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Title: custom metal fabrication... over the internet?
Post by: krick on August 29, 2006, 09:48:37 pm

I seem to remember seeing a link posted here a few months ago for a place online that will custom manufacture things (sheet metal, plastic, etc...) to your specs in very small runs.

I need to get some metal plates cut and drilled and I'm not really sure where I could get something like that done locally so I'm turing to the internet.

Title: Re: custom metal fabrication... over the internet?
Post by: bleemus on August 29, 2006, 09:54:34 pm

emachineshop.com (http://www.emachineshop.com) has a CAD program you can download and get automated quotes for whatever you can muster.  Stuff is really spency for single runs though, so I'm not sure if that is the one you heard about or not.

Title: Re: custom metal fabrication... over the internet?
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on August 29, 2006, 09:57:48 pm

You'd be better off looking in Yellow Pages for a local machine shop that does small runs and one off items.  The company's on the internet that quote that stuff are really really expensive.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Title: Re: custom metal fabrication... over the internet?
Post by: bleemus on August 29, 2006, 10:03:43 pm

I'm needing a piece of sheet metal cut and I called 2 places about a week ago.  Neither have called me back yet.  So if you go local, be ready to deal with a bit of rejection.

Title: Re: custom metal fabrication... over the internet?
Post by: Burke LaShell on August 31, 2006, 12:22:11 pm

I found this:  http://www.sharewareconnection.com/emachineshop.htm

It might be worth a try.

Title: Re: custom metal fabrication... over the internet?
Post by: krick on August 31, 2006, 12:24:32 pm

Quote from: Burke LaShell on August 31, 2006, 12:22:11 pm

I found this:  http://www.sharewareconnection.com/emachineshop.htm

It might be worth a try.

That's the place...  eMachineShop  http://www.emachineshop.com/