Putter heads milled from steel

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5 January 2013 at 15:57 #107971
Tom Smith 4
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I am looking for a CNC shop to mill some golf putter heads for me.

I am in the early stages of building a new company, so volume will be low at first. However, my goals are to grow quickly and I would like to find a machinist that I can develop a longer term relationship with who can help me grow my business and share in some of the benefits of that growth.

Whilst low cost is obviously a factor, it is not the sole motivator for me. I do not have a background in machining and would appreciate a shop that can give me guidance on CAD designs to help reduce milling costs. I also foresee working through multiple prototypes prior to ordering large production runs, so a shop that isn't aderse to doing some one-off prototypes with the understanding that they will lead to larger orders in the future would be good.

Ideally, I would like to develop a business relationship with a machinist where in exchange for good service and fair pricing I will steer all of my business to a single supplier. I am not interested in bidding out project after project searching for the lowest cost supplier, nor am I seeking unreasonable trade terms or credit. I will pay cash on delivery.

I am based in Kent, so a local shop would be good, but anywhere in the UK is fine.

I am currently in the process of finishing off two designs that are ready to prototype. I would like 2 prototypes of each design. After testing the designs and getting some feedback, I will place an order for 25-50 of each design. Further designs will be forthcoming, hopefully with ever increasing volumes.

So I would like a price for both the prototype run and the production run of 25-50 of each. The putters are to be milled out of carbon steel.

Please PM me or contact me on the email address below.

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5 January 2013 at 15:57 #22395
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5 January 2013 at 17:29 #107983
Sandy Morton
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hth. Almost all the putters which I have ever used were made from diecast material – even the stainless ones appeared to be that way, the only obviously "machined" (tapered reamer) part was the hole for the shaft. Posted here for comments and helpful suggestions.
5 January 2013 at 17:44 #107984
Ady1
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5 January 2013 at 17:57 #107985
blowlamp
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Tom.

How do you intend to deliver your design to the machinist – as a CAD or a CAM model?

Martin.
5 January 2013 at 21:06 #108010
Tom Smith 4
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Hi Martin,
A friend of mine is drawing up the designs on CAD. These appears to be the easiest method, but as mentioned my knowledge of machining is slim!
8 January 2013 at 16:08 #108210
Brian Wood
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Hello Tom,

I have personal experience of this man's work and he is happy to tackle most challenges. It would be worth contacting him, he can also write the CAM software to execute the job.

http://www.sykesengineering.com

The company is based in North Yorkshire at Leeming Bar, I don't know how that squares with you for distance from your base.

Best wishes

Brian

PS PM sent as well

Edited By Brian Wood on 08/01/2013 16:16:28
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