WHO?..........Laser cutting

[SeventyNine]

has anyone out there access to something that can cut me a pretty shape out?

ok, i lied, its not that pretty. but the edges need to be perfectly straight. i/e not done with a hacksaw and file etc.



thats what i need doing. its to cover the monstrosity of a hole i cut in my inner wing where the water bottle sits.........



thanks in advance you beautiful RR'ers

[wagoneer]

Sp Consultancy Services Ltd
Unit 2
Enterprise
Medway City Estate
Rochester
Kent
ME 2 4JW

[e-mail]

It's the company belonging to the husband of a girl here at work.

[Seth]

Jun 18, 2008 14:42:32 GMT SeventyNine said:

but the edges need to be perfectly straight. i/e not done with a hacksaw and file etc.

Why not?



This guy at whengparts is a hot rodder who can laser cut parts

[SeventyNine]

emailed them 2..........we will see

[skinley]

With a bit of patience you can get the edges perfectly straight with just a hacksaw and file, and save a few quid too.

[SeventyNine]

sounds daft but I want it cut perfectly, i'd never get it right because.

1. i'd bend it cutting it, or i'd clamp it and get marks from the clamp.
2. I haven't a 55mm hole cutter.
3. the corners wouldn't be perfectly radiused.
4. the edge finish would have file marks in it
5. I don't have any stainless steel

something similar to


and I could continue all day ;D........or I could bung someone in the know a drink to knock it up in 10 minutes

[slater]

that looks like its been done by hand

[awattam]

I order a lot of laser cut stuff as part of my job, and you'll find that it's damn expensive for a 1 off due to machine setup time. I should think you'd be looking at £40ish for that bit. By all means have a ring/email around as there are quite a few places about-many won't be interested though. Search for 'laser profiling' as well as 'laser cutting' - same thing, different name.

Most places will be happier if you can email a CAD drawing (people I deal with like .DXF files). If you want me to do you one then PM me, would only take 2 mins.

TBH though, I'd go for doing it by hand, even if it takes you a couple of attempts the reduced hassle/cost is worth it IMO.

Edit--

I mostly use:-

www.cut-tec.co.uk/

www.daysteel.co.uk/

There are also these, much smaller company so more likely to do small runs / 1 offs. Bunch of idiots though!

www.uklaser.co.uk/

[Mr S]

I also recommend whengparts, he's cut the flanges for my V8 headers on my 190e.

As a retro-bonus, his Mrs drives a nice mk2 escort estate and he's got a Zephyr with a small block ford in IIRC (I used to live less than a mile from him!)

Cheers, Martin

Jun 18, 2008 15:47:43 GMT Seth said:

Jun 18, 2008 14:42:32 GMT SeventyNine said:

but the edges need to be perfectly straight. i/e not done with a hacksaw and file etc.

Why not?



This guy at whengparts is a hot rodder who can laser cut parts

[scaryoldcortina]

I get young chris to do mine hopefully he'll be along in a minute.

[Greenfox Motors]

I can do it but smalest plate we can do is 3mm also it might be better made out of alluminium

[ironmighty07]

I get any done by a local fabrication shop, Cymarc, downside is waiting until he's nesting something in the right thickness but it does keep costs down so need to plan such work in without being in a hurry.

[markbognor]

I could do you a lovely peice of 3mm Acrylic or 4mm MDF. I'd need about 100x more powerful a laser to cut metal unfortunately.

[SeventyNine]

weng did it for a tenner which is better than the £35 i got offered by the other place

thanks for all the responses

[montanna]

Hello,

I know this is an old thread but I just had some bits done and thought this place was prett good, cheep too! www.scedesigns.co.uk