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owhite
03-21-2005, 09:59 PM
a fish I made. size is 8 inches long. metal was 22 ga steel.

owen

ynneb
03-21-2005, 10:51 PM
Oh-white, that is fantastic.
Thanks for sharing that with us?

How are the scales held on?

owhite
03-22-2005, 10:28 AM
the fish was made from one solid piece of metal. The scales are formed by slicing a "C" shape in the metal with my laser, and then dishing it out a little. To dish it out, I used a blunt shaped rod in a drill press; pushing the rod into the part sitting on top of softwood.

Owen

trubleshtr
03-22-2005, 04:01 PM
THat's really neat!
What type of laser do you use? I would like to put one on the end of my robot, but have not figured out the size (Watts) yet.

owhite
03-22-2005, 04:24 PM
see: http://www.nilno.com/laser_intro/