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Electronics => Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff => Topic started by: TPI on August 21, 2013, 06:42:44 am
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I salvaged this out of an old battery charger enclosure.
It’s an aluminium extrusion which has a king of rebate on each end to accommodate a plate which will form the sides. And because it is in this rebate the front is all flush. It also has a screw hole in the corner to mount another cover.
I like this idea as with a length of this stuff you can make enclosures of any dimension.
But searching around for it on the internet came up with nothing...
I'd like to know whether it is known by any particular name or if anybody knows a manufacturer which makes this stuff.
OR if theres anything this works in a similar way to this...
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Aluminium extrusions are very often proprietary, They can be made quite cheaply by companies like Norsk Hydro so trying to match a small piece up can be next to impossible, some shapes are stock, these are the angles and tee's etc other shapes are available as standard from coach building suppliers but every one of these supply companies have different shapes that are proprietary.
You could Google for aluminium extrusion Council and other trade organizations and then try each of their members in turn.
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Agreed with that, it will be an impossible task to try and locate.
Often the aluminium foundries will make proprietary tools for you for free, as long as you commit to taking specific amounts of the product over a period of time. A previous company I was with for had a number these dies in use. Of course they will not run material through your dies for another customer either.
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Try fischer. They probably make this.
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It may be feasible to make your own. If you can get your hands on some aluminium angle where the inside corner is sharp and not rounded then get one length of 25mm angle and another 12mm.
Place the 12mm on the outside of the larger 25mm. Drill clearance holes in the 12mm one and tap some holes in the 25mm. Countersink the clearance holes and use countersunk screws
Use plenty of lube and don't turn the tap to many times when tapping aluminium
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That's not a bad idea, thanks for that!
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That's not a bad idea, thanks for that!
No, Thank You
I now have a cool little construction technique thanks to your find. All I have to do is purchase sheet aluminium the same thickness as the angle, it should look pretty slick :)