[Lab] Ponoko

[Nigel Vezeau]

I haven't compared against Ponoko, but they do well against Big Blue Saw.  I recently ordered 5 pieces each of three variations of a piece that was cut out of 10"X10"X1/4" aluminum, and the final price was cheaper than I would normally have paid for the blank material.  
 
If it's a really small part, I was told to expect a minimum fee of something on the order of $25 to cover programming, material purchase, and setup time.  Big Blue Saw seems to have a lower limit of about $80 for a small job, so $25 plus the option to pick up locally suits me just fine.
 
Cheers,
 
Nigel

--- On Wed, 4/27/11, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:


From: Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org>
Subject: Re: [Lab] Ponoko
To: "Nigel" <nigel_vezeau at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Andrew O'Malley" <aomalley at gmail.com>, "lab" <lab at artengine.ca>
Received: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 8:11 AM


How do their rates compare with the same design priced at Ponoko?  The gottcha with Ponoko is there's something like a minimum $14 shipping charge which makes the smaller jobs less appealing.


Andrew.




On 2011-04-27, at 7:29 AM, Nigel wrote:



I've also used Virtucom in Kanata for water and laser cutting. I've been pleased by the quality of their work, but turnaround times can be a bit variable. Check out virtucom-inc.com. 


Nigel 






On 2011-04-26, at 8:14 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:




Yup, I've sent a few designs thru them.  For the laser-cut items only takes about two or three days from submission to ship.  Then you're at the mercy of USPS/Canada Post; that can take anywhere from a couple of days to a week.


Andrew.




On 2011-04-26, at 8:01 PM, Andrew O'Malley wrote:


Hi,

Anyone here use Ponoko?  Was wondering what their turn-around time is?

Thanks,
ao.

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