I've recently got a bunch of parts from FirstCut (Part of ProtoLabs, which started out as ProtoMold) that turned out well. Years ago, I used Rapid Sheet Metal for sheet work, and was very happy. Their affiliate company, Rapid Machining, is working on a piece for me right now. Their prices were better than FirstCut for 5-days turns, while FC was better for 1-3 day turns.
With FC and RM, they used my exported STEP 214 files from Alibre. With FC, I use their online system to call out the threads. With RM, I had a separate .pdf calling out my threads. Both places have a +/- 0.005" as a standard tolerance; but usually achieves much better than that. FC only supports a limited number of threads. RM appears to be more flexible. One thing about FC -- they claim they have a bed size limit of 7" x 10" -- but it turns out for thinner parts, the supported bed size can be much bigger, depending on thickness. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM, John Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > Erik, > > I get invalid or incomplete for the dxf and bad file for the ad_prt > file. Can you save the file as step or iges? > > thanks > John > > On 4/16/2012 2:00 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: >> The 3d pdf's created by alibre are a little flaky. >> >> DXF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Base.dxf> >> PDF<http://www.aercon.net/Public/Bottom.pdf> >> Alibre<http://aercon.net/Public/Base.AD_PRT> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:47 PM, John Thornton<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I can't see much on the pdf, do you have a cad drawing or 3d model of >>> the part? >>> >>> John Thornton >>> >>> On 4/16/2012 1:42 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: >>>> Around 50 pieces each. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Dave<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 4/16/2012 1:35 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: >>>>>> Has anyone here use e-machine shop, or anything like it? I am needing >>> to >>>>>> outsource some cnc work, but not sure where to go. One of the guys on >>>>> this >>>>>> project had mentioned www.mfg.com, but I am pretty leery of it. It is >>>>> all >>>>>> plastic machining, pvc sheet. 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