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Unread 05-15-2003, 06:22 AM   #51
Cathar
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Originally posted by hara
Great work cathar!

How about milling the small pipes with ballmills so that the water would have a smooth path?
Also, what would happen if the holes on the base were closer to each other?

Did you experiment with different style drillbits? Being a good machine shop, I would say they would have the tooling to make you a customised drill bit. I think optimising the base "cup" shape will be a key to squeeze more performance.
Good thinking.

These are all things that the machinists and I discussed when I picked up this block. The machinists are already working on it. They've finished the middle plate, and are doing the bottom plate hole bottoms with a ball-nose bit.
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