OSH Cut provides prices instantly, and custom sheet metal parts as soon as next-day. Simply upload your file(s), choose your material and qty for instant pricing, and check out for lead-time options.
Prices in Days. Parts in Weeks.
For traditional shops, on-demand orders are a nuisance: quoting is time-consuming and requires skilled labor, setup is slow, new parts take engineering and programming time, and loading the laser, clearing the deck, and dealing with remainders is inefficient. Additionally, creating invoices, charging credit cards, and handling office work for small metal laser-cutting jobs is time-consuming.
Given these factors, getting a quote for custom laser cutting and fabricated parts can take days, if you get a response at all. Fabrication shops decide on a case-by-case basis whether they want to work with you or not. They don't want your prototype or short-run order, they want production jobs, and their pricing, slow response times, and generally poor service reflect that reality.
Most fabrication shops will take small jobs reluctantly, and only with the hope that a prototype job will turn into a volume job later on.
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Prices in Seconds, Parts Tomorrow
We founded OSH Cut specifically because we were tired of the antiquated, lengthy quoting process used by metal laser cutting and fabrication services. As engineers, we found ourselves coming up with new designs and then waiting days for pricing, and weeks for parts.
The problems associated with small-run orders are real, but instead of discouraging prototypes and treating customers poorly, we've built software that allows us to efficiently handle hundreds of orders per day.
Our software starts by giving you, the customer, the ability to obtain instant pricing, manufacturability feedback, and order online. But it extends behind the scenes as well - our custom software tools allow us efficiently manage material inventory, schedule jobs, create programs, print shipping labels, and handle other logistical details. We are constantly adding new features as we discover new ways to improve our processes.
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Immediate Fabrication Feedback
Sometimes you aren't ready to order, but you need information. "Am I on the right track? Can this part be manufactured? What will it cost for a single prototype? How about 100 of them? What if I change out the material?"
Ordinarily, this is information you'd need to get from your shop via a phone call or email. For the shop, this is often a nightmare. They know they may not win your business, and the thought of investing hours of time into quoting, requoting, analyzing parts for manufacturability, and answering questions, may be a complete waste of time. It's a real problem. When you ask a shop to requote in a different quantity or material, it may involve the same or nearly the same amount of work as their first bid. And analyzing a concept part to provide a "budgetary" quote isn't always as simple as it sounds - the shop may have to draw and program your part just to determine whether they can make it for you.
This is where OSH Cut's processes really shine. Our system provides you withinstant pricing for any number of parts, in any quantity, and in over 400 unique materials and thicknesses, as often as you need it. No waiting involved.
Our system also provides instant manufacturability feedback, so you can try your design and iterate as needed. This enables faster design iteration, more manufacturable parts, and informed decision-making from start to finish.
We take all the custom metal parts in your order and "nest" them on sheet metal, to get the best material price. Other online metal cutting services don't offer nested pricing. Multi-part metal cutting jobs usually benefit greatly from nesting, so it's an important part of bidding on online laser cutting jobs. Be sure to log in and click "Continue" to get the final price of your metal parts.
Our standard lead-time is 2 business days for prototype and short-run laser cutting jobs, but there are options during checkout for lead-times as quick as same-day, depending on job size, material availability, and capacity. As a standard practice, we'll cut your job early when we can, regardless of the order size.
Unfortunately not. Our lead-time engine is tied closely to our production planning software, which monitors production capacity. During peak demand, we can't guarantee a faster lead even if your job is small.
We can't, but we often add materials based on customer demand. Please let us know if you have a special request by sending us an email to quote@oshcut.com.
We do! You can upload a 3D model of your sheet metal part in STEP or SolidWorks format, and our platform will automatically unfold your metal part to create a flat pattern and bend program. You can also upload a flat pattern and select bend lines if that's easier for you. Whatever method you use, you can watch a bend simulation that shows how your part will form on our equipment, alerting you of potential issues right away.
Our system automatically applies aggressive pricing discounts as your metal cutting and bending job increases in size. To get the best price, upload more parts or increase your order quantities. OSH Cut is most competitive for mid-to-large sheet metal fabrication jobs containing multiple custom metal parts, parts that benefit from nesting, and parts that include bending.
We currently offer shipping in the United States only. Shipping heavy sheet metal parts internationally is usually impractical, so there generally isn't significant demand. We may offer international shipping in the future, however.
Absolutely! Our lasers usually cut without leaving a burr, but you can select deburring to eliminate any potential burrs on thicker materials. Make sure that after you upload your part, you select deburring as an option. We can deburr your parts and optionally put a 240-grit linear grain on your parts. Not all parts have enough surface area to support deburring, but our system will let you know what is available after upload.
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