Question about the long wait for custom flange deliveries

Waiting weeks for parts kills project momentum.

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Yeah, that delay is the worst. What saved me last time was calling a few local machine shops with the CAD file. A couple of them had round stock on hand and could turn a simple flange around in like two days. It helps if your design can use a standard bar size for the main bore.

patjones1mo agoMost Upvoted

Local shops turning parts in two days, @amy284? That’s faster than my pizza delivery.

paigesullivan28d ago

Yeah, sticking to common materials like aluminum or 1018 steel makes a huge difference. My go-to shop keeps a ton of 2-inch round stock on hand, so anything designed for that diameter gets done super fast. I always tweak my designs to match what they've got sitting on the shelf ready to go.