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Do you think this is the process that Apple's manufacture uses? Could they use an end mill the same size as the hole, instead of a smaller end mill that follow
by seniorsassycat 7y ago
Do you think this is the process that Apple's manufacture uses?
Could they use an end mill the same size as the hole, instead of a smaller end mill that follows a circular path?
Could they have built a machine with many end mills, correctly spaced, to drill all holes in one shot?
- toasterlovin 7y agoThis is an extremely expensive, low volume product. I would not be surprised if manufacturing uses the same process as prototyping.
- newman8r 7y agoI bought one in ~2014 - when I picked it up at the Apple store, the representative told me it was the first time he'd ever seen someone buy one (apparently he'd worked there for several years). I exclusively use Linux distros on it now - hopefully they make it easy to do that on the new machines.
- machinesmachine 7y agoMay I ask why do you buy Mac of you're working exclusively on Linux?
- newman8r 7y agoIt was for work at the time, they had iPhone apps in their portfolio
- robdachshund 7y agoWhy would you waste your money on a proprietary, overpriced cheese grater if you are running linux?
- scarface74 7y agoWhile I don’t doubt that the MacPro was a low volume machine, I doubt that most people buying one were buying it from a physical Apple Store where customization was limited.
- opencl 7y agoIt's impossible to install Linux to the preinstalled SSD on any recent Mac, though on this one you can at least add your own additional storage and it probably won't be too hard to get Linux booting off that. Aside from the SSD the hardware seems to be pretty normal stuff that already has Linux drivers. Though I don't see why anyone would want to pay the rather large price premium of this machine if they're not running MacOS on it.
- wil421 7y agoLooks more like a fun weekend project[1] than an impossible task. At least for my mid 2017 MBP. I’ve always had issues with WiFi cards doing a hackintoshes or Linux on macs. [1]https://gist.github.com/roadrunner2/1289542a748d9a104e7baec6a92f9cd7 https://gist.github.com/roadrunner2/1289542a748d9a104e7baec6...
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- opencl 7y agoThe T2 chip that makes installing Linux to the internal SSD impossible was introduced in the 2018 models.
- shawnz 7y agoBut the holes are spherical, not cylindrical. How could you do that with an end mill the size of the hole?
- mrchucklepants 7y agoBall end mill.
- neetdeth 7y agoWith a ball end mill, theoretically. Not that it's a good idea - you need to be able to actually evacuate material from the surface you're cutting, and milling is different than drilling in this respect. But I imagine you could come up with a very fast two step program using a cylindrical end mill for plunging/roughing and a relatively large ball end mill for finishing.
- benj111 7y ago"milling is different than drilling in this respect" Is it? With drilling you need to evacuate material also. Or am I misunderstanding something, I am far from an expert in such things.
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- dlgeek 7y agoYou'd want a ball mill. Keeping it in good condition and sharp might be an issue, though. (Although not nearly as big a problem if the case is aluminium.
- DannyBee 7y agoYou could do this a variety of ways. Ball mill would work fine. If you were doing this in "real" volume, you would likely likely just cast aluminum into this shape. However, companies like apple/amazon/etc have a tendency to just find a supplier who can sell them semi-specialized machines and buy a lot of them. Apple has bought out (either the machines or capacity) for things like laser drilling. Amazon echo/echo show's were made by buying a ton of semi-custom machines from these folks: https://mdaprecision.com/ https://mdaprecision.com/ (They talk about it in various places)