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designer

posted on 18/6/12 at 06:52 PM Reply With Quote
Laser or CNC cutting

I am spending a lot of time and money getting sheet MDF/plywood cut into parts.

Anyone know anything about small scale CNC/laser cutting machines?

[Edited on 18-6-12 by designer]

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Doug68

posted on 19/6/12 at 10:42 AM Reply With Quote
I'd looked into getting some mdf bits cut for templates, surprisingly to me it was cheaper to get them done in steel.

A CNC laser cutter that's going cut anything decent will cost sever thousand $ even if done DIY try looking at:

http://www.instructables.com/id/CO2-laser-that-cuts-sheet-metal/

My advice would be to find a cheaper cutting service, I was mostly surprised how cheap jobs were that'd I'd got done, but that was in Australia, so probably not of much use to you.

[Edited on 19/6/12 by Doug68]





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Fred W B

posted on 19/6/12 at 11:14 AM Reply With Quote
Doesn't have to be Laser, MDF and ply could be cut with a CNC router. Try signmakers

Cheers

Fred W B





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Angel Acevedo

posted on 24/6/12 at 01:12 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by designer
I am spending a lot of time and money getting sheet MDF/plywood cut into parts.

Anyone know anything about small scale CNC/laser cutting machines?

[Edited on 18-6-12 by designer]


Check Out Torchmate...
NTDWM....
http://torchmate.com/





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RazMan

posted on 24/6/12 at 04:12 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Fred W B
Doesn't have to be Laser, MDF and ply could be cut with a CNC router. Try signmakers



+1 .... and I am a Sign Maker too





Cheers,
Raz

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