You are right! about $1.50 compared to $0.15. Actually handling and curing for silk screen costs more than the ink itself.
This means a customized XO, any language, would cost $1.50 more (one dollar fifty cents), by the unit, or $0.15 more by the 1.000. Of course these are ballpark numbers. I don't think people would mind that added cost, even if it were 5 times as much? Even the Dvorak enthusiasts could get their way! Seth Woodworth wrote: > The cost for time on a laser cuter HAS to several multiples of what it > would take to silkscreen a printed layer. > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Yama Ploskonka <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think it's a great idea. Now that I have a broken keyboard on hand >> (from repairing another user in Austin's machine) I might send it to >> people I know that have a laser engraver, and see for a fact if that is >> an option. I am sure it is, but honest opinion requires proof :-) >> >> Just in case, the concept is to engrave on keys that have been coated >> with black epoxy enamel, so the simpler result would be in negative, >> though normal positive is possible also (more machine time needed, >> though, not worth it I think) >> >> And yes, once the design is in the computer, the CNC laser would do >> whatever design, even just one at a time... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_engraving >> >> >> Holger Levsen wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> today we (=OLPC Germany) talked about the idea of an XO without a keyboard >>> layout again. Would that be possible to manufacture? >>> >>> We are researching print options (print after build) now... >>> >>> Because this would be an solution for many many localized keyboards: german, >>> french, polish, whatever :-) >>> >>> >>> regards, >>> Holger >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Grassroots mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots >> _______________________________________________ >> Grassroots mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots >> > _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
