Re: Cost to machine dovetails off of G0704 Z Axis
Having done this to my machine, and knowing how much time is involved in getting everything setup properly and machined accurately. I would say $500 would be a fair price for machining the column AND machining the pockets on the vertical slide to accept the bearing blocks. For just the column alone, I'd say in the $300 range would be acceptable. It really depends on the shop though. Bigger shops with more overhead will carry a higher shop rate rather a smaller shop with little overhead.
Shop around to different shops. If you get REALLY high prices, that is a polite way of them saying "We really don't want to do this." I see it all the time in this industry.
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