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Offline Tiramisuu

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Aluminum Cases
« on: Fri, 29 September 2017, 16:39:25 »
I'm currently working on my 25% 16MM Stenward prototypes and they need a home.



I have some steel plates being made for my 5 prototypes and would love to house them in a nice aluminum case.   I have also been drooling over a openbuilds c-beam cnc router kit to make my own plates, cases and etch pcbs with anodizing in a bucket thrown in for good measure.

I haven't started bleeding money for the tools yet.   Is there a cheap cnc service that we can reach out to for case prototypes if we provide the design/gcode for the cnc work?   I suspect it will cost me in the neighborhood of 2K USD to get tooled up and that will probably take a few purchases spread over enough months to avoid divorce.

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Re: Aluminum Cases
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 29 September 2017, 16:58:07 »
Does bigbluesaw do alu?

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Re: Aluminum Cases
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 29 September 2017, 17:01:23 »
3Dhubs is now offering CNC quotes. Other than it, ask xondat or LeandreN.
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Re: Aluminum Cases
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 29 September 2017, 17:11:46 »
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