Woohoo!!
Just off the phone to the machinists. They successfully cut the middle plate in polycarbonate on the CNC. They warned that it is a little rough due to the cutter being used being somewhat blunt, but overall the operation was a success. Apparantly a couple of the tubes have split on the edges, but this was more due to a small programming fault that they're now aware of and will fix. Such is the way with first-run prototypes.
Anyway they'll be machining up the copper plate tomorrow or the day after and by this weekend I'll have the first working XXX prototype (in copper) to play with.
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