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This and sheet metal manufacturing from Oshcut have been game changers for me

To throw another in the mix, SendCutSend has consistently been a reliable and affordable option for 2D cut parts. They recently added CNC machining offerings, though I can't speak to their affordability on that.

Overseas will almost always win on price (at least in small quantities), but it's hard to beat the turnaround from local manufacturers...

> Overseas will almost always win on price (at least in small quantities), but it's hard to beat the turnaround from local manufacturers...

Overseas can work with crazy turnarounds too. Once I ordered a bunch of stuff from Digikey, and the parcel came around from the tiny village of Thief River Falls MN to rural Bavaria in less than 30 hours, picking/handling included. And free shipping, despite being less than 100€ in volume.

They were just on Linus Tech Tip.

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