WAY OT... Free One-Off Part machined to your spec

[Old Ironsights]

Kinda neat. Got this link yesterday. If you have a broken gizmo (gun?) that needs a custom machined part, now's the time to get it.

Free Part Day at Big Blue Saw

Leading online custom manufacturer announces free custom parts for customers.

Atlanta, GA – Big Blue Saw, a leading online retailer of machining services, announces the first Free Part Day, allowing everyone to receive a custom machined metal or plastic part of their own design. On Free Part Day, August 6, 2008, customers across the Internet will be able to design and create their own custom plastic or metal part.

During Free Part Day, a customer might, for example, order a tailor-made aluminum nameplate, a specialized lifting arm for a hobby robot, or a custom sized plastic decoration. The shape of these parts is limited only by the customer's imagination.

"This represents a great opportunity for people to find out about Big Blue Saw's machining services by offering everyone a way to get a free plastic or metal part of their own design," said Simon Arthur, founder of Big Blue Saw. "We are also proud to present Free Part Day to our loyal customers as a thank-you for their patronage."

Big Blue Saw is on the cutting edge in the new field of digital manufacturing services. Its customers upload their designs for anything their creative imaginations demand: model aircraft, decorative craft tools, robotic rovers, or movie prop replicas; Big Blue Saw then turns the designs into physical parts using robotic manufacturing machines including waterjet and laser cutters. Customers have the flexibility of having their designs come to life in a range of materials ranging from aluminum to stainless steel to plastic.

For more details on how to participate in Big Blue Saw's free part day, visit Big Blue Saw's website at www.bigbluesaw.com.

About Big Blue Saw: Big Blue Saw is a concept which brings together the Internet and modern computer controlled rapid manufacturing. With Big Blue Saw, customers can upload the design for a part, receive an instant quote, and have the part shipped to them, typically within 3 days. Big Blue Saw's customers include artists, innovative crafters, robot builders, experimenters, and others who need quick fabrication services for their custom designs.

Contact: Big Blue Saw Telephone: (678) 389-6-SAW / (678) 389-6729 Web site: http://www.bigbluesaw.com

[Doc Hudson]

If I had drafting ability, I'd draw a copy of the one piece grips from either my Italian SAA or the Cimmaron M-1851 Navy Mason-Richards Conversion with a Square and Compass on the right grip panel, and a Clan MacDonald Crest on the left.

Don't y'all think that would look mighty nice in stainless steel or brass?

[Rimfire McNutjob]

OI, weren't you recently looking for an 1886 hammer in stainless? What a perfect job for one of their water-jet machines. Now you just need an 1886 hammer, a caliper, and some skills in their online drawing tool.

[Old Ironsights]

OI, weren't you recently looking for an 1886 hammer in stainless? What a perfect job for one of their water-jet machines. Now you just need an 1886 hammer, a caliper, and some skills in their online drawing tool.

Oooohhhh.. How did I miss that?!?

Fortunately I can CAD. Unfortunately, I don't have a part to mic out.

I wonder where I could find a scale drawing?

I wonder how many I could fit on a 9x9 piece of stock...? Oh wait... Free part is in Aluminium or Acrylic only....

[Griff]

Hmmm... titanium firing pin for the Rossi.... Spare oversize locking lugs for the Win 94... ahhh, the ideas keep comin'!

[El Chivo]

thanks, a very handy link...

[KWK]

Thanks for the link. I must keep an eye on that site. It would be fun to design and have made a receiver for a single shot rifle that now exists only in my mind's eye. This company's not there yet, but I'll watch.

[Chuck 100 yd]

KWK I was thinking the very same thing. Wonder if they will use customers metal? I have a block of 4140 that is factory heat treated to 40 R. Left from another project.