I’ve been looking at Chinese machining services for a while now, wondering why everybody seems to want to buy a CNC router from China instead of buying services. If you search the web you’ll find lots of people buying CNC machines or building their own. At the same time, a quick look at alibaba.com shows hundreds of companies seemingly willing to do prototyping work even in single-unit quantities. Just search alibaba.com for something like “cnc machining prototyping” or similar and you’ll see what I mean.
I intend to try some of those out, but perhaps someone can do that first :-) I’ve had very good experiences with both buying from aliexpress.com and with ordering PCBs from iteadstudio.com — inexpensive, with quality meeting expectations every time. I don’t know why CNC machining would be any different. To keep this message on subject, I’ve been thinking about a nixie clock with an enclosure made from CNC-machined brass, requiring a 5-axis machine. So, you might want to look at some of those companies and try them out. It shouldn’t cost much. And please let us know if you do! —J. > On 04 Feb 2015, at 17:30, Paul Parry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > Anyone suggest where I can get some little spacers made ( brass preferably ) > I need 15mm O/D with a 9.5mm I/D hole and 7mm in height. They are to allow me > to fit some little glass tubes that hold little Neon colon indicators into > some regular 15mm copper pipe fittings. > It would take someone with a lathe about half an hour, but it isn't something > I have. I would need 20 of them and clean out of ideas. One engineering > company quoted me a 3 figure price just to set a lathe up :( > > Kind regards, > Paul > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bd5cee25-efef-402b-9bca-501b2c00a102%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/AD0F28E8-62A3-4BE6-8D70-CC0C8CF291DA%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
