# Any machinists in our happy Doper family?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 23, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-machinists-in-our-happy-doper-family/357931 "2006-05-23T18:01:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-machinists-in-our-happy-doper-family/357931/21 "2006-05-27T08:06:55Z")

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[QUOTE=Cartooniverse]  
Hi I’m back. Yes, it’s aluminum. Weight is an issue with stuff I make, and have made.

Sadly it IS 1" thick stock and the arc/slot will be either 1/4 inch or 5/16 inch.

This is not do-able? Or, we’ll break a lot of bits but it can be done?  
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**Hippy** pretty much nailed it. I’ll add that the odds of breaking a cutter are slight unless the arcs are tight (think rapid heartbeat on a moniter). Generally, you _really_ have to work at it to break a cutter in aluminum (Pete Puma managed to do it quite often, however.).

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