To the original point, there is no difficulty finding a different vendor, there are no tooling costs, and producing parts in small quantity is not cost prohibitive.
Some people need to be right. Others want the right answer. Only the latter is of interest. Enough said. 73, Josh W6XU Sent from my mobile device > On Dec 22, 2018, at 8:11 PM, 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]
