Re:Low cost, all electric, benchtop injection molding machine
by catherd on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @10:04AM
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Actually, we're a contract manufacturer based in Shenzhen and that's what we sell them for.
You probably made the right call, though, even if you had found a perfect supplier. Hardware projects funded by individuals almost always end in heartache if they try to go big.
Re:Low cost, all electric, benchtop injection molding machine
by doodah on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @10:44AM
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Cool! I'll keep you and your company in mind in the future.
At the time, I think I made the right call. Now with this machine being available I'm reconsidering. The mold bases are pretty inexpensive too. I could make the same investment I was going to make several years ago, but have a machine if it doesn't work out rather than a hunk of precisely machined, rather useless, steel on the other side of the world.
Re:Low cost, all electric, benchtop injection molding machine
by d-sc on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @10:58AM
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Send an email to the address in your profile.
Re:Low cost, all electric, benchtop injection molding machine
by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @01:09PM
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Not to mention that you could be looking at multiple iterations of the mold. If you're selling a low-volume product, 4 molds @ 15k each could be your entire expected lifetime revenue.
Your situation was pretty different... Your company buys them, I was buying as an individual. You likely have a proven source, I didn't. It just wasn't a risk I was willing to take at that point in my life.