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Is high-quality tooling with quick aluminum extrusion possible?
As most of you know, quick aluminum extrusions are great to save design and manufacturing time, but have some downside in term of quality level and durability (screws tend to losen-up overtime) (see "Design A" as typical quick extrusions and bracket that can be bought on McMaster)
In "Design A", positioning of the 90' bracket in the groove is done by a "straight locator" creating a slack of 0.025
In "Design B", positioning of the 90' bracket in the grove is done by a "tapered locator" eliminating the slack as the srew is tighten.
Do you think that if "quick extrusions" were done like "Design B" we could do high-precision tooling with them?
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