Anyone know a rough guesstimate to have a shop make these in brass , steel or aluminum ?
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Questions you will be asked:
Which alloy of brass, steel or aluminum? Nobody is going to give an estimate until this is known. Some forms of brass are very hard to get right now.
Do you require material certs or inspection reports? Or is it just machine and go?
Do you want them coated or painted?
What are the tolerances for the features?
Do you have drawings or just the CAD files?
What surface finish do you require? If you don't specify you will most likely get 125.
Lead time?
What are the specs on those inserts? Are you going to put those in or do you want them put in for you? Do you have dimensions on those or access to the data regarding them?
Every hole has been radiused or countersunk. The CAD file can be interrogated to determine the dimensions, but are those countersinks specific to a certain screw or are they general countersinks? It matters if you are looking for a flush fit and the CAD file is a general countersink.
The threaded holes - what are they specifically? This is where the drawing becomes important if it is not called out somewhere on the CAD file.
And the ringer question a shop will ask: what is this for? Nobody wants to build something that is for shady purposes/ITAR controlled, etc. When someone comes in and askes for a few of a part this question usually gets asked in passing during the discussion but it is an important go/no-go question to keep them out of liability or harms way from a legal perspective.
I can do that on the 5-axis no problem. But as IceEng said, low quantities won't be cheap anywhere due to programming, setup, tooling, etc.