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Mrtasty -> RE: cages (2/19/2007 11:25:24 PM)
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The price would definetly depend on what exactly you want. (thickness, type and grade of metal, size of cage, how you want it to work,etc) A good jobber shop will have someone that will work with you for 20 mins over the phone or in person helping to figure out roughly how long it will take. It might end up being faster (therefor cheaper since it's by the hour) than expected, or perhaps it will be over $1000 to create a copy of the cage you want - who knows! I'd suggest calling a local job shop (look under machine shops, welders, fabricators in the phonebook) and just talking to someone for a couple minutes about what you want, find out their hourly rate aswell to give yourself a ballpark figure for the cost. Then use something like www.onlinemetals.com to get a ballpark on metal costs (prices will ofcourse be different then the local metal supplier or perhaps the job shop that is ordering it for you as there are various expenses that go into getting you metal) . One note is that some dealers don't cut up metal for you, they only sell by the length it comes in (12 feet, 20-ish feet, 24feet, etc). You're looking for cold rolled steel if you want a smoother metal, or hot rolled steel (which is cheaper) if you want a rougher steel that would probably be what you'd expect to find in a a dungeon.
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