Apple’s newest Mac Pro with its distinctive machined grille continues to excite interest, but until now there has been one question on the lips of nobody. It’s acquired the moniker “Cheese grater”, but can it grate cheese? [Winston Moy] set out to test its effectiveness in the kitchen with a piece of Pecorino Romano, a great cheese.
Of course, the video is not really about cheese grating, but about the machining process to create that distinctive pattern of intersecting spherical holes. He doesn’t have a real Mac Pro because nobody does as yet, so like others his approach was to reverse engineer the manufacturing process. He takes us through the entire thing and the rationale behind his decisions as he makes a 13-hole piece of Mac Pro-like grill from a billet of aluminium. It’s first roughly cut with a pair of decreasing-size end mills, then finished with a ball mill. He’s added an extra cut to round off the sharp edge of the hole that isn’t there on the Mac.
An unexpected problem came when he machined the bottom and the holes began to intersect, it was clear that they were doing so wrongly. Turning the piece over must be done in the correct orientation, one to note for any other would-be cheese-grater manufacturers. Finally the piece is blasted for a satin finish, and then anodised for scratch-resistance.
So, the important question must be answered: does it grate? The answer’s no, the best it can manage is something close to a crumble. He doesn’t seem bothered though, we get the impression he likes eating cheese whatever its form. The whole process is in the video below the break.
For more Apple grille examination, take a look at this mathematical analysis.
Maybe he used/machined it wrong? Like too big holes? And he should NOT round edges for best grating result.
Poor choice of cheese.. you could use a hammer with pecorino romano to get the same result..
Conspiracy theory: apple didn’t know how to machine the back, so they released the design and let everyone else figure it out
It’s not a cheese grater. It’s a pomposity extruder, gently filling the operators work space with a sense of one upmanship.
Not that I don’t want one…
B^)
You’re holding it wrong
Pecorino, a distinct class of grateable cheese!
I find the machine vice at 4:52 more interesting than the whole roten fruit hype.
How much cheese would the Cheese Grater grate if the Cheese Grater could grate cheese?
Perhaps not as grammatically smooth, but I keep wanting the title to read “Does the Cheese Grater Grate Cheese Great?” Or, if you find that you’re fanatically fond of the featured fromage, “Does the Cheese Grater Grate Great Cheese Great?”
My attempt:
Apple’s cheese graters are greatly
overgratedoverrated…make cheese grater great again!
Will the hat come in red or Apple green? Will it inflame Liberals?
in yellow
https://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cats_in_hats_1.jpg
Sphere not, a raspy raspi pcb might do a better job of grating.
WHY WOULD YOU CHAMFER A CHEESE GRATER?!!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!?