Re: Drilling Blanking Plates?

["bty727563" <derek.kennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had really good results with my CNC desktop mill. Used a
1/8" endmill with 4 flutes. The bacolite style material cuts very
cleanly and most any shape of aperture can be made in the blanking plate.
LCDs mount quite nicely. Best to use switches that have a 'flat' on one
side - completely circular ones tend to loosen off & spin around after
a while

Try to find a local machine shop. If you prepare a dxf file with your
design, it's a ten minute job and the results will be hard to distinguish
from a part that was produced with the holes in the first place.

Derek

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Paul Gale <groups2@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah definitely easier!
>
> Can they not do the plastic plates for you - all of my wood shop kit
can also deal perfectly well with plastics too - pillar drill, table saw,
router, thicknesser planer etc.
>
> Paul.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracey
Gardner
> Sent: 19 July 2013 10:34
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Drilling Blanking Plates?
>
> Hello Paul
>
> I was thinking along the lines of getting my local workshop joiner to
cut the plates for me.
>
> Tracey
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Gale" <groups2@...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:50 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Drilling Blanking Plates?
>
>
> > Could work - obviously more work. MDF is also probably not as
strong as
> > your plastic and will dent, scratch and fall apart easier than
plastic.
> > Def shouldn't be used in moist environments, but that's probably
not an
> > issue? Fixing screws might also pull through the material easier
if over
> > tightened.
> >
> > But I think the biggest issue is that you'd have to probably
spend a fair
> > bit of time making up the plates, especially if you want a really
> > good/square finish. Depends what woodworking kit you have -
router and
> > router table etc?
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Tracey Gardner
> > Sent: 19 July 2013 09:25
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Drilling Blanking Plates?
> >
> >
> > It suddenly occurred to me, why am I thinking about drilling hard
plastic
> > blanking plates?
> > Why not use 9mm MDF sheet cut to blanking plate sizes and drill
that?
> > It could be undercoated and eggshelled or glossed, to the colour
of your
> > choice.
> >
> > Your thoughts/comments, on my hair-brained idea, would be welcome
:-)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tracey
> >
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