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by blackguardx 5564 days ago
Machining doesn't work that way. The groove in the laptop is done with a round nosed end-mill. It makes the rounded profile and creates lots of chips. Those chips are then melted down and made into something else by some other company.
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Machining still doesn't work that way, but on the Air the cutout goes all the way through so there is no need for a round nose mill specifically.
Sorry I haven't seen one. I only have an aluminum macbook