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Posted by: synthesisdv Apr 9 2004, 12:25 PM

Saw and ad for this place:

http://emachineshop.com/index.html

Use their software or import from your own. They give you a price online. Some of the examples show this stuff is expensive unless you are doing a run of >100 pieces.

Would be neat thought to fab nice brackets etc.

dr

Posted by: TimT Apr 9 2004, 04:36 PM

Now this is cool....

Posted by: ppickerell Apr 9 2004, 05:04 PM

Don't deal with those dumbasses when you can buy right from a club member, ME!
www.peridotcorp.com

Posted by: TimT Apr 9 2004, 05:44 PM

Even though I think it appears to be a cool idea

I bet you could end up buying some useless almost fitting parts LOL

Posted by: TimMartin Apr 13 2004, 05:31 PM

So if i wanted to make custom 914/6 aircleaner covers in the basic style of the K&N aluminum covers but with a 914/6 logo on them, and i provided full 2D cad drawings, you could beat the price of eMachineShop?

.tim

Posted by: Gint Apr 13 2004, 06:24 PM

Great question Tim. I could be interested in that myself.

Posted by: peridotian Apr 13 2004, 06:38 PM

As discussed on this board previously CNC machining prices are dependent on quantity ordered. There are so many Internet fronts that this could be an offshore manufacturer with which I would not be competitive. I would be happy to take a look at any club member project and prepare quotes. Is the original part NLA?

Posted by: jonwatts Apr 13 2004, 10:44 PM

Along the same lines, what software is available for the hobbyist that can export to something that will work with a mill, lathe, CNC, etc. PTC had a free version of their Pro/E Desktop that could export to IGES files among other things. Unfortunately it was expire-ware and the product hit end-of-life. So what else is out there in the free, cheap, or borrowed categories?

Posted by: Mueller Apr 13 2004, 11:14 PM

yeck...paper???

Patrick might be able to save you some bucks if done "paperless"...I deal with a machineshop that the average price is 20-30% lower than other shops due to no paper...i send him my Pro/E 3D file and they do the rest.



AFAIK, this part was never made, sounds like a custom part......

Jon,

let me see what I can dig up for you...and no, it will not be the full-blown version of Pro/E, but you'll like it I'm sure

Posted by: jonwatts Apr 13 2004, 11:47 PM

YAY, I'VE GOT MAIL, YAY