Well no. That $5k could be spread over all the metalwork and greatly reduce inventory.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2018, at 20:11, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, if you spread $5K over a projected sales quantity of 100 (there were > not of EC2 enclosures sold), then you have a tooling cost of $50 per > enclosure. > Add to that the cost of administrative support, creating web pages, packing > and shipping labor, and you have an EC2 enclosure that has to sell for over > $150 to produce any profit. About double the original customer cost of the > EC2. > > It is different if you can project selling thousands of the items. > Enough said. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 12/22/2018 10:38 PM, W2xj wrote: >> You can buy a 3D printer for under $5K and make metal work on an as needed >> basis. That is where the auto industry is going. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 19:03, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Josh, >>> >>> I may not be up to speed, but there are startup costs for anything. Those >>> costs have to be added to the product cost and for small volumes, it can be >>> prohibited. >>> Entering a CAD file, getting scheduling from a small shop that may have a >>> full schedule already can be costly. >>> >>> 73, >>> Don W3FPR >>> >>>> On 12/22/2018 9:16 PM, Josh Fiden wrote: >>>> Hi Don, >>>> >>>> Sounds like you're not up to speed on 21st century sheet metal fabrication. >>>> >>>> Small volume parts like this would be cut on a laser and bent with a CNC >>>> press brake. The only setup is loading the programs and there is no >>>> tooling. If someone draws the parts using a CAD program like Solid Edge, >>>> the resulting 3D models can be utilized directly by the vendor. Even small >>>> job shops have laser cutting ability, especially for small gauge material >>>> like this. >>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 em ______________________________________________________________ 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]
