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Travish Tue 19 May 2009 21:02

Laser Cut Parts in Washington - Another Order Possible
 
I have sourced the vendors around my area and have a pretty good price for the full options plus the skate parts and couple extra parts. All parts are beautifully laser cut and bent. The extra parts are the 4 pcs of 10 10 324 End Closing Plate and the 4 pcs of 10 10 334 Foot Closing Plate. The steel sheets are all in fractional sizes per the optional list. The price is $370 + shipping. I need atleast 5 people to commit. Any takers? I'll ship anywhere in the US just give me your zip to calculate the shipping.

Let me know and I'll get it rolling!
Thanks,
Travis

Travish Wed 20 May 2009 13:12

I forgot one small pc. So price has changed $4.25 sorry. Price now stands at a rock bottom price of $374.25 + shipping.

Thanks

Travish Thu 21 May 2009 11:22

Need 3 more!
 
So far we have 2 in. We need 3 more to make it work.

I just wanted to share the savings with a few of us MM builders from the local western area. This will be a one time deal. We need to get 3 more people in. The quote is good for 30 days.

Cheers,

~Travis

jehayes Fri 19 June 2009 17:25

Interested in parts purchase
 
I am interested. I am also in Washington, on Whidbey Island.

Thanks

Joe

Travish Fri 19 June 2009 19:31

Quote:
Originally Posted by jehayes View Post
I am interested. I am also in Washington, on Whidbey Island.

Thanks

Joe
Hi Joe! Cool. I still have not purchased the lasercut sets yet as there is no rush for me and there is plenty to do on the project in other areas to wait and get the deal on a group buy. So depending on the interests here locally I'm still willing to get them cut. So far that makes you the 3rd person. Need two fella's to get it going. Thanks for chiming in and just keep me posted on your time requirements.

Cheers,
Travis

jehayes Sat 20 June 2009 10:03

Thanks. I am also just beginninhs so am in no hurry. Keep me posted.

Joe

Lazaffair Sat 20 June 2009 16:32

Travis

I am also interested. I live on Fox Island.

Jerre

Travish Sat 20 June 2009 20:50

Washington group buy almost there!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lazaffair View Post
Travis

I am also interested. I live on Fox Island.

Jerre
Sounds good Jerre. I thought there might be a few more of us around here. :)

TomC Wed 24 June 2009 17:53

Group buy
 
Hi, what would shipping be to 93601?

Thank you
Tom

Travish Wed 24 June 2009 21:11

Quote:
Originally Posted by TomC View Post
Hi, what would shipping be to 93601?

Thank you
Tom
PM Sent

gregmardock Sun 28 June 2009 21:36

I'm interested. I'm down in Oregon

Greg

jehayes Mon 29 June 2009 10:26

Does anyone in the PNW area have a good suggestions for a source for the steel for the table and Y gantry? Thanks

Joe

buibui Mon 29 June 2009 13:07

Hi Joe...I bought all my steel at Everett Steel. They list their available profiles online at www.everettsteel.com which is helpful if you want to do some preplanning.

Not sure if their prices are the best since I didn't shop around, but I like dealing with them and they're open Saturdays.

jehayes Tue 30 June 2009 10:02

Steel Sources in PNW
 
BuiBui:

Thanks

That is very helpful. I will give them a call.

Joe

Travish Tue 30 June 2009 13:28

Steel Suppliers
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jehayes View Post
Does anyone in the PNW area have a good suggestions for a source for the steel for the table and Y gantry? Thanks

Joe
Everett Steel has good prices and is local with good service. Here is a list that I use here.

American Steel
Farwest
Everett Steel
Morse Steel
Summerville
Tacoma Steel
EMJ
Metal Shorts
Online Metals
Metal Supermarket

McMaster-carr when I'm in a pinch.

Cheers,
Travis

lumberjack_jeff Tue 30 June 2009 21:53

I live in SW Washington so I used Chehalis Steel based on a friend's recommendation.

Travish Thu 02 July 2009 12:18

Update-We have 5 sets!
 
Hi guy's

So we have 5 sets currently maybe 6 in for a group order. So far we have-

Travis-1 set
Joe H-1 set
Jerre-1 set
Greg-2 set


I'll send you guys and email here later and give you the breakdown and touch basis on details.

Cheers,
Travis

jehayes Thu 02 July 2009 21:59

I'm in.

