[TheForge] switchplate

[GHS]

There has to be someone on this list who will see punching blanks as an 
income stream.



Ries Niemi wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 06:19 PM, korineks@rcn.com wrote:
> 
>> In response to the technical aspects of this thread...
>> I have seen dies made by DiAcro for punching switch plates--
>> the screw holes and rectangle for the switch.
>> -Rick
>>
> 
> I think Roper Whitney also makes punch and die sets to do this. Probably 
> cost 500 bucks or so. Not justifiable for one, but if you were going to 
> do a limited run, might be worth it.
> I have a couple of friends on the craft circuit who do switch plate 
> covers- one of them buys prepunched copper switchplate covers, then 
> enamels them and rivets and solders on various parts pieces and 
> knickknacks. The problem with that is that it is hard to get anyone to 
> pay much more than 20 or 30 bucks for one, and if the store takes half, 
> and you pay for the cover in the first place, you are only making a few 
> bucks a piece. I think they are not worth making unless you get the 
> software billionaire who wants custom ones for the whole mansion. I have 
> made 10 dollar items before, and you gotta make a whole lot of them 
> before you make lunch money. We used to make 10 dollar soap dishes, 100 
> or 200 at a time, and even then the overhead costs start to eat up your 
> profit- you gotta wrap each one, and if you arent wholesaling  em in big 
> batches, your whole profit on a soap dish can get spent on packing time 
> for that one item.
> I think George is absolutely right- concentrate on doing the best you 
> can ( I will leave "excellence" to George, as he has that one pretty 
> nailed down) and the money will find you. Try to make commodities, and 
> the chinese will eat your lunch.
> 
> ries
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