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Originally Posted by darcane
One-off parts are always high.... but how high was it? We have a lot of suppliers at work that we get good prices at, but only because we buy in quantity. The trick is finding some small shop with low overhead who has the right equipment but specializes in one-offs and prototypes.
Are you just having them cut the parts and you weld them up? Or are you getting complete brackets back from them?
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Same situation at my work. Prototype runs get expensive at high quality shops.
The parts will be cut out and in two cases bent. I will be welding them myself now that I have the equipment and the power available.
Bill the Engineer