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Thanks for the extra insight! Assuming a fairly simple part, surely most of the expense is still in the initial design and iteration, though? Even if there's mo
by taneq 3y ago
Thanks for the extra insight! Assuming a fairly simple part, surely most of the expense is still in the initial design and iteration, though? Even if there's more to it than re-running the CAM job, I'd imagine producing a second set of tooling would be much cheaper than the first?
Alternately, would this be the point where you'd get the same tooling made up but this time in hardened steel? Or is it common to jump straight for the high-end tooling material?
- hef19898 3y agoThat depends or raw material costs, tool supplier availability and a ton of other factors. One of which is the initial tool design. Also, maybe a new tool design is needed. So, the answer is: it depends.