[Lab] Ponoko

Wed Apr 27 12:13:50 EDT 2011

I have - it's a clean, well run shop.  They're big into lean six sigma, so things are very well organized and work moves through the shop very efficiently.  The only trouble I've had was with the initial order placement - they took a while to get back to me with pricing and lead times.

Cheers,

Nigel

--- On Wed, 4/27/11, bentfork at gmail.com <bentfork at gmail.com> wrote:

From: bentfork at gmail.com <bentfork at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Lab] Ponoko
To: "Nigel Vezeau" <nigel_vezeau at yahoo.com>
Received: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 11:30 AM

Virtucom looks very promising.  Has anyone visited their shop?

On 27 April 2011 09:40, 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> 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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