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Please forgive DD, he has still not realized that the RepRap community spans a spectrum from those who are pleased with ±1mm to those for whom ±1µ is a bit disappointing and includes those for whom the cost of a single stepper motor from Alibaba is all they can manage this month.
The more important, for those of us who may be interested, is where are you? Having somebody in the same or nearby state, county or canton may just get you more custom than beating Misumi's prices.
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Please forgive DD, he has still not realized that the RepRap community spans a spectrum from those who are pleased with ±1mm to those for whom ±1µ is a bit disappointing and includes those for whom the cost of a single stepper motor from Alibaba is all they can manage this month.
The more important, for those of us who may be interested, is where are you? Having somebody in the same or nearby state, county or canton may just get you more custom than beating Misumi's prices.
Mike
I realize there's a spectrum there, but it isn't an even distribution. Of the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who lurk and post here, there are probably about ten who might have enough interest (and financial means) in milled metal parts to actually pay someone to mill them. A lot of the people who understand the difference between a milled and printed part are people who have access to machine shops and don't need someone else to mill parts for them.
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I realize there's a spectrum there, but it isn't an even distribution. Of the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who lurk and post here, there are probably about ten who might have enough interest (and financial means) in milled metal parts to actually pay someone to mill them. A lot of the people who understand the difference between a milled and printed part are people who have access to machine shops and don't need someone else to mill parts for them.
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Maybe you haven't been here for long and haven't noticed that people are extremely resistant to paying any more than $300 (or is it down to $250 now?) for an entire 3D printer. They don't care how well it works, as long as it's cheap. Good luck getting anyone to pay for milling services, let alone shipping stuff to you and back.
If you want to make corner plates, motor mounts, etc., and sell them via ebay you might have half a chance, but you're competing against cheap Chinese stuff that's already there and well, see above... Most people can't appreciate the difference between a 3D printed part and an aluminum part, and besides, it goes against the "rep-rap philosophy" of printers printing printers (even if they suck).
But... you'll never know for sure until you try... good luck!
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If you are based in the UK it's certainly something I'd be interested in. I buy V slot from oozenest precisely for the reason that they offer Mill cut square ends. It has made a tremendous amount of difference. I have found no other UK service that offers this, although I havnt looked into ordering via a specific CNC or milling services.
EDIT: noticed you work in imperial so you must be American
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