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Referral for custom Frazing
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2019 10:52 am
by linearone
Anyone have a referral to a fraizer they like? I have a 100 bowl project and need a company that can handle such a small order and still produce a custom shape..
Re: Referral for custom Frazing
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:57 am
by oklahoma red
Perhaps Briar Works in Tennessee.
Re: Referral for custom Frazing
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 2:58 pm
by LatakiaLover
All projects of that type and size in the past 20 years or so (that I'm aware of), were done in Italy by a group/team of hand-workers. The Pease / Di Piazza collaborations are a good example.
Old-school "hardware store key cutter" style frazing machines that mechanically track a 3-D pattern are effectively extinct, salvaged from closed factories and melted for scrap decades ago. Tim West has one in his basement, but as far as I know he hasn't used it in 30 years.
Briar Works has some CNC gear that they use as de facto frazing machines, but I have no idea if they do small batch custom jobs. The programming required takes time and expertise, so recouping that PLUS the "lost opportunity" cost of not producing their own stuff would---I'm guessing---make hiring them too expensive for a 100 bowl project to be profitable for an outsider. Worth a call, though. Ask for Pete or Sam: (931) 223-8985