RogerN wrote:
"Ignoramus26150" wrote in message
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I purchased a coupld of "Charmilles Eleroda 200" CNC EDM machines at
auction for an advantageous price.
Pictures of them are he
http://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp/HyperAMS/
They depict two machines, lots of pictures from the auction to wade
through.
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I'm guessing they would be out of my price range but I'd love to have one
for cutting the magazine hole out in my AR-15 lower blanks.
A die sinker EDM can be very useful, but it's a terrible choice for
something like a magwell, i.e. removal of some 4" thickness of a "soft"
material like aluminum. Wire EDM is what is sometimes used instead of
broaching.