[dorkbotpdx-blabber] laser cutting / cnc shops

[Ben Bleything]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008, Mr.T wrote:
> I've used emachineshop.com and frontpanelexpress.com with 
> pretty good success.

Yeah, FPE looks pretty good.  Kinda spendy though, and I'd prefer to use
someone locally.

> as far as local sources for waterjet/laser cutting I have not used any. 
> last time I tried finding one most shops were not interested in doing a 
> one-off part.this may have changed. If you need CNC mill or lathe work 
> Northwest Machine Works in Canby has been great to me. 

I found a couple of shops that do one-offs, but one of them didn't work
with aluminum and the other couldn't handle the thickness I need.

I'll contact Northwest Machine Works and see what they say.  Thanks!

Ben