DAT 98 compatible pre-shaping

In September, there was a thread going about DAT 98: how to get a shareware copy, print templates, why would anyone use it, etc… I’m posting this message in order to get feedback on this community’s opinon of the value of a service where a client could send a DAT 98 model file in and get a machined, pre-shaped blank back. I guess that this is mostly targeted to the people using DAT 98 to make templates but there would seem to be others that could take advantage of DAT if it was easier to get the designs machined. I can’t think of a better forum in which to get a real world vote on this.