Peer pressure … 
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Come on… Everyone’s doing it.
Why do i get the feeling i am going to wake up tomorrow morning on a bus inTijuana with ping pong balls in my coat pocket…
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OK I cut my first piece of aluminum ever, it’s for the custom Y plates as I wait for the 2 wide makerslides to show up tomorrow. It’s .25in 6061 T6 Aluminum that I got from Inventables a while back. Don’t be intimidated to cut metal, it cuts like butter. I used an 1/8th inch 2 fulte Destiny bit from Drillman1 I went with what seems to be very conservative feeds of 40ipm and 3 plunge and .005 doc. gave it a quick sand to finish in Black after the other 3 are finished.
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Very nice! 
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Ron, I went to a local welding shop and they got some pieces of aluminum from their “scrap” bin. Fairly large pieces, too! I paid next to nothing for it and it cut beautifully on my XC.
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Thanks Gord… that’s a great idea.
lol no, waiting on the two wide makerslides
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Which one did you get?
Nice, based on the prusa.
Here’s the custom lift plates and the wide maker slides on the y axis all finished. When I get a little cash I’ll add the other v wheels and plates.
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so the y axis wider maker slides, does it seem significantly stiffer?
Extremely stiffer
Really digging the y wides …
Good work on the plates! they look sharp!
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They should really offer it as an upgrade, such a difference in rigidness.
Yes