[Ryu James]

mentat,
thats exactly what i did. i wish i had the drawing capabilities like you but i dont have the program nor any time or training on any CAD program but anyway, basically i found a place out of the phone book. first i called around to a few places and asked who had the time and was willing to do small jobs. i started at one place and kinda saw that my stuff always got put off for bigger stuff. which is understandable cuz they need to do whats gonna pay the bills. mostly now i work with one place. stuff still gets delayed sometimes but it gets done and i get hands on help and get to be in the shop and such. so you may have to look around to find the right place but find someone that will actually take time to go over your drawings with you becuase most of them wont understand these rc parts first hand. also, if you can draw stuff yourself that will save you time and money. most CNC shops have the ability to download just about any file type so you should be fine. also, i have found that if you will do more parts they are more likely to do work. thats what my guy keeps wanting me to do. is to start making several parts. he makes more that way. so if you can find a need out there for what you are making do some marketing and make a few extras.

i have also seen some mini-mills that you can buy. one guy here on the forum bought one and does his own fab. thats what i would love to do. i just got a tap and die set and did some custom parts today for my rampage. anyway, if you are good with autocad you could probably do well with one of those mini-mills. i think they start at like $1k though.