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Old 05-05-2019, 09:35 AM
Kabous Kabous is offline
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Hi James.
No I havent considered it. I only had a day to take the measurements and if a laser didnt work for some reason, I was toast.

But I think is should work well. It might be best to make it to slide along the axes so as to take any measurement anywhere as opposed to the 50mm interval I had. This would make it pretty handy to locate the precise location for say, the side vents which was hard to do my way.

As for the curves, it might work if you can take the reading of the laser and compare it with a physical measurement. Do it over different angles of a curve to see where it becomes untrue. Normally, if the curve becomes too flat on the vertical axis, it should by then be much easier to read on the horizontal.

Hi Don.
Yes I made it. The idea was to have a secondary press (horisontal) come into play while the other (from the top) has already pressed down somewhat.
It was used to press a deepish round bevelled indent into a sheet of aluminum.
In the end it proved not so effective and I have since learned not to overthink problems.
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