I have often seen woodworking routers and other tools used to cut aluninum. By the way, a brave soul can cut 2 inch aluninum plate with a hand held circular saw. Tony -----Original Message----- From: Bob Ammerman [mailto:rammerman@ADELPHIA.NET] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 12:28 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [EE]: Drilling a square tube?? On a milling machine, of course ;-) But, you can approximate the effect by the arrangement of your holes, perhaps something like this: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Black" To: Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: Drilling a square tube?? > Bob Ammerman wrote: > > > > Roman, > > > > Since you are interested in compresion / extension and not bending or > > torsional strength you might be better off with long slots than round holes. > > > Bob, thanks for the input, but how the heck > are we supposed to drill elongated slots?? > We have lots of time and labour, but very > limited equipment and budget. > :o) > -Roman > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics *** The information in this e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender by return e-mail, delete this e-mail, and refrain from any disclosure or action based on the information. **** -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics