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    Best Product to Use for Fillets and Curves in a Simple Aluminum Pattern

    I get you now. If its only purpose in life is to hold the shape of sand & its not too long, why not 3DP it? The CAD work for that is trivial. A few of us on the forum could do that. Even if you paid to have it printed by outsourcing probably would be cheaper than materials & runaround time, but...
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    Solidworks for Makers and SolidCAM

    So maybe you are saying the CAM toolpath 'outputs' are more limited, maybe confined to a smaller/slower hobby CNC's as opposed to full blown commercial CNC's so that maybe that self regulates potential for anything like commercial production due to that? Example it takes you 30 min to kick out a...
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    Solidworks for Makers and SolidCAM

    Very interesting. I'm not into CAM but this looks like good capability. I still wonder though - what is the control mechanism? If you make a complex 3D part in SWM & can pass the CAD file to a CNC & presumably make a production run that is now outside the SW domain, why would they allow 2 apps...
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    Best Product to Use for Fillets and Curves in a Simple Aluminum Pattern

    Is the end result to make a female mold roughly like the red outline? Maybe it will be cast using a softer durometer silicone or urethane & the underlying 'male' pattern is what represents the finished product when poured into this female mold? - if so, the tiny amount of datum contact area...
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    Solidworks for Makers and SolidCAM

    I thought SWM pinched off any file formats that could be turned into common CAM formats that a CNC could typically understand. Mesh formats like .STL exports ok for 3DP, but that was about it? Is Maker SolidCam kind of a sister product to Maker CAD? I would have thought that having it 'work'...
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    Best Product to Use for Fillets and Curves in a Simple Aluminum Pattern

    Not quite sure I follow, maybe a picture? Typically an external corner 'round-over or bullnose' is milled with a corner rounding profile cutter. An inside corner fillet like at the base of a pocket typically uses a ball ended end mill. Blending & smoothening is typically abrasive paper...
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    Belt Sander Electrocution

    The tape is the only real distinction to other belt sanders which are so common & static shock just never seems to arise in discussion. Some use aluminum wheels, but many use rubber / plasticized wheels, so that cant be the issue. My 1x42 Delta has plastic wheels. Maybe temporarily remove tape...
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    Cast Bronze Plaques

    Yes, quite some time ago. Was part of a sample pack of different metal powders. Its very finely granulated, they list the mesh size somewhere. The composition doesn't necessarily correspond to a recognizable bar stock allow but bronze is some flavor of bronze, brass is some flavor of brass etc...
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    Belt Sander Electrocution

    I assumed the the tape reduced the static which is why it was there. But maybe its there for a different purpose. Maybe the grinder is acting like a Van de Graff & your finger is the conductor brush
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    Belt Sander Electrocution

    I don't know if metallic dust in & around the motor windings can manifest into static or shocks, but might be a good idea to have a peek in there too. Vacuum out or blow it clean. The good thing is, looks like your fan is on the opposite side but check cooling direction & any intake openings. I...
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