The mold is owned by Cambium, not the supplier. It's not like this is a generic, off the shelf piece. It's also possible that multiple parts of the design are made in a single mold. Getting the mold made is the most expensive part of the process. After that, each part is probably <$0.50. If I was Cambium, I'd be super pissed if they allowed someone else to use my mold. Each mold only has so many uses before it has to be replaced. In a steel mold, that is a lot of pieces, but still, you'd be costing Cambium money.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 12:11 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > > I have 3D printed parts for aircraft wings. Totally depends on the filament > and settings of the printer. > > From: Colin Stanners > Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:34 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Cc: Chuck McCown > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s > bracket mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi ) > > As these need to hold up $500 APs and survive year-round outdoors, I wouldn't > trust 3d-printed plastics. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:19 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: >> >> 3d printing? >> >> From: Colin Stanners >> Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:12 AM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> Subject: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s bracket >> mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi ) >> >> Hi AFMUG, a rare request here. >> >> I'm looking to purchase a large number of Cambium's e501s brackets, which >> they don't sell individually (reasonable enough due to low demand). >> >> A while ago on one of our packages from (passed through) Cambium, I noticed >> the name of a Chinese supplier that I didn't recognize. I visited their >> website and they seemed to be Cambium's plastics supplier. But I didn't >> consider that information worth saving. Has anyone noticed that name so that >> I can attempt to buy a number of brackets directly, if they are allowed to >> sell them? >> >> Reasoning: I'm trying to put together a "super-fast event Wi-Fi >> re-deployment" design. Basically, at the many locations where we offer Wi-Fi >> once or twice a year, we'd have existing e501S slide-on mounts, also >> terminated RJ45 ends with the cable glands in a tough plastic bag ziptied to >> the tower. All events would have the routers/PoE switches left onside with a >> standardized IP/VLAN/etc setup. The idea is that we can tell the techs "grab >> 15 event APs", which don't need to be programmed by the office as they have >> a standard config, and after climb the techs spend <1min per AP to slide on >> and plug in. So with these and other optimizations, an event of e.g. 5 sites >> x 3 APs per site can be fully re-deployed in 1-2hours, instead of the 1-2 >> days that we normally spend organizing, programming, attaching mounts, >> cabling, etc. >> ________________________________ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
