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Prototype Part Cutting

Name: Laser-Cut Prototype Parts
Brand: Roosevelt Steel Co.

First articles and one-off parts cut straight from your file — no tooling, no minimums, in your production material from the start.

Test the Real Part, Not an Approximation

Most prototyping methods make you compromise on material. 3D printing gives you the geometry in the wrong substance. Machining a one-off from billet is slow and expensive. Waiting on tooling means weeks before you learn whether the design works.

Laser cutting sidesteps all three. Your prototype comes off the same machine, in the same plate, at the same thickness as the production part will — so what you bolt up and load-test behaves like the real thing, because it is the real thing.

No Tooling, No Minimums

A quantity of one is a normal order. No setup penalty, no minimum charge tier.
Design changes cost nothing but a new file. Revise the DXF and the next iteration cuts immediately — there is no die or fixture to modify.
Production material from day one. Stainless, carbon, aluminum, or exotic alloy, up to 3.5″ thick.
The same process at scale. When the design is proven, the production run comes off the identical program — no re-qualification because the method changed.

Who Sends Us Prototypes

Design engineers validating a bracket or wear component before release. Maintenance crews reverse-engineering an obsolete part with no drawing left. Equipment builders proving a new frame or mount ahead of a production commitment. Fabricators checking fit on a one-off before committing plate to a full run.

Fig. 07 — Prototype Part

Max Thickness	3.5 inches
Max Plate Size	80 × 160 inches
Materials	Stainless, carbon, aluminum, exotic alloys
Finishing	Every surface deslagged, every hole deburred
Documentation	MTRs available on request
File Formats	DXF, DWG, or PDF — hand-drawn prints accepted

Why Laser-Cut Prototype Parts on Our High-Powered Laser

For prototypes and first articles, the high-powered laser turns a drawing into a testable part fast:

Iterate at file speed. Change the drawing, cut the next revision. No tooling to modify and no lead time to absorb between attempts.
Thin gauge to 3.5″ plate. The same 30 kW laser cuts a shim and a heavy wear plate, so a whole assembly can be prototyped in one place.
Orders of magnitude faster. Complex profiles that would tie up a mill for days come off the table in a fraction of the time — which is what makes real iteration possible.
Test-ready on arrival. Every surface is deslagged and every hole deburred, so the first article is ready to measure and fit rather than needing cleanup first.

Send the file as a DXF, DWG, or PDF and hear back promptly. Working from an old hand-drawn print or a marked-up photocopy? Send that too — we convert hand drawings to CAD in house. MTRs are available on request.

Ready to cut? Send the print.

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