Help cutting aluminum panel

Sorry, like I said, "new" to this group. But to address your concern: South Florida.

I just remembered my neighbor owns a large CNC shop. In the past, he's offered me $50/hr any machine (including his wire EDMs), plus any materials I might consume. Maybe that's the right way to go.??

Still, if I can just pop these in a press, we certainly have room in our workshop......

Why can't one say "big" and "20-ton" in the same sentence? Am I to take it that 20-ton is "lightweight"? Just wondering....

Thanks for all the replies. I am still sifting through them.

-mpm

20 ton is small for a press, real small...but, real handy if you can find one. My smallest is 30 ton. If you decide to farm it out, let me know. I'd be interested in doing it for you, we stamp all day and do all our own die work.
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Tom Gardner
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That will work until he has to decide between running a $200/hr job for a non-friend and running yours, with both of you needing your stuff yesterday and him needing the money.

Be careful using the "friend" card. If you're going to get more than a few done, insist on a going-rate quote if you want to keep him as a friend.

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Jim Stewart

If you'd like to try making a few to several hundred yourself first without a large unrecoverable investment, this Roper Whitney press is a reasonable piece of equipment for the square hole:

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the round ones could be done a few at a time on a drill press using a drill jig. Unlike CNC this approach works well with small precut panels.

Jim Wilkins

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Jim Wilkins

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