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Title: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: PspKicks316 on October 11, 2009, 06:49:00 PM

Somewhere I can submit a 3D CAD design and have it made.

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: Skullmaster on October 11, 2009, 07:24:23 PM

are you talking made out of metal wood plastic or what

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: PspKicks316 on October 11, 2009, 07:50:49 PM

Probably plastic or ABS or something.

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: robin1989 on October 12, 2009, 08:37:33 AM

http://www.emachineshop.com/ (http://www.emachineshop.com/)

is that the sort of thing your looking for

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: PspKicks316 on October 12, 2009, 08:40:59 AM

YES THANK YOU lol

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: robin1989 on October 12, 2009, 09:07:28 AM

there called fabricators i just googled online fabricators http://tinyurl.com/yz62mvo (http://tinyurl.com/yz62mvo)

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: ryan0 on October 12, 2009, 11:22:53 AM

get it machined by a mill,3d laser cutting is EXTREMELY expensive.

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: PspKicks316 on October 18, 2009, 05:25:36 PM

Do you have any recommendations then Ryan?

This place is out of the question. I used the cheapest ABS (This one is used for vacuum forming. I'm assuming I'd be fine with it) and the cost is $700 for my "project" and I haven't even finished half of it.

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: ryan0 on October 19, 2009, 09:31:17 AM

the cheapest option is making the mould yourself out of wood and having that vacuformed or casted,whichever suits best.Silicone moulding is very easy to do and very cost effective!
If you can't do that then go to a nearby metal shop and see if they'll mill it out.To be honest there isn't many places that will machine a 3d model for anything less than 300 dawra,no matter what it is!

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: Modded Matt on October 19, 2009, 09:55:39 AM

it wont help you much right now, but my next project is probably going to be this, or something very similar.(once I get settled into the new house) for cutting/ettching windows/jewls for the xbox, psp, etc.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply-and-/ (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply-and-/)

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: ryan0 on October 19, 2009, 12:15:47 PM

Quote from: modded matt on October 19, 2009, 09:55:39 AM

it wont help you much right now, but my next project is probably going to be this, or something very similar.(once I get settled into the new house) for cutting/ettching windows/jewls for the xbox, psp, etc.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply-and-/ (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply-and-/)

Also,I'm currently developing a milling machine controlled by the BASIC Stamp chip,which will be much cheaper and simpler than the one in that instructable.
@kicks:
it will in fact be cheaper to build a cnc milling machie than to have a prototype made.

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: PspKicks316 on October 19, 2009, 12:26:14 PM

Let me put it this way.
Height x width x length

260 x 45 x 205mm black ABS case...

Of course, that's total dimensions. It'll be hollowed out, holes in it, etc...

Ugh theres no way I could make something this intricate out of wood and vacuum form it though.

Title: Re: Anyone know any 3D laser etching places?
Post by: ryan0 on October 22, 2009, 09:31:29 AM

yeah that'll most likely have to be vacuformed then you drill the holes in it yourself,nobody would machine something that for less than 400 dawra