Laser cutting prices

What laser cutting costs in Sydney

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Most laser cutting companies will not show you a price until you have sent a drawing and waited. We built an instant quote that prices a DXF in seconds, and this page shows what it produces for three typical parts, so you can see what moves the price before you upload yours.

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What is in the price

Material, nested on the sheet with the gap the thickness needs, charged as the strip of sheet your parts use, with a quarter sheet minimum

Cutting time, from the real cut length, the number of pierces and the cutting speed for the material and thickness

Deburring of every cut edge, included

Setup and sheet loading, charged once per job, which is why unit prices fall quickly with quantity

Standard lead time of 2 to 3 weeks from payment, or 1 week with express at 30 percent extra

Nothing else: no hidden handling fees, and GST is added at checkout

What moves the price

Thickness moves it most. The laser cuts 1 mm mild steel many times faster than 12 mm, so the same outline costs far more in plate than in sheet. Stainless and aluminium cut with nitrogen rather than oxygen above thin gauges, which costs more per hour, and the material itself costs more per square metre.

Holes and small features add pierces, and every pierce takes longer than the cut around it. A plate with forty small holes costs more than the same plate with four, even though the cut length barely changes. Holes smaller than the material thickness cannot be laser cut cleanly and go to drilling.

Quantity spreads the setup. Setting up the job and loading the sheet costs the same for one part as for fifty, so the unit price of a bracket at fifty off is a fraction of the unit price at one off. The tables below show it.

Material grade and finish matter: 316 costs more than 304, a brushed number four finish more than 2B, and 5083 aluminium more than 5005. Tell the quote the grade you actually need rather than the dearest one.

Worked examples, priced today

These prices are produced by the same engine as our instant quote, at today's rates, for the sample parts described. Your part will differ. Upload your DXF for an exact price in seconds.

All prices are ex GST. The minimum order through the instant quote is $180 ex GST.

Bracket blank

150 x 100 mm, four 9 mm holes, mild steel HA250 3 mm.

Standard lead time of 2 to 3 weeks from payment. Prices ex GST.
Quantity	Order total	Unit price
1	$180	$180
10	$180	$18
50	$235	$5

Cut length is 613 mm with 5 pierces per part. At quantity 1, the last sheet strip is 120 mm across a 1200 mm wide sheet, charged at 25 percent of its 2400 mm length. At quantity 10, the last sheet strip is 230 mm across a 1200 mm wide sheet, charged at 25 percent of its 2400 mm length. At quantity 50, the last sheet strip is 890 mm across a 1200 mm wide sheet, charged at 37 percent of its 2400 mm length.

Express total for quantity 1 is $234 ex GST, with a 1 week lead time from payment.

Base plate

200 x 200 mm, two 13 mm holes, mild steel HA250 6 mm.

Standard lead time of 2 to 3 weeks from payment. Prices ex GST.
Quantity	Order total	Unit price
1	$180	$180
10	$214	$21
50	$611	$12

Cut length is 881.6 mm with 3 pierces per part. At quantity 1, the last sheet strip is 220 mm across a 1200 mm wide sheet, charged at 25 percent of its 2400 mm length. At quantity 10, the last sheet strip is 426 mm across a 1200 mm wide sheet, charged at 25 percent of its 2400 mm length. At quantity 50, the last sheet strip is 1662 mm across a 1500 mm wide sheet, charged at 55 percent of its 3000 mm length.

Express total for quantity 1 is $234 ex GST, with a 1 week lead time from payment.

Stainless panel

300 x 200 mm, six 6.5 mm holes, 304 2B 2 mm.

Standard lead time of 2 to 3 weeks from payment. Prices ex GST.
Quantity	Order total	Unit price
1	$186	$186
10	$224	$22
50	$772	$15

Cut length is 1,122.5 mm with 7 pierces per part. At quantity 1, the last sheet strip is 220 mm across a 1220 mm wide sheet, charged at 25 percent of its 2440 mm length. At quantity 10, the last sheet strip is 640 mm across a 1220 mm wide sheet, charged at 26 percent of its 2440 mm length. At quantity 50, the last sheet strip is 2950 mm across a 1220 mm wide sheet, charged at 97 percent of its 3050 mm length.

Express total for quantity 1 is $242 ex GST, with a 1 week lead time from payment.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there a minimum order?

Yes. Orders through the instant laser cutting quote have a minimum of $180 ex GST, and express is added on top of that.

Are the prices on this page fixed?

No. They are computed each time the page is served, by the same engine as the instant quote, at the current rates. Your exact price comes from uploading your own DXF.

What thicknesses can be priced online?

Mild steel from 1 mm to 16 mm, and 304 and 316 stainless and 5005, 5052 and 5083 aluminium up to 8 mm. Thicker plate and other grades are quoted manually.

Does the price include deburring?

Yes. Every laser cut edge is deburred before the parts leave the workshop.

How long does it take?

Flat parts ordered through the instant quote take 2 to 3 weeks from payment, or 1 week with express for 30 percent extra.

What file do I need?

A clean DXF with outlines only, in millimetres. Bend lines, text and dimensions make a file manual. STEP and PDF can be quoted manually.

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