[Elecraft] K2 100 Tuner question

[Gary]

Or if someone would publish the files required for 3D printing...

Then the builder can opt print his own or not. The costs are shifted to a spread out model.  Finding someone to print something for a reasonable fee is becoming relatively easy.

Just Thinking Out Loud, 73,
Joe kk0sd

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 100 Tuner question

I wonder if 3D printing would be cost effective. 

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> On Dec 22, 2018, at 17:15, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Josh,
> 
> The stuff needed to punch the panels out of a piece of aluminum and put the holes in the right place.  The tools needed to bend the panels at the right places.  That stuff can cost thousands of dollars.
> It is not the same as making a one-off copy using hand marked pieces.
> 
> If you have ever studied what it takes to make production quantities of a device, then you would understand that it takes specialized tools that can be quite costly.
> 
> In my small custom woodworking shop we usually went the inexpensive way by making jigs and other pattern tools, but doing even that costs money.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 12/22/2018 7:35 PM, Josh Fiden wrote:
>> What tooling?
>> 73
>> Josh W6XU
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>>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> All,
>>> 
>>> Once again, the EC2 was discontinued because the metal supplier is no longer in business.
>>> To find another vendor is out of the question.  The startup and tooling costs would be excessively high for the projected quantities involved.
>>> How many EC2 enclosure could Elecraft sell at a price point of $250 or more per unit (my guess, not anything official from Elecraft)?
>>> It was not a high sales volume unit where such startup and tooling costs could be swamped out by the sales volumes.
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