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Yes but I've heard good things about their casings (quiet, dissipate heat well etc..)

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SeanDotson wrote:
Yes but I've heard good things about their casings (quiet, dissipate heat well etc..)


Solid construction, too. The main shell is 0.093" thick cast aluminum in 2 interlocking pieces. The front is cast too, and the back is stamped.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend one, but you might be able to save some $$$ with a cheaper housing if it's just going to sit on the desk. I paid just over $200 each in December.

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Rigid alum. casing isn't a great thing - good for heat dissipation - but not good for shock and vib isolation.

I bought my Buslink 'cause it looked like they used soft end-caps - but it was just rigid ABS. A Plastic case which provides heat transfer would be better IMHO.

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Transparent aluminum?
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Beam me up Scotty..... Get those whales on board and get the heck outta here. :!:

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billyb wrote:
Beam me up Scotty..... Get those whales on board and get the heck outta here. :!:


:lol:

I decided to wait to see if anyone else was going to post a Star Trek reply.

<Scotty>Computer. Hello Computer.</Scotty>
That one still cracks me up. :lol:

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rllthomas wrote:
Transparent aluminum?


We put that on a few prints one time. The toolmakers looked at us a bit funny.

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I used to have the title block default description as Blah blah blah blah with Fred and Barney as the engineer and drafter. I thought it was SOOOO obvious that everyone would catch it and change it. You would be amazed at how many prints made it out to suppliers that way.
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Just got my 120GB Western Digital USB/Firewire drive today from a nice gal on eBay. $100 + shipping. I'm happy :D

I seiously think writing to this thing is faster than writing to my internal SCSI drive... :o

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So who'd you get it from?

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