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Old 05-26-2017, 06:44 AM
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If you don't need laser, and cnc plasma is ok just buy the material and I can cut it for you.
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Old 05-26-2017, 07:42 PM
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We charge $30 set up , $2 per min cut time ,$65 min . It's a $1,000,000 tool , each time it goes down it a $15,000 service call .
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Old 05-27-2017, 07:07 AM
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I know this doesn't really help you since its outside of the US. But I had the same problem a while ago and what I found is that the only guys that will do panel for about 100 or less with a laser are "online" shops that are fully automated. Meaning you don't deal with a person but with some sort of Program/applet that will either directly draw your panel there or upload a file to it. It tells you the price right away. Every other place that involves a person dealing with me and my file wanted 300 and up. They are out there I found one here that works great! done 2 panels so far. Worked flawlessly. When you find one be sure to check to what tolerances they work with.
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Old 05-27-2017, 07:56 AM
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I'd like to have a bracket cut in 4130 steel from a CAD file, but the quotes from local shops for a simple piece of 5x9 overall size are silly high; I think they prefer volume work so they've priced the one-off jobs out of the shop. Fine; have any other builders found a shop or service somewhere that will do a quick job for a reasonable fee?
What thickness?
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Old 05-27-2017, 08:22 AM
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There is a regular advertiser in the Replica Fighters magazine that does brackets and other steel parts. IIRC they do one-offs and prototypes. I don't have a old copy of the mag but you should be able to get their contact info from the RFA http://www.replicafighters.com
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Old 05-27-2017, 08:39 AM
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Thanks, I'll give them a shout. So far I've been quoted between $190 and $280 for one piece. It's a custom throttle cable bracket. If I want 5 or 10, they'll come down by 80%... but I can spend lots of quality time with the drill press and hacksaw for $200.
Post up the design, show others how it could benefit them, and then have 10 made. Then sell them to others who see how it could benefit them.

A little more work with some packing and mailing, but in the end you could have your bracket for free.
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