[HN Gopher] Build List: A directory of on-demand manufacturers f... ___________________________________________________________________ Build List: A directory of on-demand manufacturers for your creative projects Author : privong Score : 75 points Date : 2022-12-05 18:40 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (buildlist.org) (TXT) w3m dump (buildlist.org) | spfzero wrote: | OSH Park will definitely do 4 & 6 layer, not just 2. | [deleted] | estebarb wrote: | Nothing for latam? :( | jkingsman wrote: | Surprised not to see Lulu publishing on here. Whenever I need a | North America hardcover print job, I refuse to use anyone but | them -- a 300 page linen hardcover is $20, and gets cheaper as | you make the components more and more modest. I print all my own | custom notebooks that are laid out just like want this way. | omg_ponies wrote: | If you're willing to share, I'd be interested to see your | custom notebook design. I've recently been laying out a few | custom productivity "things" - like a continuous calendar - and | can always do with more ideas. | alangibson wrote: | I've used both Lulu and BookBaby with good results. You can see | a sample at apollo11flightplan.com | alangibson wrote: | I use kovac-stahl.at in Austria quite a bit for laser cutting and | bending. Good prices, instant quotes, finishing available. | DoreenMichele wrote: | https://www.onlinemetals.com/ will let you order custom cut metal | supplies. I ordered from them years ago. It was the _only_ source | I could find at the time for being able to get just a small | quantity of sheet copper. Everyplace else was like "Sure, we | will sell you scads of copper sheet for scads of money. Bulk | orders only." | convolvatron wrote: | online metals is fine, but they aren't cheap, and shipping is a | drag. certainly better than nothing. | | if you start doing this a lot check local metal suppliers, | metal recyclers, and craft shops. decent hardware stores often | have a small selection with a large markup. there are 4-5 | places within a mile of me where I can get copper sheet. for | copper and aluminum sheet there are speciality distributors for | roofing that you can get copper and aluminum sheet and roll | from. | DoreenMichele wrote: | I did check local craft suppliers and hardware stores -- what | I could get to, at least. I've lived without a car for a lot | of years and I'm seriously medically handicapped. Perhaps | there was a craft store in the sprawling city I lived in at | that time which had what I needed, but not one I could | readily find in walking distance and like a lot of American | cities the bus system was pretty dysfunctional. | | So after determining that there was nothing readily at hand | nearby that I could readily identify, I turned to the | internet. Whatever you think of their prices, Online Metals | was willing to sell me the quantity I wanted for a few bucks, | which fit my very limited budget. I could not afford to order | bulk sheet copper and there were other reasons why it would | have been a bad idea for me to do so. | | A metal recycler would not have been acceptable. I wanted | fresh, clean sheet copper. This was essentially an | experiment, me testing how useful the antimicrobial | properties of copper were to me, someone with a serious and | incurable medical condition. Dirty/used copper would not have | been acceptable for my experiment, which was medical in | nature. | | If anyone knows of another _online_ source where you can | order _small quantities_ of copper and wants to chat up that | they have better prices or better selection or something than | onlinemetals.com, I am happy to hear recommendations. My | condition is incurable and it 's entirely possible I will | wish to order more copper at some point in the future. | a-r-t wrote: | I'd definitely add https://www.ponoko.com/ there. | abeisgreat wrote: | Yes! I've used them dozens and dozens of times. Not the | cheapest if you want quick turnaround, but I did use to cut | down cost by walking over to their Oakland warehouse for | pickup. Was a nice small operation, smelled like burnt acrylic | from a block away though haha | montecarl wrote: | I only have experience with PCBWay. I'm not associated with them | at all, but their service is amazing. I've ordered (in 50+ | quantities) five different 3d printed parts. In my case I chose | MJF (multijet fusion) as I wanted a semi-professional looking | part and had already prototyped using my FDM printer (regular 3d | printer) at home. The price is shockingly low (like a couple of | dollars per part) and the shipping from China to the US is very | fast. | | I have also used their CNC milling to make a tool from steel. It | was delivered exactly as specified including threaded holes. | | It really blows my mind that they can provide these services so | cheaply. | | Edit: Forgot my favorite feature. Most of the time there is an | automatic quote for the price. It gets reviewed by a human, but | I've only ever see it go down, not up, after review. Other | services really want a human to look things over first which | turns me off as I don't want to wait several days to hear that it | is too expensive. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-12-05 23:00 UTC)