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Unread 11-04-2006, 13:00
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Re: Custom Extrusions

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Originally Posted by Ken Patton
I have not seen your design, but could you make the part as a stamping?

Ken is (as usual) right on the ball here. It seems like a sheetmetal operation would be best for getting what you want.

Extrusions need extreme quantities to be economical, and bandsawing them would probably not be conducive to high quality parts.

You should look into stamping, punching (may have a high tooling cost), or simply laser or waterjet cutting the parts you want.

For what application are you trying to make custom chain?

Rob