Most popular
Aluminum 6061-T6Light, strong and quick to machine. The default for prototypes and brackets.
MATERIALS
Every material we machine.
18 metals and 13 plastics, each priced instantly when you configure your order, to a standard tolerance of ±0.005 in.
Most ordered
METALSPLASTICS
Stainless steelTough and corrosion resistant, for parts that see wear, water or heat.
BrassMachines cleanly and looks good on visible and electrical parts.
Delrin (acetal)Stiff, slippery and stable. A favorite for gears, bushings and jigs.
NylonTough and impact resistant, for spacers and wear parts.
ABSLight and low cost, for housings, covers and test fits.
Metals 18
ALUMINIUM
- Aluminum 6061-T6
- Aluminum 7075-T6
- Cast aluminum plate MIC-6 / ATP-5
STAINLESS STEEL
- Stainless steel 303
- Stainless steel 304
- Stainless steel 316
- PH stainless 17-4 PH (Condition A preferred)
STEEL
- Low-carbon steel 1018
- Medium-carbon steel 1045
- Alloy steel 4140 prehard
- Tool steel A2 annealed
- Tool steel D2 annealed
COPPER ALLOYS
- Brass 360 free-machining brass
- Bronze 932 bearing bronze
- Copper C110 / ETP copper
TITANIUM
- Titanium Ti-6Al-4V
CAST IRON
- Gray cast iron Class 40
- Ductile iron 65-45-12
Plastics 13
ACETAL
- Acetal Delrin / copolymer acetal
NYLON
- Nylon (Nylon 6/6 or cast nylon)
HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMERS
- PEEK Natural / bearing grades
- PTFE Virgin or filled PTFE
- PEI Ultem 1000 / 2300
GENERAL PURPOSE
- PVC Type I
- UHMW-PE (Virgin UHMW)
- HDPE Natural / black HDPE
- ABS Machine grade ABS
- Polycarbonate Machine grade PC / Lexan
- Acrylic Cast PMMA
- PETG Sheet / plate grades
- Polypropylene (Homopolymer / copolymer PP)
CAPABILITIES
CNC machining at a glance.
- Standard tolerance
- ±0.005 in. on metals, to ISO 2768 fine, unless your drawing says otherwise
- Tolerance classes
- ±0.020 in. (ISO 2768 coarse) · ±0.010 in. (ISO 2768 medium) · ±0.005 in. · standard (ISO 2768 fine)
- Tighter tolerances
- Per your drawing, reviewed by an engineer before the price is final
- As-machined finish
- Ra 3.2 µm (about 125 µin) or better
- Finishes
- As machined · Bead blast · Anodised (Type II) · Powder coat · Polished
- Threads
- Standard metric, standard imperial, per my drawing
- Lead time
- Economy 20 business days · Standard 11 business days · Expedited 8 business days
- Materials
- 18 metals and 13 plastics
- Files
- STEP and STP priced instantly; IGES, IGS, STL, DXF, SLDPRT, SAT, X_T, X_B, IPT, PRT, CATPART, PDF quoted by an engineer. Up to 200 MB a file, 25 parts a quote
- Inspection
- Every part checked; CMM report on request; first article on production runs
- Maximum part size
- Ask an engineer
- Minimum feature size
- Ask an engineer
- Plastics tolerance
- Ask an engineer
- Edges
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