<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>If you needed a 12mil hole through something less thick I've got access to an xy milling table that could do it easily but it's setup for milling circuit boards not 1.5" thick pipe haha<br><br>James F.</div><div><br>On May 27, 2015, at 7:26 PM, Erik Arendall <<a href="mailto:earendall@gmail.com">earendall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">Yeah a .012" hole is a tough one. EDM would give you a good finish and a true hole. Burr free too. I've contemplated a build of one before. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 27, 2015 7:20 PM, "david" <<a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net">ainut@knology.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    just buy some Hilsch vortex tubes.<br>
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    <div>On 05/27/15 19:18, Jacob Chancery
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      <p>I should've said Electrical instead of Electrostatic.</p>
      <p> <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_discharge_machining" target="_blank">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_discharge_machining</a></p>
      <p>I want to cut small (0.012” throat diameter) planar de Laval
        nozzles in a piece of 1.5” schedule 10 pipe to spin a garret
        GT1548 turbine.</p>
      <p>So far I've gotten a few no-quotes, a few ”that can't be done”
        and one unofficial ”more than $10,000” responses.</p>
      <div class="gmail_quote">On May 27, 2015 6:44 PM, "Erik Arendall"
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          <p dir="ltr">They are interesting machines. What is your
            purpose for the machine? <br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On May 27, 2015 6:33 PM, "clayton
            pannell" <<a href="mailto:clayton.pannell@gmail.com" target="_blank">clayton.pannell@gmail.com</a>>
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              <p dir="ltr">Creates ESD to cut metal</p>
              <div class="gmail_quote">On May 27, 2015 5:00 PM, "Daniel
                Valdez" <<a href="mailto:smeeon@gmail.com" target="_blank">smeeon@gmail.com</a>>
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                  <div dir="ltr">wait.. is this to cause ESD or to
                    dissipate it? I'm confused and intrigued at the same
                    time. </div>
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                    <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 27, 2015 at
                      4:51 PM, Jacob Chancery <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacob.chancery@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacob.chancery@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                        <div dir="ltr">Anyone on the list ever built
                          their own EDM machine?
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                          <div>I'm thinking about buying this starter
                            kit:</div>
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