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    Many thanks to everyone who has replied and PM'ed me. Some good suggestions and advice have come through. I finally have one or two replies. One from a company and one from a friend of mine.

    Web Goblin: I would absolutely LOVE to walk (drive!) round to my local machinist and show them some drawings, and I have searched the Yellow pages etc for places without any luck (its possible I have been searching with the wrong terms) all I seem to be able to find is blacksmiths or along those lines. I am in Perthshire (north east sandwiched in-between Perth and Dundee). If you could recommend someone that would be good to know for future reference. I don't mind a little drive.

    As for tolerances I'm not to sure... does +/- .1mm sound reasonable?

    Thanks again everyone!

    Edit: Still no pricing yet, but I hope that will change by the end of today!
    Last edited by lateAtNight; 16-12-2010 at 02:36 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lateAtNight View Post
    As for tolerances I'm not to sure... does +/- .1mm sound reasonable?

    Thanks again everyone!

    Edit: Still no pricing yet, but I hope that will change by the end of today!
    Well the tighter the tolerances the greater the cost, so it depends on the actual part feature.

    +/- .1mm is OK for a cosmetic chamfer, but for a bearing housing it would be pitiful. If you are getting a quote from someone who could only hold a tolerance of +/- .1mm then they may not be the right person for the job.

    As you have not furnished a drawing it is difficult to say what tolerance you need.

    Phil

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