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Originally Posted by Clev
Ouch. Seems a little high, doesn't it? If you decide to make this a kit, you'd probably be able to find a shop that would do them in quantity for half that.
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The cost is high because the steel that is being used is really tough and a carbide cutter had to be used instead of a high speed steel cutter, with that a single cutter can only make two shafts before it wears out, it also takes 3 hours to make each shaft on a CNC machine due to the splines, if the shaft was longer and there was more room to over run the cutter then it could be done differently and quicker.