[sdiy] Is it me or...

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 24 July 2004 03:25 pm, Peter Grenader wrote:
> I was just quoted $500 from a machine shop to cut a single piece of 1/8
> inch steel about 5 x 3.5 inches and drill 24 holes in it. OK, there are
> four drill sizes involved, but..
>
> GIVE ME A #*)#(*#()*@*&? BREAK!
>
> Is this what these guys are making nowdays?  I mean, is this normal?

I'd shop around some...

This would also explain why I'm seeing so much activity in the various DIY 
machine shop type mailing lists.   :-)

Hm,  maybe I better put my CNC setup ahead of any synth projects for the time 
being?