[Lab] Ponoko

[Andrew O'Malley]

Thanks for the info/suggestions!

Would be curious to hear about other local laser cutters?

ao.


On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Nigel Vezeau <nigel_vezeau at yahoo.com>wrote:

> 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<http://ca.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=andrew@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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