why not enlarge the outer surfaces? You could make an eMate into the
form factor of a 3 foot block!
Theft Proof
On Sunday, October 7, 2001, at 12:05 PM, PaulMmn wrote:
>
> IIRC, the project was not a cast shell, but a forged (ie stamped;
> 'vaccu-formed') shell. This is similar to the technology that allows
> a lump of aluminum to the stretched into a soda can-- a thin, thin
> shell.
>
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn_at_ix.netcom.nospam.com
>
>
>
>
>
>> ... promising an aluminum Newt!
>> Hmm... titanium newt....
>>
>> I find this thread very interesting. I have been a Newton user for
>> some
>> time now and I am also a sculptor. I have experience in casting and
>> fabricating metal. I have played around with the thought of
>> fabricating a
>> casted shell from aluminum, bronze, or something of the like. The
>> problem
>> with this, especially with aluminum, is that since the Newton shell is
>> so
>> thin, it makes it extremely difficult to pour a mold. The general
>> rule of
>> thumb that I use in my castings is that nothing is less than 1/4 inch
>> thick
>> so that everything is poured smoothly and you don't end up with an
>> incomplete final product.
>>
>> There are plenty of other factors involved, but I will save everyone's
>> eyes
>> some reading time and say that based upon my experience in
>> casting...this
>> would be very difficult indeed and I would be more than glad to give
>> praise
>> to somebody who could actually pull it off.
>>
>> Kindest Regards,
>> Anthony V. Jeancola
>> http://www.geocities.com/newtonresurrection
>>
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