> Some time ago there was some discussion on producing slide throttle
> parts or complete units, I don't remember which, maybe both. Is that
> going forward?
>
> If not, there is a machine shop owner who is also a member of our
> EAA
> chapter who might be persuaded to make the parts. He has a NC mill
> and
> lathe. Looking at the parts, could they be more economically
> produced by
> a NC punch press? Would punch press made parts be acceptable? I
> asked
> him about transferring the design info to his NC machines. He said
> he
> could use a dfx file. IGES would also be acceptable, but he prefers
> dfx.
> Since Rhino could produce both, it looks like a match to me.
>
> I don't want to step on anybodies toes, and at the same time I don't
> want this effort to just languish. I have hopes that the slide
> throttle
> would be more acceptable to builders if they could buy parts, or the
> whole assembly. So, I might be willing to up-front the materials
> cost
> and initial production run if it doesn't prove too expensive.
> Provided
> nobody else wants to do it.
>
> Doc Custer
> Retired software engineer and sometime Audiologist
> Building RV9-A. Fuselage
>
> Feel free Doc. Do us all a favor and put it into production.
> Yes our first ones were NC punch press. Front and back plates
> were 3/16th 6061T6 about the limits of the punch press.
> Very cheap to make. On the order of $15 each.
>
> Here are some pictures.
>
> 3/16th thick square flanges could also be punch pressed.
>
> The 3/8th inch thick  Teflon slide needs to be milled, laser cut
> or water jet. Whatever works best with Teflon.
>
> The 3/8th thick aluminum spacer between the plates also needs
> to be milled or water jet cut. Too thick for the punch.
>
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>

I will talk to him. It would be helpful to have the Rhino drawings for
him to look at and to produce a fixed file from.

I can make prints of the version 12 pix you sent to start things off
with, but I know he is going to want the dfx file.

Doc Custer
Retired software engineer and sometime Audiologist
Building RV9-A. Fuselage

No problem Doc. I can give him Solid Works files which
usually work better when doing NC stuff. Or Iges or dxf
his choice.

We now have two styles. Long travel 3 inches or short
travel two inches. The long travel is an inch longer.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

I am interested.

Joe Berki
LimoEZ

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