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Sporqster · 04-12-2004

I've had a few things done over at the machine shop at my old alma mater (University of Evansville). I'm still friends with the shop tech there, and I drop by to say hi... There might be an engineering or vocational school near you with at least a 3- CNC axis mill, which can get a lot done if you're creative. Of course, this might mean you end up programming the g-code yourself, or if you use Pro-E to design parts (or I'm sure other similar packages) i'll do the dirty g-code work for you... might have to clean up the code for the particular application....

heck, for the price you might pay at a legit machine shop to have a few parts made, you could probably just pay tuition for a class at the local votech school, just to be a 'student' and have legitimate access to the machinery! Who knows, you might even learn something in the process!

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Sporqster Opeler Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 106	One idea for cheap/free CNC time I've had a few things done over at the machine shop at my old alma mater (University of Evansville). I'm still friends with the shop tech there, and I drop by to say hi... There might be an engineering or vocational school near you with at least a 3- CNC axis mill, which can get a lot done if you're creative. Of course, this might mean you end up programming the g-code yourself, or if you use Pro-E to design parts (or I'm sure other similar packages) i'll do the dirty g-code work for you... might have to clean up the code for the particular application.... heck, for the price you might pay at a legit machine shop to have a few parts made, you could probably just pay tuition for a class at the local votech school, just to be a 'student' and have legitimate access to the machinery! Who knows, you might even learn something in the process!