I spend far more time in front of the computer generating the drawings than I do in front of my waterjet making parts...
Most of my industrial customers send me DXF drawings. This I can use directly with no translating required.
Almost all of my signmaker customers send me .ai file format. Most...
Just bought some round inserts from carbide.ca They are in Toronto.
Prices were good, check out their surplus section. Delivery was in 1 week.
One of the items was a 0.75 inch x 0.25 inch RNMG 64 for $7.90
Used this round insert to make a set of pipe rollbender dies.