Still the same! Apt 304, 32137Tom wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:46 pm Same address? Someone was planning to move recently and can't remember if that was you....
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Just an update, lest anyone think I'm slacking off. 
I got a quote from the local laser cut place and don't think it's going to work. With such a small part, they wanted to just run a standard size sheet of aluminum in the machine, which results in 552 pieces and a total price tag well in the thousands, and that's before anodizing. So, unless anyone wants to underwrite hundreds of these things, I think I'll give one of the online machine shops a try. It will be more per piece I'm sure, but still within the range of acceptable per-piece prices. Only downside is I can't see them before they are made...
I got a quote from the local laser cut place and don't think it's going to work. With such a small part, they wanted to just run a standard size sheet of aluminum in the machine, which results in 552 pieces and a total price tag well in the thousands, and that's before anodizing. So, unless anyone wants to underwrite hundreds of these things, I think I'll give one of the online machine shops a try. It will be more per piece I'm sure, but still within the range of acceptable per-piece prices. Only downside is I can't see them before they are made...-
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Sorry to hear the cost of getting them made skyrocketed!
I am not in favor of NOT getting them anodized. I painted the plastic ones with a black flex type paint from Home Depot and it didn’t last after putting them on and off several times. I then talked to a couple paint shops, and they would not do a handful of pieces. Needed at least 100 or more-ideally more than that.
You said “thousands of dollars” to make a batch? That’s a vague number. What was the exact price for how many, and how much extra to anodize them? Maybe I can find someone or a group of people to subsidize the cost. I need an exact number.
I am not in favor of NOT getting them anodized. I painted the plastic ones with a black flex type paint from Home Depot and it didn’t last after putting them on and off several times. I then talked to a couple paint shops, and they would not do a handful of pieces. Needed at least 100 or more-ideally more than that.
You said “thousands of dollars” to make a batch? That’s a vague number. What was the exact price for how many, and how much extra to anodize them? Maybe I can find someone or a group of people to subsidize the cost. I need an exact number.
Yeah, after all the work that has been involved in this, I hate to see it not complete. There must be a machine shop that can make these for us and as I said, we can paint them ourselves, or do what I did and wrap them with Satin Black vinyl, which is available from numerous online places.
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No worries, I was just explaining the passage of time. We'll get it done.Bob Z wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:17 am Yeah, after all the work that has been involved in this, I hate to see it not complete. There must be a machine shop that can make these for us and as I said, we can paint them ourselves, or do what I did and wrap them with Satin Black vinyl, which is available from numerous online places.
I'll plan to do them in raw 1/8th aluminum (no anodizing/paint, etc.). Should simplify things quite a bit. -
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Sure, let's say it was a test.
1/16th for sure. I just got a message from Tom so I will post here until Tom has a chance to chime in. He was able to find a place to make them for us, out of aluminum and 1/16" thick, which eliminates the warping problem with the plastic ones. In order to get this price ($30 + shipping) they will not be anodized or painted but as I said, any Satin Black spray paint will do, or Satin Black vinyl from Michaels, Hobby Lobby, eBay, etc. Thanks Tom!
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