Where to get 1/8" sheet mild steel laser/water jet cut?

[John S]

It's not just the 20 odd minutes, have you costed a sheet of steel lately ? Average full sheet laser costs between £250.000 and £400,000 and working flat out on production they can get thru 1000 gallons of liquid oxygen in 3 - 4 days.

[BillTodd]

Wouldn't it bend like a banana as soon as he milled one cold rolled side off

Rolled steel will bend if you cut one of the rolled faces off (the stress in the remaining face will no longer be balanced out by the missing side) Mr McSpank would be milling off the edge only so, no serious bend problem.

I'm guessing 35 pence each to get laser cut, would you piss about making one of these for 35 pence ?

I wasn't suggesting "pissing about" making a 100 off on a mill. Hank only wants a couple to prototype his geetah pick-up

[John S]

I wasn't suggesting "pissing about" making a 100 off on a mill. Hank only wants a couple to prototype his geetah pick-up

sorry but I read this in the first post, hence the reply.

I'm only looking for about 100pcs initially.

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[BillTodd]

sorry but I read this in the first post, hence the reply.

I'm only looking for about 100pcs initially.

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So did I, but I've been following Hank's progress closely and realised he's not quite ready for mass production yet !