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For anyone interested in having custom parts made to your specifications, this CNN article may be of interest to you.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/08/26/online.manufacturing.ap/index.html
If the article gets archived, try this link to the company mentioned in the article: <font color="blue"> eMachineShop.com</font>
(AP) -- It's the Internet Revolution meets the Industrial Revolution: a new program that lets people design 3-D objects like car parts and door knobs in metal or plastic then order them online.
Programs for computer-aided design, or CAD, have been around for decades, but eMachineShop.com appears to be the first service that checks whether a design can be made, tells the customer how much it will cost. If the customer wants the item the design goes to a "real world" machine shop for manufacturing.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/08/26/online.manufacturing.ap/index.html
If the article gets archived, try this link to the company mentioned in the article: <font color="blue"> eMachineShop.com</font>
(AP) -- It's the Internet Revolution meets the Industrial Revolution: a new program that lets people design 3-D objects like car parts and door knobs in metal or plastic then order them online.
Programs for computer-aided design, or CAD, have been around for decades, but eMachineShop.com appears to be the first service that checks whether a design can be made, tells the customer how much it will cost. If the customer wants the item the design goes to a "real world" machine shop for manufacturing.