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Re:What We Learned Making a Plastic Injection Mold with a Ch... by themaninthedark on Monday October 09, 2023 @10:34AM (#37820861)
>It does feel like being ripped off when someone puts ~30 minutes ($20 max) of Western labor into something and then turns around and charges me $800 for the privilege of supporting an American company.

If you are just looking at it as labor then yeah, you are going to feel ripped off.

But it is not just labor, it is labor + overhead: Office space Tools required for job Paperwork associated with the job

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Re:What We Learned Making a Plastic Injection Mold with a Ch... by anymouse123456 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:57AM (#37829563)
Sure bud. It's a 40x markup.

I'm not in SF.

Workshop space here rents for like $1-2/ft.

Paperwork isn't hundreds per hour.

Yes. I agree, machine tools are outrageously priced, but it's not quite that bad.

We've got problems here that need attention.

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