Exctruded Aluminum Enclosure

Apr 23, 2007 20 Replies

I'd like to know where I can find that extruded aluminum for making enclosures. It's actually 2 extruded pieces that fit together to form the top and bottom. End caps or plates screw onto the ends to keep it together...



For hobby work, this work be great... I can just hack off what length I need..



I know Heeger Inc can hack off custom lengths for me. As seen on

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But I don't want all the PCB mounting grooves. I can't mount semi's to the walls for cooling.. :( However, I do like how the top and bottom join with a tongue and groove joint.



Any source suggestions?



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1mm to 1.5mm Al thickness H~1" W~2" L=8" to 16" Somewhat interlocking top and bottom halves Raw unpainted unanodized finish Has end pieces D from BC

ohhhh..crap....I misspelled extruded in the header.. How excrudiating... :)

D from BC

This is a Hammond box, pretty nice, but it does have grooves on the side wall...

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so you'd have to heatsink to the bottom somehow. It's anodized, but the end-plate mounting screws bite into the sides and the sliding top plate, so everything's connected.

John

You should see what my semi feral cat exctruded into my shower yesterday, so

1) minimum food for it, minimum s*it out 2) minimum food in, maximum grovelling, but opening the fridge can be traumatic

martin

I read that cats can be trained to use the toilet.. Theres a blurp on wikipedia... Unfortunately, there was no answer to "what if a cat already has the habit of drinking from the toilet?"

D from BC

mmm excremented + extruded = exctruded

Now that word would be useful to described the difference between extruded and non-extruded excrement. Extruded excrement is by far the most popular... All that's missing is a word for non-extruded solid excrement.

D from BC

Cat litter on the top of the toilet seat?

Nah, just want to train the little bastard ( its' parents aren't married ) to tell me /wake me up, and let him outside.

Think there is a Utoobe video of how to wash a cat in the toilet, apparently,... should be fun

Oh, Hammond stuff is pretty nice, but they market a box, with a tube for AA cells, at a riduclous price

martin

I think those enclosures are tubular.... It just seems tricky to fasten the power devices to the case body after the PCB is in tube..

I dunno.... I might just get two [ channels from the local metal shop and some how put that together.. D from BC

AKA: Constipated. :(

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Michael A. Terrell Central Florida

How about a piece of the square aluminum tubing used to make screened "Florida" rooms?

Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I\'ve got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida

The term is "Vaillancourt Fountain", said to have been donated to the city by a dog with square intestines:

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John

That looks like Homer just dumped the ductwork from his last HVAC job.

Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I\'ve got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida

"Dirty Sanchez"

A squareish 'turd in the plaza'?

Here's Henry Moore's "The Archer" ca. 1966:

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but I prefer his "Two Large Forms", who seem to be on the verge of some kind of sexual encounter:

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Do some searching around for electricians "wall duct" - there is some aluminium stuff not like the hammond extrusion (but without the pcb slots etc). Much cheaper. Used for running cables along skirtings, placing GPOs etc.

wow! :) I've seen that..but I didn't think about using it. I'll check out some of the local electrical distributors. Thanks.. D from BC

Can they be trained to flush?

Thanks, Rich

Flush training could be skipping if one of those optical auto flushing gizmos are installed.. The same thing that's used for airports and shopping mall washrooms.

Now there's a product idea.. The Electronic Kitty Flush!!

D from BC

consticrete

Or maybe "tough s*it"

Bye. Jasen

A cat-arse-trophy?

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