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Tim, I can appreciate your points, cuz we actually have many points in common. Small, niche market, etc.. My most important issue was in the comparison between pedal guitars, which I'm sure you must know quite a bit about, and bender guitars. My boss also spent years and years developing and perfecting his design. But ya can't charge a lot for that. Just the way it is.
"if they'd like to make 1 just for themselves (not for resale). If you can build it for less than $200 including parts and labor, please let me know how you did it."
I'm sure you're right. But that's not my point. If some builder had the confidence to put everything into CAD, and buy a batch of say, 25, or 50 units, imagine the time, labor, and money saved. But that's a fairly large investment in getting someone to do the CAD work, and buying and stocking that many units. The machining is not that expensive though. That whole process could result in one of two outcomes:
Greatly reduced cost to the end buyer, or
Greatly improved profits for the manufacturer.
If we weren't such a small market, the Asians probably would have already been flooding us with low cost benders.
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