I went to the U. Florida Materials Engineering Dept. 2 years ago to see about getting some carbon fiber parts made. The prof who does this said that they make little CF etc. specialty parts as biomedical projects- for $50,000 per project to start. The Aerospace Engineering Dept. makes mini-spy-planes for their annual student project, lots of prize money from the US Army, in a national contest run here. So it can be done- but show me the money! Graduate students, CAD-CAM design equipment and shop projects cost $, and undergraduates are generally very busy with required classwork. Signed the Ol' Perfessor