The beveled edge is a nice touch Nate

Thanks! haven't been in the basement since the weekend.  Hopefully I can fix that and get them coated.  Then I realized, Most of you guys are stuck waiting for the chipset blocks too ;)
 
So I will get the individual ones out first.

Cool as I am not waiting for a chipset block, I appreciate that, they are looking great and I am glad to be receiving the new beveled edges prototype xD

The de-burring process, nothing but a hand file, and time:

 
The center one has been de-burred.  The other 2 have all the stringy copper remaining.  

nateman_doo
The de-burring process, nothing but a hand file, and time:
The center one has been de-burred.  The other 2 have all the stringy copper remaining.  

 
I know very little of the processes happening with these so my pardon my lack of knowledge but here is a question; Why is it that the color of the copper seems so different in the de-burring photos compared to the photos of them just being cut? Possibly just a weird lighting issue? Or is some awesome act of science causing a color shift?  

LiMiTeD_DiAvOlO

nateman_dooThe de-burring process, nothing but a hand file, and time:The center one has been de-burred.  The other 2 have all the stringy copper remaining.  

 I know very little of the processes happening with these so my pardon my lack of knowledge but here is a question; Why is it that the color of the copper seems so different in the de-burring photos compared to the photos of them just being cut? Possibly just a weird lighting issue? Or is some awesome act of science causing a color shift?  

That is just lighting. Copper oxidises very quickly so will darken
after machining, even from just touching copper, the acids on your
skin can speed up the oxidisation process.
In the latter pics they look lighter so it is sure to be just the lighting.

Sneaky is correct.  I will say these blocks have been machined for a while, and they havent oxidized all that much considering its been a few days where they were just sitting.  I did wipe them down after I took them off the machine, so I am sure that helped. 
 
I am being optimistic, but I may have those individual blocks out this week.  The rest of you are stuck for the long haul until the Chipsets are done.  ;)

Woot for this week!

 
 
Trying out some High Speed Machining tool paths.  batch number 2 being cut.

The bevel came out nicely.  Here is a better picture of it: