[Noisebridge-discuss] Acrylic Manufacturing

[Jonathan Foote]

As Seph points out, that's almost certainly something you can do
yourself, and likely save a bundle.

Since our own efforts at getting a
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Lasercutter are less than whelming,
have you considered the Tech Shop? It requires a hike to Menlo Park,
but for a  membership fee you can use their laser cutters (they have
at least 2) and get familiar with the process. I'm guessing the
monthly membership is less than what you would pay for an outsourced
fab job.

On 12/4/09, Tito Jankowski <titojankowski at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> Over the past 6 months, I've had the great learning experience of working
> with a local acrylic shop in Sacramento, in order to manufacture our acrylic
> gel electrophoresis boxes.
>
> I'm now looking for other acrylic machine shops shops in the Bay area that
> could build this: http://www.pearlbiotech.com/, given a CAD
> and demo of the device. I've found one other shop called Acrylic Art in
> Emryville, but their price estimate was suprisingly 10x what we're paying
> currently! Do you know any other local acrylic assembly shops?
> (specifically, looking for 1/32" tolerances, so more than just the 1/16" of
> saw cuts).
>
> We're want to keep the cost low in order to continue to offer this to
> hobbyists for $200, rather than the $2,000 gel box other companies offer.
>
> Also, know any companies that specialize in more simple assembly work --
> such as soldering, basic gluing, and packing/shipping?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Tito
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