I'm looking to get a jig made out of sheet material with a cnc milling machine and I'm looking for cheaper materials than metals.
I am thinking about some kind of plastic like acrylic but my machinist has advised it must be something that can stand some temperature and not melt with the milling process.
He suggested Delrin which seems to me like some kind of nylon but that's bloody expensive, I am looking to pay around 200 euro for a 80cm x 40cm x 12cm piece which is about the size I need.
Do you know a cheaper material which is rigid and can be easily machined and possibly cheap ?
I thought of MDF initially but they don't want to work with woods as it messes up their cooling system.
I am thinking about some kind of plastic like acrylic but my machinist has advised it must be something that can stand some temperature and not melt with the milling process.
He suggested Delrin which seems to me like some kind of nylon but that's bloody expensive, I am looking to pay around 200 euro for a 80cm x 40cm x 12cm piece which is about the size I need.
Do you know a cheaper material which is rigid and can be easily machined and possibly cheap ?
I thought of MDF initially but they don't want to work with woods as it messes up their cooling system.