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Originally Posted by fanaudical
Most "serious" sheet metal shops are now doing the majority of their sheet metal pattern work with CNC laser.
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That totally depends on what they are making, their customer base. One of my friends makes custom trailers for the equipment made by another company. He figured out how to do it right and now he has more work than he can keep up with as a one man shop. He bought a water jet CNC table that cuts out the shapes for the trailer parts in way less time than he could do it before. He does not do aerospace or super precision welding, just custom very strong trailers with neat features to help load and unload and secure the equipment.