Posted by Chriscase [76.201.17.122] on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 09:30:28 :
In Reply to: more talkers than buyers posted by mannyc [68.165.89.2] on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 08:51:53 :
Mopar Norm sold sets of 318 Poly headers. They were made hands-off by a header mfg. Norm had to pay $5000 up front for the tooling. At 50 sets, that was $100 per set tooling. Norm made "Profit", from a risk, what with the $5000 plus paying up front for actual production.
To make welded-from-stock-mandrel-bends 230 headers, I built a couple weld jigs. I can sell a set for what Norm got, $700, if anybody wants one. Pays me a decent wage, one at a time (if ever).
I think windshield frames, like Rays stuff, call for the small-production tooling method. NOT computerized, precision machinery to make six bends of three radii.
Lessee, 12 feet of stock, horrendous price of $4/ft, that's $50 cost. Nice, old frames worth $400, that's ten hours at $35. Six bends over a stump at 10 minutes each... one per month... I'm game, if nobody else is.
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