<story><title>How to Make Apple’s Mac Pro Holes</title><url>http://saccade.com/blog/2019/06/how-to-make-apples-mac-pro-holes/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alanbernstein</author><text>On the subject of Apple&amp;#x27;s hole-machining process, I recently noticed how tiny the light-grill holes are on the older wireless Apple keyboards: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;l9n9Cp2.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;l9n9Cp2.jpg&lt;/a&gt;. Look at the ruler, marked in mm - the holes are less than .1mm in diameter. I was wondering how they did this, I guess a laser or plasma cutter is the only way?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joshvm</author><text>They found a company that built machines that could laser mill 20um holes and bought them out. It&amp;#x27;s unclear if they bought the capacity (i.e. all their stock) or if they actually acquired them. The reports vary.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.bolt.io&amp;#x2F;no-you-cant-manufacture-that-like-apple-does-93bea02a3bbf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.bolt.io&amp;#x2F;no-you-cant-manufacture-that-like-apple...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>How to Make Apple’s Mac Pro Holes</title><url>http://saccade.com/blog/2019/06/how-to-make-apples-mac-pro-holes/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alanbernstein</author><text>On the subject of Apple&amp;#x27;s hole-machining process, I recently noticed how tiny the light-grill holes are on the older wireless Apple keyboards: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;l9n9Cp2.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;l9n9Cp2.jpg&lt;/a&gt;. Look at the ruler, marked in mm - the holes are less than .1mm in diameter. I was wondering how they did this, I guess a laser or plasma cutter is the only way?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>evv</author><text>Lasers. I think their technique is top-secret, because I don&amp;#x27;t see lights-through-metal on many other products.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;venturebeat.com&amp;#x2F;2011&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;apple-laser-manufacturing&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;venturebeat.com&amp;#x2F;2011&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;apple-laser-manufacturing...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>