You know, in my search for a button molding company, I came across more than enough metalworking manufacturers. For the same amount of time and effort to create them by hand, a manufacturer could be contracted to make much much more at a cheaper cost per unit (I'm assuming).
Not having the CADs may not be a huge problem. For the button project, the molders appreciated the CADs, but they really wanted "engineering drawings". The "drawings" (as they call them) show all the measurements of every nook and cranny of the part, as well as the "tollerances" (which I still don't fully understand) for the finer details.
So maybe we could find a company to create drawings from the physical faces themselves. Then, a CNC machine shop could be used to grind the parts out of solid blocks, or a mold could be created and they could be cast; depends on the quantity we need, I guess.
The info that Speedy67 got from 303 may help the process, but I don't know what it tells. And, of course, if Speedy67 has access to the CNC machines himself, this may all be extraneous. What do you think?
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