It appears that all the hexes have sharp inside corners as well as a couple of places on the inside of the base. The bosses around the screw holes on the top inside corners are drawn sharp inside corners. The middle section bosses for the screw holes also have sharp inside corners. I wish SolidWorks would do more with the stl file than just create an image of it in one color with no edges...
I had to google bromine to see what that is... When you machined them did you machine the radius on all the outside corners with a radius bit? John On 4/17/2012 7:17 AM, Erik Friesen wrote: > Which areas? I have built 10 of these on my 3 axis machine. I had to hand > drill the hole in the side of the lid. Everything else was done with 1/4, > 1/8, and 1/16 bits. > > PVC is the only cost effective material with resistance to bromine. > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:43 AM, John Thornton<bjt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> At least I can open up the stl files and view them in 3-D. There are >> several areas that are impossible to machine... they could be injection >> molded but not machined. Sharp inside corners in the Z axis are not >> machinable... if they have a radius they can be machined. The smaller >> the radius the longer it will take to machine as the tool would be >> small. I can only view a stl file and can't make a solid out of it... >> >> Is there some reason you selected PVC as the material? >> >> John >> >> On 4/16/2012 4:26 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: >>> Ok, hadn't thought that far. www.aercon.net/Public/Pumpitems.zip >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:13 PM, John Thornton<bjt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The dxf and pdf came through this time but too much detail is missing. >>>> The alibre web site says the software can export to STL which I can >> open. >>>> John >>>> >>>> On 4/16/2012 3:36 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: >>>>> Try these again.The ad_prt is an alibre file. I intend to get >> iges/step >>>>> exporting, but currently only have alibre pe. >>>>> >>>>> For some reason, fireftp isn't doing its job, and was uploading >>>> incomplete >>>>> files. >>>>> >>>>>> DXF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Base.dxf> >>>>>> PDF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Bottom.pdf> >>>>>> Alibre<http://aercon.net/Public/Base.AD_PRT> >>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Joseph Chiu<joec...@joechiu.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> I've recently got a bunch of parts from FirstCut (Part of ProtoLabs, >>>>>> which started out as ProtoMold) that turned out well. Years ago, I >>>>>> used Rapid Sheet Metal for sheet work, and was very happy. Their >>>>>> affiliate company, Rapid Machining, is working on a piece for me right >>>>>> now. Their prices were better than FirstCut for 5-days turns, while >>>>>> FC was better for 1-3 day turns. >>>>>> >>>>>> With FC and RM, they used my exported STEP 214 files from Alibre. >>>>>> With FC, I use their online system to call out the threads. With RM, >>>>>> I had a separate .pdf calling out my threads. >>>>>> >>>>>> Both places have a +/- 0.005" as a standard tolerance; but usually >>>>>> achieves much better than that. FC only supports a limited number of >>>>>> threads. RM appears to be more flexible. >>>>>> >>>>>> One thing about FC -- they claim they have a bed size limit of 7" x >>>>>> 10" -- but it turns out for thinner parts, the supported bed size can >>>>>> be much bigger, depending on thickness. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM, John Thornton<bjt...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Erik, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I get invalid or incomplete for the dxf and bad file for the ad_prt >>>>>>> file. Can you save the file as step or iges? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thanks >>>>>>> John >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 4/16/2012 2:00 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: >>>>>>>> The 3d pdf's created by alibre are a little flaky. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DXF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Base.dxf> >>>>>>>> PDF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Bottom.pdf> >>>>>>>> Alibre<http://aercon.net/Public/Base.AD_PRT> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:47 PM, John Thornton<bjt...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> I can't see much on the pdf, do you have a cad drawing or 3d model >> of >>>>>>>>> the part? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> John Thornton >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 4/16/2012 1:42 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Around 50 pieces each. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Dave<e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 4/16/2012 1:35 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Has anyone here use e-machine shop, or anything like it? 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