Someone specializing is just doing cabinets and running Mozaik or CabinetPro may not be able to import the DXF files, I am just not familiar with their programs enough to say.
Not that it makes much difference to you, but ask what software they are running. That impacted my next job – I had to work extra hours in order to catch up. The other day I did three doors for cut glass inserts and the customer somehow cracked a door and he needed to finish the job I had to work him into my schedule so he was not late. There are times that I have jobs already scheduled back to back and do not have a lot of leeway – the sheet breaks loose or I have programed it wrong and have to run a sheet again. I stay very busy and customers are always calling me for jobs the first thing I as is what is their time frame.
One of the other questions I would ask is what is their lead time and if I had a rush job, how little time could they pump something out for me. If are getting better prices, have your company deliver the product to the CNC shop. Why would you want to handle the sheets twice. Since I deal with wholesale companies that deliver to my shop, most customers just send me the files and I get the product delivered to me. Give the individual the measurements so they can validate their tool paths. I would make a simple one sheet cabinet and let the individual run it to ensure it met my specifications – don’t use an expensive prefinished sheet, baltic birch plywood (5 ply) would do. On sheet goods, I always go off the bottom which ensures the tongue is always correct. When cutting with a CNC, you can either go off the top or the bottom of the material.
75″ the programmer will have to measure the sheet to ensure they have the proper depth. Most DXF files will have that information embedded in the drawing and in my case it is just a macro that I need to run to ensure it translated into the proper dado or tongue depth. With the updated features coming in CabWriter 2.0 – specifically the ability to have the tongue and grove – make sure the understand that and can execute that feature. Any competent individual will be able to import the DXF files. I do have a large 4′ X 8′ CNC and do a lot of outside work for customers. As Greg said, meet with the company or individual that will cut your sheets.
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