I am looking for someone (preferably in the midwest, as I live in the Chicagoland area) that can CNC mill or router a "V8" design similar to the one shown on the hubcap below into the top of a cast aluminum intake manifold. There is a flat, smooth 2.25"×12.75" raised pad on the top that would be ideal for this. I would like the design to be around 1/16" wide, and substantially deep enough to fill with black paint. If anybody from the community has any shops they'd recommend, PLEASE let me know. This is a small but important detail on the Legacy '36 project I am completing in honor of my dad. THANKS !
Thanks, but the laser engravers that I talked to suggested finding someone with a CNC milling machine or CNC router to do this. They said it CAN be done with a laser, but, due to the high reflectivity and relatively low melting point of aluminum, it would be far more expensive to do with a laser. Ed
Google CNC Machining near Crete, Il and probably 20 will come up with-in a hour of Crete. Chicagoland has 100's of CNC shops from Indiana to Wisconsin and everywhere in-between.. There's one in Crete but has no Web Site. Good luck.
Good advice, thanks. I was hoping to get a referral from someone who actually had experience with a specific shop (or, as important, warnings about which shops to stay away from). Nowadays, everyone's websites are so sophisticated, they ALL look like the best in the business, which we all know is not necessarily true.
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