Times have changed. 3D printing permits one off runs with little effort after the initial design.
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 23, 2018, at 8:00 AM, Edward R Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have to agree, in principle, with Don. > > Many of you may never had done a small volume production. I have. > I cannot afford to purchase CNC tooling, metal brakes, etc. for a project of > twelve copies. Vendors are all out of state with added shipping costs. > > So I chose a good quality commercial chassis from Hammond and built an > aluminum jig to hold it in a vise for drilling. Square holes required hand > filing. Stick-on labeling. I used a pcb made by a reputable small > production house (W6PQL). Those that bought the 80w 2m amp got a pretty good > product but no confusion that it was hand made. Costs were hard to get > competitive with commercial amp mfrs but I think the reliability might have > been better. > > You would have to survey my customers who all read this list and most have > Elecraft radios that were used with the amp (majority had the KX3-2M). > > I had an opportunity to buy out a popular line of transverters and recently a > popular preamp maker. Cost/labor time were decisive against them (mostly at > my age). Had a hard time convincing my self that working for under $10/hour > was a good deal. Each amp took about 18 hours each and my net was under > $100. So I considered it learning experience and labor of "love". > > In manufacturing there is a concept called "economy of scale" which Wayne and > Eric are probably very conversant. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > Dubus-NA Business mail: > [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]
