Cost of Wire EDM?

[mikey_d05]

Looking at having some custom splining done. Anybody have a rough idea of what time on a wire EDM costs these days? Ballpark is good enough.

[sceep]

alot.

i've got a prototyp extrusion at the EDM right now.

10" long, 19.28" perimeter. $66/inch

6" long, 19.28" perimeter. $36/inch

in 6061 aluminum.

[solarpower]

We used to get about $125.00 an hour for our wire machine. Thickness of material has some bearing on the speed that it can be burned but the charmilles EDM I ran worked in inches per hour on stuff that was 4 inches thick and over.

[camo]

if you want to use somebody that does edm splining on a reqular basis so you don't end up pay for them to learn the little tricks it takes to make it happen give Jack at CTM a call...he does a fair bit of it and should be able to dial you in.

[rockcrawln]

Talk to a gear shop. I have a guy in Costa Mesa, CA (Los Angeles area) that does all that stuff. I am sure theres someone in your area that can do spline shaping cheaper then an EDM. Whats the profile of the spline look like? What kind of material?

[randii]

Just buy the damn yoke from Jesse instead of reinventing the wheel. :flipoff2:

[300sniper]

Just buy the damn yoke from Jesse instead of reinventing the wheel. :flipoff2:

but that would be more than $20:flipoff2:

[jstarnes]

if you want to use somebody that does edm splining on a reqular basis so you don't end up pay for them to learn the little tricks it takes to make it happen give Jack at CTM a call...he does a fair bit of it and should be able to dial you in.

what side gears did you start out with on the Camo 60?

D60 30 or 35 spline arb gears?

[randii]

Just buy the damn yoke from Jesse instead of reinventing the wheel. :flipoff2:
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