I've a run of five identical pieces to make, and the work involves simple straight-line parts cut from 3/4" and 1/2" cherry-veneer plywood. My parts nest nicely into two sheets of 3/4 and one sheet of 1/2.
My hardwood and panel supplier, Austin Hardwoods of Denver, says they can put me in touch with various shops with CNC machines, and I am wondering in advance, about what to budget for this.
A few years back, a partner and I did a bunch of kitchens, and I used Thermwood's eCabinets software to batch up the jobs, emailing our suppliers the CNC-ready job files for cutting the carcase parts from melamine-faced particleboard. We routinely bought jobs in the size range 25 to 35 sheets. Big kitchen jobs.
It was quite cost-effective, but there was never any CAD or programming time required. The files we sent were the files that went straight to machine.
So what is this going to be like?