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dbr-
surprised laser cutting was omitted from your answer
It was included in "several ways to cut that out from sheet", which covers laser, waterjet, plasma jet, flame cutting, fretsawing, wire EDM and milling/routing. Technically, it includes die punching too, but I didn't think it was likely to be the best method for a one-off 🙂
gbj_tester
I'd rather people were pleasantly surprised by the price quoted in real life than the other way around.
There are shops who will do stuff for surprisingly small fees, but first you have to find them.
"get a replica made" and "make a functional replacement from CAD files prepared for nothing by a friend" are two different things 🙂