Two little pieces of metal and some screws. The cheapest set is nearly 200 dollars. I understand that low demand parts that have a niche audience are going to fetch a higher price but come on now... we're talking about 2 little pieces of metal.

Anyone with a CAD machine should be able to fab some up, sell them for 50 bucks a set, and make a killing.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand

i dont see why Megan doesnt make spacers, they would probably sell them much cheaper to steal the market + still make a profit. perhaps you should try to contact them.

 

Got CAD?? Do it youself. Right grade aluminum and the machining time cost way more than $50. Don't play if you can't afford to pay.

Just my 2 cents

 

Not quite, when you make something like these little peices of metal you usually buy a large peice of metal making a couple of sets. After making a few sets and selling them, chances are they cost less then 50 dollars to make per set averaged.

I again highly doubt, those little peices of metal cost ~150 dollars to make (assuming 50 dollar profit).

 

I wonder how much CNC machine cost....

Steve - Evolution
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Agreed. It's called R & D. How many pieces of aluminum will you mess up before you get it right? If the labor is sourced out it increases overhead. How many of us have a CNC machine sitting in our garages?

 

How much is a CAD program??

 

If these pieces were sold like Dell, I'm sure the price would drop dramatically. Unfortunately in this market, hot sellers are still considered niche products.

Steve - Evolution
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the one i have is ~$150,000.. it's a morbidelli author 400. i dont have any metal bits, but i can buy one for about $75-125 i believe.. im not sure if the dust collection system i have though will work with metal shavings

i dont know how much 4'x8' or 5'x10' slabs of aluminum cost... perhaps i can look into this and cut some spacers. i program in alphacam so i could easily design spacers that work. how many people would really be interested though?

 

[QUOTE=Ustemuf,Dec 11 2006, 05:05 PM] the one i have is ~$150,000.. it's a morbidelli author 400.