Or if someone would publish the files required for 3D printing... Then the builder can opt print his own or not. The costs are shifted to a spread out model. Finding someone to print something for a reasonable fee is becoming relatively easy.
Just Thinking Out Loud, 73, Joe kk0sd -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of W2xj Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 7:51 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 100 Tuner question I wonder if 3D printing would be cost effective. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2018, at 17:15, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Josh, > > The stuff needed to punch the panels out of a piece of aluminum and put the > holes in the right place. The tools needed to bend the panels at the right > places. That stuff can cost thousands of dollars. > It is not the same as making a one-off copy using hand marked pieces. > > If you have ever studied what it takes to make production quantities of a > device, then you would understand that it takes specialized tools that can be > quite costly. > > In my small custom woodworking shop we usually went the inexpensive way by > making jigs and other pattern tools, but doing even that costs money. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 12/22/2018 7:35 PM, Josh Fiden wrote: >> What tooling? >> 73 >> Josh W6XU >> Sent from my mobile device >>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>> >>> Once again, the EC2 was discontinued because the metal supplier is no >>> longer in business. >>> To find another vendor is out of the question. The startup and tooling >>> costs would be excessively high for the projected quantities involved. >>> How many EC2 enclosure could Elecraft sell at a price point of $250 or more >>> per unit (my guess, not anything official from Elecraft)? >>> It was not a high sales volume unit where such startup and tooling costs >>> could be swamped out by the sales volumes. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
