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Plans to fabricate Atari volcano buttons?
JoyMonkey:
Has anybody got a spare volcano button that they could loan me? It would really help if I could see exactly how the thing is put together.
SirPoonga:
JoyMonkey, I will have to some testing on my two spares to see if the LED works. One of the LEDs on my asteroids cabinet isn't working. I'd let you borrow that one. PM me.
Franco:
Just wondering, whats a V-bit? Do you mean you would use a form tool to create the taper? If so wouldnt you just turn the profile?
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: Franco on September 06, 2005, 01:36:52 pm ---Just wondering, whats a V-bit? Do you mean you would use a form tool to create the taper? If so wouldnt you just turn the profile?
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I meant v-groove bit, I'll be making it on a cnc table mill (although I do have a friend with a cnc lathe...). If I can get an acrylic prototype to work, I'll splash out for a v-groove bit that can handle a 1/2" aluminium plate.
Franco:
Ahh gotcha! :)
Pretty much any kind of v-groove bit should handle ally as long as you progressivly remove the stock. I dont know what kind of CNC milling m/c you have but if you have a CNC programmable tilting chuck, or a tilting head and rotational chuck, you should be able to do it with a regular end mill.