[simpits-tech] Laser cutting

[joab ryan]

well i do have access to a laser cutter at the shop i
work at. i could make what you need for the price of
shipping! ill check on those tools for you too, i
might have a source.
www.bullochfab.com

joab
--- Bubba <mysticz28 at swbell.net> wrote:

> Here's an odd one. I'm in need of some custom
> wrenches for rediculously 
> small nyloc nuts in impossibly tight spots on the
> finest in Chinese RC 
> helicopter technology (meaning a design stolen
> directly from Japan ;) ). For 
> anyone that's paid attention to RC helis over the
> last couple of decades, 
> this thing is an all aluminum copy of a Hirobo
> Shuttle, which is notorious 
> for being a nightmare to work on. Most of the bolts
> are 3mm SHCSs that take 
> a 2.5mm allen wrench and, thankfully, the majority
> of them thread into 
> various spacers, standoffs, and fittings. However,
> about a dozen and a half 
> have nylocs, and half of those are in spots that are
> impossible to get to by 
> someone of standard western dimensions with any form
> of tool known to modern 
> science. I've tried nutdrivers, sockets, crescents,
> needle nose pliers, 
> witchcraft, and colorful metaphors, all with similar
> results. So I have a 
> plan. I need a very thin (say .050") open end wrench
> with the head rotated 
> 90 degrees so the opening is on the side instead of
> the end. Since it has to 
> be so thin it's gotta be made out of something way
> harder than I can cut in 
> the mill, Ti for example, so I'm needing someone
> with a laser or waterjet. 
> Anyone know where I might find a good price on such
> a job? Emachineshop 
> isn't an option, too expensive and notorious for
> sloppy work.
> 
> And while I'm thinking about it, does anyone know
> where to find good 
> hardened/precision ground metric hex drivers? I have
> a very nice 1/16" 
> driver that will completely destroy a setscrew
> before stripping the driver 
> (this is a good thing ;) ). Unfortunately that
> particular company doesn't 
> have them in metric, and I need 2, 2.5, and 3mm.
> Anyone know a source?
> 
> Ok, back to my hole with me. Gotta study for my
> commercial and instrument 
> writtens. Have I mentioned how much I hate studying
> lately?
> -- 
> Steve
> mysticz28 at swbell.net
> He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be
> let in.
> 
> 
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Joab Ryan
Mechanical CAD Designer,
Network Administrator &
Military Aircraft Sim Builder
North Texas USA
http://www.360-designs.net

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