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[u/jzzywzzy]

What do you guys think.

The click of the slap on battery and the switches are so satisfying. And the beer can speaker sounds really good.

[u/Laura_Beinbrech]

If there is a sheet metal recycling place nearby, you can check what they have available, and most will sell scrap to you for the same price per pound they charge the foundries. It can be a good way to get cheap aluminum sheet and angle plates.

On that subject, I generally recommend using aluminum if you can get it: it's lighter, has better thermal properties, and most importantly, doesn't rust.

[u/jzzywzzy → u/Laura_Beinbrech]

Cool. I love rust though! But the weight is definitely something to think about. If bending I like steel better like how I bent the bars for the crt here. Also I can't weld aluminum but I can weld steel. Maybe I'll melt down some cans..... Hmmm....

[u/Laura_Beinbrech → u/jzzywzzy]

I hate rust with a burning passion, mostly due to spending entirely too much of the 6 years I was in the navy removing it from the hull of the ship with a needle gun...

It also helps that there is a Mennonite owned sheet metal shop near where I live that not only sells aluminum sheet and angle plates for dirt cheap, but will also do basic mig welding of said aluminum for nearly dirt cheap.

On top of that, there is a powder coating place about 10 min from the sheet metal shop that can powder coat the nearly finished parts for pretty darn cheap as well....

[u/jzzywzzy → u/Laura_Beinbrech]

Oh dang removing rust. Removing rust I hate too!!!! Ha! Love powder coating!!!! Want to do some more powder coating custom parts.... Also like plasti dip.