I just sent Travis an e-mail with a couple of questions which I will share with all here:

"The list does not include M5 10 312 (Universal Motor Plate) and M5 10 322 (Universal Z Motor Plate). I assume this is because you chose the geared motor plate options. Is this correct?

Also, does this include bending the parts or just the cutting?"

Last question for all, is anyone interested in sharing the grind head items to save a few bucks? Since we will each only need it once. One person can use it and pass it on to the next, etc. Just a thought.

Joe

lumberjack_jeff Thu 02 July 2009 23:20

As Gerald has pointed out elsewhere, the grind head requires the eccentric bushings. The bushings are used in the build, so unless someone wants to buy some extra bushings to dedicate to the skate, the skate will be incomplete.

I know it seems kind of a waste, but one skate per build is probably a reasonable solution.

You know what would be cool though, is to develop a catalog of bolt patterns for various grinders. Because I was having some trouble with my grinder, I took my skate to Harbor Freight trying it on each grinder, Cinderella style. Alas, the glass slipper didn't fit any of them.

jhiggins7 Fri 03 July 2009 05:56

Hey Jeff,

Have you found a Grinder to fit the skate yet? If not, take a look at this thread.

As noted there, I got the Grinder at Lowe's. I only had to grind out a little steel from the standard skate with a Dremel tool to make it fit. It was already very close. I have a Dewalt grinder which would have taken a lot more modification to make it fit.

Gerald D Fri 03 July 2009 06:11

Jeff, the skate was initially designed for Bosch grinders.

smreish Fri 03 July 2009 09:45

...but, I found that my Ryobi from HomeDepot fit perfectly. Although, it's only a 4.5A motor, so grind with caution. I burned up one in the process. I purchased them on sale for 30 dollars for 2. So, it wasn't a painful loss :)

domino11 Fri 03 July 2009 13:40

I have a Dewalt grinder that will fit the skate as well. If you are interested let me know and I will get the model number tonight when I am in the shop.

Travish Fri 03 July 2009 19:00

Quote:
Originally Posted by jehayes View Post
I'm in.

I just sent Travis an e-mail with a couple of questions which I will share with all here:

"The list does not include M5 10 312 (Universal Motor Plate) and M5 10 322 (Universal Z Motor Plate). I assume this is because you chose the geared motor plate options. Is this correct?

Also, does this include bending the parts or just the cutting?"

Last question for all, is anyone interested in sharing the grind head items to save a few bucks? Since we will each only need it once. One person can use it and pass it on to the next, etc. Just a thought.

Joe
Hi Joe,

I chose the M5 10 314 and M5 10324 because most are going with the Geared motors. Would you guys rather have the Universal motor plates instead as Joe mentioned? These would be parts M5 10 312 (Universal Motor Plate) and M5 10 322 (Universal Z Motor Plate).

Yes, this includes the parts bent per drawing.

The grind plates only costs $27 to cut and bend at a rate of 5 sets. This is not significant for me to take off the list. If we only bought one to share it would cost someone $45, unless we split it 4 ways. Anyway I don't think it's a make or brake decision for me......

Do let me know on what you fella's want for the motor plates.

Thanks,
Travis

jehayes Sat 04 July 2009 00:42

No, I am good with the decision on both the geared motor plates and the grinder plates. Just wanted to make sure everyone was OK with that. Let's go for it.

Joe

Travish Sat 04 July 2009 19:15

Sure, no prob. Sounds good. Looks like I will be receiving everyones payments next week. Good, then I'll be able to call my Vendor and give him the go to start cutting. I'm excited to get over this hurtle with the bent parts by going locally. Thanks to all that have joined up and are participating in the group buy.

Happy 4th to everyone!

Travish Mon 13 July 2009 15:43

Update-Washington Order Going to the cutters!
 
Man! Gerald is always one step ahead of us, I don't know how he does it!

What a great community that you have aquired Gerald! Everyone here is a pleasure to work with.

I gave the laser cutters the green light to start cutting. I will have our 5 sets complete on the monday 7-27-09. I will post pics when they arrive.

Cheers all!

jmkgt500 Wed 15 July 2009 08:55

Is it to late to get in on the group buy?
John

Travish Wed 15 July 2009 09:24

Hi John!

I think I can still get you in. Green light went on Monday, so I should be able to get you a set no prob. Where are you located? Are you in Washington? All the guys are coming to pick up there sets from me.

Please e-mail me for details, Let me know asap!

Thanks,
Travis

Travish Thu 16 July 2009 13:05

John just squeezed in! This will be the final set for this batch of parts I'll be accepting.


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