One goal of freeing the CAD , freeing the flesh of the phone, was to enable others to seize these opportunities. So, the CAD files for the FreeRunner are out there, before it has even shipped. I think this decision is underappreciated. The per piece cost of plastic is small. Go price a pound of plastic. The risk is tooling. We reduced that by making CAD data open. Long LONG ago, you had to pay big set up fees to Print a document. That has come down over time. I want to enable a world were you can print parts. Trust me, I am not happy when I tell people that they cant get pink. If you want pink, you should get pink. That doesnt entail that I should build pink. I enable people to make it pink by publishing CAD files. If you think pink, then I'll sell you the electronics that go under those pink platistics _____
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Davey Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:18 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update >From the involvement I've had with injection molding the costs of material (ie the plastic) per piece it not very expensive, it's the mold tool that is the expensive part.. For one project I'm involved in I think the mold tool was something like $10KUSD.. This is a production quality (read high quality) tool... I have heard of cheaper tools out of china I think (like a few $K), but don't think the quality is as good.. Just my 2c Regards Neil Davey Hugo Mills wrote: On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 06:32:09PM +0200, Peter Kraker wrote: Someone with a knack for business should simply grab those CAD files and start manufacturing replacement cases in gazillion different colors. I thought the same. So I've picked an injection moulding firm more or less at random, and asked them about the costs and processes involved -- just to see what it would take to do. Hugo. _____ _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- ------------------------------------------- Neil Davey Daveytronics.com.au P.O. Box 6089 Logan Central QLD, 4114 Looking for cost effective web hosting? Need a domain name for your business? It's cheaper than you think!! Talk to us and see what we can do for you -------------------------------------------
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