Making reeds

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Charles Poosch
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Making reeds

Post by Charles Poosch » Tue May 10, 2011 10:57 pm

Take me to school. How do you do it, how do you secure them, what do you do for overtravel keepers?

Rob Voska
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Re: Making reeds

Post by Rob Voska » Wed May 11, 2011 7:29 am

Laser / Waterjet. Tape material to a piece of 1/4" wood & they come out fine. Leave a tab on the bottom edge so you don't have to dig for them.

ted johnson
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Re: Making reeds

Post by ted johnson » Wed May 11, 2011 12:13 pm

If you mail me an example or a FULLY dimensioned hand sketch, I can produce a Pro/Engineer CAD file for a decent cost, from which I translate a .DXF file. Any laser or waterjet shop can use the .DXF to cut all the reeds you want. You can get all the reed stock you want from:

Aerospace Speciality Products
P.O. Box 1408
Gibsonton, FL 33534
813 741-0032
www.asp-rocketry.com/store
www.asp-rocketry.com/store/category.cfm?Category=238
G10 reed material

Their prices are good on the composite material. If I do a CAD model, I email you the .DXF file for no additional cost beyond my time spent. If you want the actual Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4 CAD files, including the .PRT (CAD model), .DRW (CAD drawing) and .DXF, as well as a printable PDF of the Pro/E drawing all on a CD, it's an extra flat fee. I make all my reeds this way, and you can also do any flat metal, plastic or gasket this way. Ted Johnson

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Re: Making reeds

Post by Rob Voska » Wed May 11, 2011 2:08 pm

I have cad files for Go Power & Homelite cages.

Jack Canaday
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Re: Making reeds

Post by Jack Canaday » Wed May 11, 2011 4:29 pm

Guys:
Maybe just being old school, but I just scribe with a hobby knife and break apart. Then use a small hole punch for screw holes.
Jack

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