Depending on your workload type and complexity, you could always hire interns/co-op engineering students. We have done this with excellent success. It takes a bit more management and training initially, but the benefits are low operating costs, and you get to make a difference in a new...
Does anyone have a free source for Solidowrks or Cadkey files of toothed lockwashers? I am currently designing a modified version of one and it would br great to have some of the grunt work done already.