Derrick824 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 I thought you had access to a machine to do it yourself. Custom cnc machine work is not cheap. At my company labor cost for design time is $91/hr and labor cost for cnc operation is like $76/hr with a 1hr minimum each plus material cost which is marked up from our cost. Quote
jonnylowkon Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Posted October 16, 2008 lol i wish i did ... but yea the guy said 85 an hr and it would take him at the most a day to set up the computer program and set up the machine... not to bad since im am using a 100 grand machine ...lol Quote 250 amp mechman alt Sundown 100.4D Sundown 1500v2 now goin to the cruze Sundown ZV3 12d2 Sundown sa6.5cs X2 Kenwood X597 Trying something new 2011 Chevy Cruze X8 1500v2
Derrick824 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 Also how are you going to do your "inserts"? Inserts are the inside pieces of letters like the D, O, & A that fall out when machined completely through. How will you hold them into place? Quote
jonnylowkon Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Posted October 16, 2008 (edited) Also how are you going to do your "inserts"? Inserts are the inside pieces of letters like the D, O, & A that fall out when machined completely through. How will you hold them into place?well the font wont be excattly the same but as close as he can get it with the outline of the sun in the logo too..its gonna be close but not perfect replica of the logo.... he is gonna work up what he can do and get back with me ...edit .. i see what u mean by the inserts of the a d o ..... might be a small connector peice to the outside of the letter u if u know what i mean Edited October 16, 2008 by jonnylowkon Quote 250 amp mechman alt Sundown 100.4D Sundown 1500v2 now goin to the cruze Sundown ZV3 12d2 Sundown sa6.5cs X2 Kenwood X597 Trying something new 2011 Chevy Cruze X8 1500v2
Derrick824 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 lol i wish i did ... but yea the guy said 85 an hr and it would take him at the most a day to set up the computer program and set up the machine... not to bad since im am using a 100 grand machine ...lol It would take me less than an hour to do the program and maybe 15 minutes to setup the machine. We could probably do everything in less than an hour total at work. Quote
jonnylowkon Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Posted October 16, 2008 It would take me less than an hour to do the program and maybe 15 minutes to setup the machine. We could probably do everything in less than an hour total at work.would u be willing to do it ?? Quote 250 amp mechman alt Sundown 100.4D Sundown 1500v2 now goin to the cruze Sundown ZV3 12d2 Sundown sa6.5cs X2 Kenwood X597 Trying something new 2011 Chevy Cruze X8 1500v2
Derrick824 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 edit .. i see what u mean by the inserts of the a d o ..... might be a small connector peice to the outside of the letter u if u know what i mean What we do in the sign industry is use acrylic backup glass behind the machined metal face then glue or stud the inserts into place on the acrylic. Quote
jonnylowkon Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Posted October 16, 2008 What we do in the sign industry is use acrylic backup glass behind the machined metal face then glue or stud the inserts into place on the acrylic.i never even thought about that!!... good idea Quote 250 amp mechman alt Sundown 100.4D Sundown 1500v2 now goin to the cruze Sundown ZV3 12d2 Sundown sa6.5cs X2 Kenwood X597 Trying something new 2011 Chevy Cruze X8 1500v2
Derrick824 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 would u be willing to do it ?? Oh no. I could email you a file that should help speed up the design process though. Did they happen to mention what type of specific files they use? Most likely they use cad and .dxf files. I can export any type though (.dxf, .pdf, .eps). Quote
jonnylowkon Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Posted October 16, 2008 ok ill ask him what he uses an ill get back with u when i hear from him.. Quote 250 amp mechman alt Sundown 100.4D Sundown 1500v2 now goin to the cruze Sundown ZV3 12d2 Sundown sa6.5cs X2 Kenwood X597 Trying something new 2011 Chevy Cruze X8 1500v2
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