After renovating my garage into a proper workshop, I'm gearing up to build a boat. I thought I had settled on a design, until I found this one:
There is a company out of Maine that cuts a kit for the boat using a CNC Router, but the price of the kit (before freight) is about $2,000 more than my calculated cost for the plywood. The designer will sell the CNC cutting files directly. I have looked at the 100kGarages website for someone locally (here in NC) who might be willing to cut the kit, if I supply the plywood.
I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with any local folks doing something similar. I don't really know what to expect for the cost of the milling service, or if the quality of cut will be as good as the company from Maine that does boat kits on a regular basis (if that's even an issue). If anyone has any suggestions as to where I might start, I would appreciate any input.
Philip
There is a company out of Maine that cuts a kit for the boat using a CNC Router, but the price of the kit (before freight) is about $2,000 more than my calculated cost for the plywood. The designer will sell the CNC cutting files directly. I have looked at the 100kGarages website for someone locally (here in NC) who might be willing to cut the kit, if I supply the plywood.
I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with any local folks doing something similar. I don't really know what to expect for the cost of the milling service, or if the quality of cut will be as good as the company from Maine that does boat kits on a regular basis (if that's even an issue). If anyone has any suggestions as to where I might start, I would appreciate any input.
Philip