So we seem to have hit a bit of a snag. The amour design that we want to use will cost us
~£1600 to get waterjet. Which puts us almost £1000 over budget.

This is what we are trying to make (12x)
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Its made from a 8mm thick curved section cut from 35mm hardox500 and attached with some little pieces of 4 and 6mm which is welded on. Then the whole thing slides over the aluminium and bolts in place, there are 6 curves which are welded together once attached to make a complete ring.

Is there anyway we could make this any cheaper to manufacture?