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5th Mar 2016, 12:26 pm | #1 |
Nonode
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Material for Cards (HSVT)
Hello folks
Thought this might be of use, those of us who have a Mullard HSVT and have to make the cards for it, the material can be found on Amazon, the manufacturer of this is a company called Sign Materials Direct. The material itself is 0.5mm thick and it is Acrylic Perspex PETG and comes in A4 or A3 sizes and its a product made by Bayer. Best wishes Ken |
5th Mar 2016, 3:57 pm | #2 |
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Re: Material for Cards (HSVT)
Hi, Ken,
The material should be fine, but at £4.68-ish for two cards, which is what you'll get from an A4 sheet, it seems a bit pricey if you need to make more than a few. You might be better to go for Tufnol. RS are doing quite a good price for the 0.4mm stuff. Sheets are 590mm x 285mm and you get 5 sheets for £11.14. I reckon you should get 5 cards out of each sheet. I've miked the cards out at between 0.6mm and 0.85mm. Much thicker than 0.85mm will jam in the slot. I reckon the 0.4mm should do you, but RS also do the 0.8mm stuff ( a bit dearer at £20 for 3 sheets) Have you sussed out a punch yet? Cheers, Frank |
6th Mar 2016, 4:29 pm | #3 |
Nonode
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Re: Material for Cards (HSVT)
Hi Frank
No not yet, I am marking and drilling out the long way round, I just need someone to make the jig for me, I can not do it as I don't have the facilities to make it, you could make one for me please. I will have a look at the tufnol material. Best wishes Ken |
8th Mar 2016, 1:36 pm | #4 |
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Re: Material for Cards (HSVT)
Hi, Ken,
My younger brother runs a light engineering business in Dalbeattie, and he's kindly offered to make one for me. However, it's taking him forever, so I don't think that's an option. Mind you, being an precision engineer, I'm pretty sure he's going OTT on the job and turning out a masterpiece of toolmaking. What I could do is to supply you the drawings/CAD files, so perhaps you could have one made up by a local engineering firm in your area. BTW, apparently Tufnol is more easily worked if it's heated to 100C. At 4mm, it should cut quite readily with a paper guillotine. I'll keep you posted. Cheers, Frank |