[rescue] Wanted SS5/20 disk bracket, UK preferred

[Dave McGuire]

On 8/8/21 10:56 PM, Jonathan Patschke wrote:
>> B Not sure why anyone would throw something like that out. It's not like
>> they'll be making more. We can use them (minus some for Peter) at
>> LSSM, we can pay for the shipping.
> 
> No, but in this day of 3D printing, perhaps we can.B  If there aren't
> already active projects for measuring the extant samples of plastic
> parts from older systems and making CAD models of them in some open
> (readmable/writable/sliceable using only FOSS) format, there probably
> should be.
> 
> I've had decent luck making little one-off parts in FreeCAD after taking
> notes with a dial caliper and paper.B  I could probably volunteer some
> time to create models for anything seriously in danger of going extinct.

  There's a whole lot of this going on; take a look on Thingiverse.  I
see a later 2.5" Sun drive sled there now, but nothing for the Aurora
enclosures. (yet)

  I do a lot of replacement part design these days, usually in OpenSCAD
but more recently in FreeCAD, targeting an FDM 3D printer workflow.
It's a great capability to have.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA