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These guys can make darn near anything, and can do it in nearly any material you'd like, at a reasonable cost. And they provide a free CAD package to do it in. Other exotic resources mentioned.

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http://www.emachineshop.com

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Submitted by Tom O'Bedlam on April 30, and May 3, 2006

Check out "http://www.emachineshop.com". A lot of times it looks like your general group may need some fabrication done, a lot of people don't know how to do this, or may not be able to get to a machine shop during the day. Also a lot of electronic CAD packages are either way too expensive or are too hard to use for a lot of people.

These guys can make darn near anything, and can do it in nearly any material you'd like. And they provide a free CAD package to do it in.

Not only can they make all sorts of nifty mechanical stuff, they also link to some PCB shops that your guys may be interested in that are similar; downloadable free tools and low one-off costs. I know that stuff can be hard to come by for non-professionals, I always wanted to do that sort of stuff as a kid and never could figure out how to do it.

I've never heard anyone complain about the quality.

Someone brought up emachineshop while I was browsing the Joe Cell thread and I thought "hey, I bet these guys could use emachineshop", figured I'd pass it on. Also, a lot of guys might be interested in making their own copies of stuff like the SG motor and just can't figure out the machine work.

Now, like any machine shop, ordering one of anything is not cheap. But these guys are cheaper than the aerospace grade folks we normally use locally (seriously cheaper), and if your readers can agree on parts of a design and order, say, 10 or so of a part, it gets reasonable fast.

You might even get some talented guy or two to do the drawing packages and order the stuff in lots of 10 or something to get the pricing down, sort of like Southwest Technical used to do in the 60's with Popular Electronics schematics.

I know a lot of local hobbyists that use these guys and have had good experience with them, and it looked like your crew were getting into some nice fabricated bits that might be hard to do at home with a drill.

We (O'Bedlam) [on the other hand] do a lot of military electronic design, mostly for 'odd' projects. We charge a LOT, there's not that many design shops with security clearances. Although we do some commercial work.

Now, you guys need a non-interceptable comm system, the front-end data pre-processor for an holographic image analysis system or a one of a kind 21kWH battery pack for towing an operator up a river underwater for 50 miles or so, we're your guys, if you have a spare couple hundred k laying around in the bank.

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