Starting April 18, 2022, quoting and ordering will begin moving from Big Blue Saw to the Xometry website. You'll continue to be able to get fast service and instant quotes, in addition addition to a whole host of new materials and manufacturing processes!
Look for more metal finishing options to come in the near future. Let us know what types of finishing (deburring, anodizing, powder coating, polishing...) you're most interested in by posting a comment here or by e-mailing info@bigbluesaw.com.
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Most of the external metalwork was done by Mr. Lindsey, but he used Big Blue Saw to make the internal frame. He writes
The primary chassis of the robot is made from a single piece of waterjet-cut steel plate from Big Blue Saw. I was originally reluctant to order parts made for the robot as I wanted as much of it as possible to be hand-made, but having parts custom-cut turned out to be a very good idea. I was able to get some very complex and organic pieces of metal made with great precision, which eliminated issues with servo alignment in previous versions.
Read more about it at his blog or see photos in the Flickr photoset.
Our online quoting system now supports metric units in DXF files. If your DXF file has its default measurement unit set to millimeters, the your part will now show up as the correct size.
{yuizoom ratings-june2009-small.png|ratings-june2009.png} Most stores that use Google Checkout have listings on Google Shopping that shows their seller rating. We don't sell stuff that could be listed there, though; everything we make is custom! Thus, you, our customers, can't see our ratings. So I thought I'd post our ratings here for all to see.
Our average score is 4.8/5. Nobody has rated us lower than a 4/5. That's pretty darn good. Thank you, customers!