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quality of laser-cut parts: FUCK Ballistic Fabrication
EDIT: Nevermind these shitty parts that Ballistic Fab cut for me. Fuck them for ripping me off.
I had a small batch of parts laser-cut, and I'm REALLY disappointed with the quality. But I'd like to know what do you guys think about the quality of these parts. Acceptable? Would just like to know if I'm being unreasonable, before I refuse them and have these parts cut somewhere else.
These are hubsteps that I designed for 2.5-ton Rockwell axles, and I understand that the sharp teeth on the hubsteps can present a problem (heating/melting the steel). Was not expecting them to come out perfect - but I just can't see any reason/excuse for the rest of these sloppy cuts.
These samples were cut by the same shop, and the quality was much better.
Let's start with the quality of this material. WTF? Looks like they got it out of the salvage bin.
But nevermind the material, what about these cuts? That's a laser-cut part? Really?
Look at the kerf on the slots on the slots at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock. Why do the rest of the slots look OK?
Lots of blown-out cuts, and in areas where I can't see any reason for it.
This is more what I was expecting the teeth to look like, and some of them do. The parts are just super inconsistent. Any reason / excuse for this?
Same here. Decent quality. What gives? If they can cut good parts, why don't all the parts look like this?
EDIT: Nevermind these shitty parts that Ballistic Fab cut for me. Fuck them for ripping me off.
I had a small batch of parts laser-cut, and I'm REALLY disappointed with the quality. But I'd like to know what do you guys think about the quality of these parts. Acceptable? Would just like to know if I'm being unreasonable, before I refuse them and have these parts cut somewhere else.
These are hubsteps that I designed for 2.5-ton Rockwell axles, and I understand that the sharp teeth on the hubsteps can present a problem (heating/melting the steel). Was not expecting them to come out perfect - but I just can't see any reason/excuse for the rest of these sloppy cuts.
These samples were cut by the same shop, and the quality was much better.

Let's start with the quality of this material. WTF? Looks like they got it out of the salvage bin.

But nevermind the material, what about these cuts? That's a laser-cut part? Really?

Look at the kerf on the slots on the slots at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock. Why do the rest of the slots look OK?

Lots of blown-out cuts, and in areas where I can't see any reason for it.




This is more what I was expecting the teeth to look like, and some of them do. The parts are just super inconsistent. Any reason / excuse for this?

Same here. Decent quality. What gives? If they can cut good parts, why don't all the parts look like this?
