Can anyone help with cnc/lazer/water cutting?!

[plasticfantastic]

Hi all,

I have designed up some badges for my Davrian and i have the cad files ready in .dwg format, but most companies i contact are only really interested in doing big lots and trying to get a prototype is even harder.

Ideally i would like to have the badges cut in aluminium, something like T6, but anything like acrylic will do for the prototypes.

None of the badges are very big, biggest being about 200mm x 80mm and i'd like it to be cut from 6mm sheet.

Does anyone think they could help out?!

Cheers

[Kieran]

I don't know where you are, but a good friend if mine runs a toolmaking / lazer cutting / pu moulding company in Aldridge, Walsall.

Akutek
01922 457 755

Ask for Nick Lomax, great guy happy to do one offs and interesting stuff.

Tell him Kieran sent you.

[steveo3002]

www.whengparts.com/

try him..isnt too rapey on price

[chairchild]

laser*

I work at Charles Day steel (in Rotherham) minimum charge is £60 IIRC, but I've put through lots of "one-off" prototype cuts. www.daysteel.co.uk/

.DXF is preferred over .DWG, as there's so damned many variations on the filetypes. AutoCAD, done with layers, and saved as a .DWG is the worst to try to work with!


6mm 6083 aluminium is a nice common material, lots of it in stock, so a better chance of it being cut quicker



And waterjet cutting costs a lot... like, a ridiculous amount more than laser cutting

[LowStandards]

Another +1 for whengparts, I had a turbo flange drawn up by him from a gasket and cut in 8mm for £17

He'll be doing a nice flange for the new sump I am making next...