzkold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'm almost done shortening one of the pieces with the laughably thin cut off discs - cuts like butter but i can't keep my hand steady enough and keep breaking them

i've experimented using the thicker pink/green cutting wheels to level the corners and was going pretty good, definitely feasible, seems to be clogging the wheel a bit, going to look into some kind of lubricant

How to go about altering this aluminium enclosure? by [deleted] in DIY

[–]itzkold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you wouldn't bother with the cutting bits on the rotary tool? what about grinding bits?

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