[cncsteve777]

Yes would be made from a sheet of tin... how much could I get a lazer cutter from.... was only think of mini mill or router as thought I would beable to produce both with this and with the tin I can fold into shape after its been cut.......Attachment 238178

[wizard]

Yes would be made from a sheet of tin... how much could I get a lazer cutter from.... was only think of mini mill or router as thought I would beable to produce both with this and with the tin I can fold into shape after its been cut.......

I have to agree with Ray above you need to consider contracting those parts out. Now I'm not against building up a shop just that to get started commercial machines to cut out those parts would be a bit on the expensive side. This especially when it comes to the Lexan part which can be done a sheet at a time on a water jet, laser or even a router.

The tin object is a bit different but even then a good shop can knock those out pretty fast most likely using a couple of different machines.

You have not indicated quantities here but if it does become mass production ( for the lexan part) I'd look at a larger format machine, probably a laser, that can handle standard sheet goods. The tin part would require a bit more machinery to complete economically so you might want to keep contracting that out for some time.

It should be noted that doing the lexan part on a router type machine might be doable. It is a question of radiuses in the part and acceptable tool (cutter) diameters. The big problem with this sort of material and routers is work holding which is problematic with sheet goods.