Quoting
CNC Quotes in 24-48 Hours
A CNC quote in 24-48 hours from MI CNC Parts comes from a person who opened your files. Send a STEP model and a PDF print; someone checks the material callout and the quantity and replies with a price and a lead time, with no account or portal in between. If a job needs longer to price, such as a grade that has to be sourced, you are told so within the same 24-48 hours.
Updated October 2026
Example part, shown for illustration.
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Get a Quote in 24-48 Hours
Send us your files and we’ll quote it, usually within 24-48 hours.
Need an NDA before you send files? Ask for one and it’s sent the same day.
Commercial work only. We don’t quote firearms, DoD, ITAR, or EAR-controlled parts.
Or email your print to evan@micncparts.com.
The person who quotes your job answers every email through delivery.
What is in the quote?
Ask for more than one quantity, such as 1, 25 and 100, and the quote shows each. What determines CNC machining cost explains why the per-piece price moves with quantity. A finish specified on the print is quoted with the part. Shipping is quoted as its own line, or ships on your carrier account.
The quote also states what it is based on. A part sent as a STEP model with no drawing is quoted to a general tolerance of ±0.005 in on every dimension, or to the one your notes name, and the quote says which; what file to send for a CNC quote covers when a drawing is asked for instead. Where a callout will cost more than the part seems to need, or may not work as drawn, the quote says so and suggests the change, and whether to make it is your call. What a DFM review catches lists the usual ones.
No C of C or material certifications ship with parts by default. If your PO needs them, say so before the quote. Inspection reports on critical dimensions aren’t included by default. If you need one, ask when you place the order.
What makes a quote faster or slower?
Quotes go out fastest when the files already name the material grade and condition and state the quantity, with one current revision of each part.
A quote slows down when something is missing or contradicts itself, such as no material callout, or two revisions of the same part in one ZIP with no note on which is current. A bore that has to fit something but carries no tolerance does the same. Each of those comes back to you as a question before any price goes out.
Lead time starts at order approval. Put your need date in the part description and the quote answers it. If that date is sooner than the standard window, pick Rush on the form. Rush 1-2 weeks applies to machined parts with no secondary operations. Heat treat, grinding, EDM and finishing add time, and the quote gives the real date. Rush CNC parts covers what else makes a part rushable.
Is this an online CNC quote?
The request goes in online, but the quote is not instant: nothing is priced until your files have been read, and that reading, with any question it raises, is what the 24-48 hours are for. How instant-quote platforms price a part is set out side by side with this route, from their own published terms. If you already hold an instant quote, send it with your files for meet-or-beat pricing.
What happens after you approve?
Approve the quote directly. POs welcome against the quote. How long custom machined parts take shows where the weeks go from there. The parts get made and ship with tracking.
Questions
Before you send a job.
01 Do you quote parts for companies outside Michigan?
Yes. MI CNC Parts is Michigan-based and ships nationwide, and a quote works the same from any state: the files come in through the form or by email, and the quote goes back by email.
02 What kinds of CNC parts can be quoted?
Prototypes and production parts alike: milled, turned and Swiss-turned parts, parts with wire EDM or ground features, laser-cut parts and custom fasteners, in aluminum, steel and tool steel, stainless, titanium, brass, Delrin and PEEK. Other alloys and plastics quoted on request. Name the grade on the print. Firearms, defense and ITAR- or EAR-controlled work are not quoted.
03 Can a purchasing team send a formal RFQ?
Yes. Send the package as it was issued, zipped if it holds many files, and the quote answers the parts and quantities in it. If your company needs a new vendor set up before it can place a PO, that takes a day: W-9, NDA, net terms available.
04 What if 48 hours pass and I have heard nothing?
The form sends an email back as soon as it is submitted, confirming how many files arrived and which delivery tier you picked. No confirmation, even in the spam folder? Email the files to evan@micncparts.com. Confirmation but no quote or question after 48 hours? Reply to it or call 313-909-6531.
05 Can the quote change after it arrives?
Yes. Reply with the change, a new quantity or a revised file for example, and the job is quoted again on it. Nothing is ordered until you approve.
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Where to go next.
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