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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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I'd like to know where I can find that extruded aluminum for making
enclosures.
It's actually 2 extruded pieces that fit together to form the top and
bottom.
End caps or plates screw onto the ends to keep it together...

For hobby work, this work be great...
I can just hack off what length I need..

I know Heeger Inc can hack off custom lengths for me.
As seen on
http://www.lmbheeger.com/products.asp?catid=68
But I don't want all the PCB mounting grooves.
I can't mount semi's to the walls for cooling.. :(
However, I do like how the top and bottom join with a tongue and
groove joint.

Any source suggestions?

Details
1mm to 1.5mm Al thickness
H~1" W~2" L=8" to 16"
Somewhat interlocking top and bottom halves
Raw unpainted unanodized finish
Has end pieces
D from BC
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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ohhhh..crap....I misspelled extruded in the header..
How excrudiating... :)

D from BC
 
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John Larkin

Jan 1, 1970
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I'd like to know where I can find that extruded aluminum for making
enclosures.
It's actually 2 extruded pieces that fit together to form the top and
bottom.
End caps or plates screw onto the ends to keep it together...

For hobby work, this work be great...
I can just hack off what length I need..

I know Heeger Inc can hack off custom lengths for me.
As seen on
http://www.lmbheeger.com/products.asp?catid=68
But I don't want all the PCB mounting grooves.
I can't mount semi's to the walls for cooling.. :(
However, I do like how the top and bottom join with a tongue and
groove joint.

Any source suggestions?

Details
1mm to 1.5mm Al thickness
H~1" W~2" L=8" to 16"
Somewhat interlocking top and bottom halves
Raw unpainted unanodized finish
Has end pieces
D from BC


This is a Hammond box, pretty nice, but it does have grooves on the
side wall...

http://www.highlandtechnology.com/DSS/T560DS.html

so you'd have to heatsink to the bottom somehow. It's anodized, but
the end-plate mounting screws bite into the sides and the sliding top
plate, so everything's connected.

John
 
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martin griffith

Jan 1, 1970
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ohhhh..crap....I misspelled extruded in the header..
How excrudiating... :)

D from BC
You should see what my semi feral cat exctruded into my shower
yesterday, so
1) minimum food for it, minimum shit out
2) minimum food in, maximum grovelling, but opening the fridge can be
traumatic


martin
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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You should see what my semi feral cat exctruded into my shower
yesterday, so
1) minimum food for it, minimum shit out
2) minimum food in, maximum grovelling, but opening the fridge can be
traumatic


martin

I read that cats can be trained to use the toilet..
Theres a blurp on wikipedia...
Unfortunately, there was no answer to "what if a cat already has the
habit of drinking from the toilet?"

D from BC
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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You should see what my semi feral cat exctruded into my shower
yesterday, so
1) minimum food for it, minimum shit out
2) minimum food in, maximum grovelling, but opening the fridge can be
traumatic


martin

mmm excremented + extruded = exctruded

Now that word would be useful to described the difference between
extruded and non-extruded excrement.
Extruded excrement is by far the most popular...
All that's missing is a word for non-extruded solid excrement.

D from BC
 
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martin griffith

Jan 1, 1970
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I read that cats can be trained to use the toilet..
Theres a blurp on wikipedia...
Unfortunately, there was no answer to "what if a cat already has the
habit of drinking from the toilet?"
Cat litter on the top of the toilet seat?
D from BC
Nah, just want to train the little bastard ( its' parents aren't
married ) to tell me /wake me up, and let him outside.

Think there is a Utoobe video of how to wash a cat in the toilet,
apparently,... should be fun

Oh, Hammond stuff is pretty nice, but they market a box, with a tube
for AA cells, at a riduclous price


martin
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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This is a Hammond box, pretty nice, but it does have grooves on the
side wall...

http://www.highlandtechnology.com/DSS/T560DS.html

so you'd have to heatsink to the bottom somehow. It's anodized, but
the end-plate mounting screws bite into the sides and the sliding top
plate, so everything's connected.

John

I think those enclosures are tubular....
It just seems tricky to fasten the power devices to the case body
after the PCB is in tube..

I dunno....
I might just get two [ channels from the local metal shop and some how
put that together..
D from BC
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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D said:
non-extruded excrement.


AKA: Constipated. :(


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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D said:
I think those enclosures are tubular....
It just seems tricky to fasten the power devices to the case body
after the PCB is in tube..

I dunno....
I might just get two [ channels from the local metal shop and some how
put that together..



How about a piece of the square aluminum tubing used to make screened
"Florida" rooms?


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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John Larkin

Jan 1, 1970
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mmm excremented + extruded = exctruded

Now that word would be useful to described the difference between
extruded and non-extruded excrement.
Extruded excrement is by far the most popular...
All that's missing is a word for non-extruded solid excrement.

D from BC


The term is "Vaillancourt Fountain", said to have been donated to the
city by a dog with square intestines:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reinvented/39308815/in/set-865386/

John
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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"Dirty Sanchez"
The term is "Vaillancourt Fountain", said to have been donated to the
city by a dog with square intestines:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reinvented/39308815/in/set-865386/

John

A squareish 'turd in the plaza'?

Here's Henry Moore's "The Archer" ca. 1966:

http://www.toronto.ca/archives/images/rg10_it0816_7.jpg

but I prefer his "Two Large Forms", who seem to be on the verge of
some kind of sexual encounter:

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/mooretoronto/twolarge2.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/mooretoronto/twolarge.jpg



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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Robbo

Jan 1, 1970
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D from BC said:
I'd like to know where I can find that extruded aluminum for making
enclosures.
It's actually 2 extruded pieces that fit together to form the top and
bottom.
End caps or plates screw onto the ends to keep it together...

For hobby work, this work be great...
I can just hack off what length I need..

I know Heeger Inc can hack off custom lengths for me.
As seen on
http://www.lmbheeger.com/products.asp?catid=68
But I don't want all the PCB mounting grooves.
I can't mount semi's to the walls for cooling.. :(
However, I do like how the top and bottom join with a tongue and
groove joint.

Any source suggestions?

Details
1mm to 1.5mm Al thickness
H~1" W~2" L=8" to 16"
Somewhat interlocking top and bottom halves
Raw unpainted unanodized finish
Has end pieces
D from BC

Do some searching around for electricians "wall duct" - there is some
aluminium stuff not like the hammond extrusion (but without the pcb slots
etc). Much cheaper. Used for running cables along skirtings, placing GPOs
etc.
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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Do some searching around for electricians "wall duct" - there is some
aluminium stuff not like the hammond extrusion (but without the pcb slots
etc). Much cheaper. Used for running cables along skirtings, placing GPOs
etc.

wow! :)
I've seen that..but I didn't think about using it.
I'll check out some of the local electrical distributors.
Thanks..
D from BC
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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Can they be trained to flush?

Thanks,
Rich

Flush training could be skipping if one of those optical auto flushing
gizmos are installed..
The same thing that's used for airports and shopping mall washrooms.

Now there's a product idea.. The Electronic Kitty Flush!!

D from BC
 
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jasen

Jan 1, 1970
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Now that word would be useful to described the difference between
extruded and non-extruded excrement.
Extruded excrement is by far the most popular...
All that's missing is a word for non-extruded solid excrement.

consticrete

Or maybe "tough shit"

Bye.
Jasen
 
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