Tried a different technique today to make this 24-4 plate. I lasered out the plate, removed the interior section, then glued what’s left to another whole sheet. Then I cut the center hole and trimmed the outside edge down with the laser. So, cutting the 3mm cleanly is no big deal, but trying to cut the doubled 3mm and the base 3mm intermittently ended up as a challenge. It worked out in the end, but I did have to use a scalpel to finish the cuts in the spots where it was 6mm thick…and the places it was only 3mm were pretty charred.
I built a little stand with a 7/8” dowel sticking up out of the center. I figured I can turn a shallow 7/8” recess into a bowel base being held by a chuck, then use the dowel to center the chuck over the gapped segment plate. Pushing down on the chuck slides the dowel down (it’s just press fit into the base) and keeps it centered so it lands properly on the plate holding all the segments. It’s kind of the poor-man’s version of the Stomper thing that the guy made with the pop-up sprinkler. No idea how it’s gonna work, but the theory seems sound.
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
