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Hi all! This is our first post here!
We are building a solar hot water heater using a sheet of galvanized steel covered in Mylar and shaped as a parabola with 5 Birch ribs to concentrate the sun on a black painted copper tube.
We are having a challenge shaping these Birch ribs. They are about 48" x 12". Our little skill saw just isn't getting the precision we need - well to be honest, maybe our not-so-steady hand has something to do with it...
We have been looking into some sort of CNC setup, or maybe pre-cutting the pieces and shipping them to some place in the U.S. to be finished, or ???
Our questions are - is there another way to shape these ribs?
Would a 2 axis CNC do the job?
Our woodworking skills are pretty limited so we get to learn as we go.
Any help would be appreciated. Have a great afternoon!
We are building a solar hot water heater using a sheet of galvanized steel covered in Mylar and shaped as a parabola with 5 Birch ribs to concentrate the sun on a black painted copper tube.
We are having a challenge shaping these Birch ribs. They are about 48" x 12". Our little skill saw just isn't getting the precision we need - well to be honest, maybe our not-so-steady hand has something to do with it...
We have been looking into some sort of CNC setup, or maybe pre-cutting the pieces and shipping them to some place in the U.S. to be finished, or ???
Our questions are - is there another way to shape these ribs?
Would a 2 axis CNC do the job?
Our woodworking skills are pretty limited so we get to learn as we go.
Any help would be appreciated. Have a great afternoon!