A quick search on Yahoo using "casting prototypes" yields.....
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Manufacturing
/Casting__Molding__and_Machining/
Thats the general listing, but I bet you could narrow it down with your
city or state in the search as well.
Quicker and Cheaper if you have technical drawings, preferably in a CAD
(computer aided design) format. With the advances in automated CAD machining
you can get things like that made rather quickly sometimes cheaply. Remember
I said sometimes.......
l8r,
Douglas E Harmon
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http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/~genius91/
----- Original Message -----
From: Nicholas Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:26 PM
Subject: Kindof OT: Metal workers...
: Okay, I have drawn up rudimentary plans for an add-on tripod collar for
the
: FA* 300/4.5 that I am, hopefully, purchasing this weekend. It would be a
: simple metal "bracket" (parts that come in contact with the lens would be
: covered with leather padding) with straps to hold the lens in place. My
only
: problem is that I don't know where to go from here. What kind of shop
would
: I need to go visit about constructing such an object. Metal fabricator?
: Metal worker? I have no clue where to go from here. Any help is greatly
: appreciated.
:
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:
: Nick
:
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: uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." -Helen Keller
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