HardWired II

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Unbelievably, progress has been made!

Looking at having things lasercut because I'm without the tools to build anything myself with any kind of precision, does anyone know how much it'd be to have something like this cut out of 10mm HDPE:

(it's 430x300 with M6 countersunk holes)

And this out of 20mm HDPE:
(that's 280 long x65 tall)

In other words, is it worth the cost? I don't have a mill so the pocket in that second one would probably be way out of the question...

Thanks for any help! Full CAD assembly soon, just finalising the batteries and other assorted electronics, then it'll be ready to go. Hopefully should be building very soon, within a fortnight at most depending how quick the turnaround is if I do get everything lasercut!

[GlenR]

To be honest those bits can be cut and assembled accurately with a hand drill and a cheap nasty jigsaw + scribe and ruler. The plastic supplier will cut it out for you to the right size to make life easier again.

I don't think you can laser HDPE anyway, so it'll have to be waterjetted = $$$. For reference i had 2x base and 2x top plates waterjetted from 4.5mm hdpe with the same amount of features and it cost $200 aud with me supplying the material.

[Revsmin]

I don't think you can laser HDPE

You can, just not with a cheap laser. It has to be done with a powerful laser VERY quickly so the plastic doesn't melt. But I agree, doing it by hand is the best option