Sparkfun just linked to Ponoko, a laser-cutting service with an impressive array of materials on offer: in addition to the usual acrylic, delrin, and plywood, they offer felt, leather, bamboo, a variety of veneers, and even cork! (Oddly, their FAQ page talks about metal cutting, but their materials page does not list any metals.) Quickturn manufacturing shops have been around for a good while now but this one is more like a meta-shop: Ponoko runs account management, billing, and the web front-end, and farms the actual fabrication out to one of several “hubs.”
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