Well . . . if it sounds too good to be true . . . . don't believe it ! ! !
Just got this email from Chris:
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I don't know what the cost would be yet. I have to find out the price of material & the time involved. I did talk to the CNC Milling guy last night, he said he'd do some for me, but, he wants a cut too...
Anyway, I thought about it after talking to him & we both figured it might be better to find out how much to have them JET cut. On like a water jet or something similar.
We have a company that does this type of stuff for us. I'll have to find out what kind of a "deal" they can give me on say, a dozen to start (Maybe even 50!).
That should give me a good idea of price I would need to charge for them.
Thin material parts aren't easier to do. They are HARDER to do... The more Solid stuff is easier to machine.
They're easier to hold ridgedly (if that's even a word..). Plus the turned things I would be doing myself so I would be paying myself
with the profit to buy parts for the Shorty & NOT have to pay someone else to make them...
That's ONLY if they let me make them on THEIR CNC's! I might have to make some parts w/o them knowing...
That wouldn't be too productive, seeing, most of the machines are tied up with jobs. But, if I can find shit to make on the manual machines, I'd be set,
He said I can use them all I want!
Granted they DO take longer & they might not come out exactly alike either... BUT, They'd be close enough! It would just take me MUCH longer! Plus, I wouldn't be able to do the script manually.
I'll give you a call later today, after I get out, on my way home. I'd LOVE to get something going to help fund the Shorty! The one-off's would bring the most cash I think.
You know, custom stuff that not EVERYONE has. But, If i do them in volume as you mentioned, I could cut the cost of what they sell in the stores.
I just don't think I'll be able to get the volume unless they let me run them as a job in the CNC's. Maybe my boss will let me have them run as a job & I'd have to pay as if i were a customer of his,
but, with a discount, cuz I'm an employee! We'll have to see.
Later,
Steve
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He's still going to run off two Outlaw script as he originally promised, I'll post pics if he comes through.
Access doesn't seem like too big of a problem but he's dealing with more people than he originally though he'd be.
I've forwarded everyone's emails on to him and begged him to answer them with an explanation and a potential time frame.
Sorry about all of this ! ! ! Last night it was a lock, today it's what it is, just another one of those,
"My brother-in-law borrowed my tools, but there's a guy at work who might be coming by this week end, and . . . " kind of things.
I'm truly sorry, I think that this will still come about. Just not as soon as he'd hoped. Kinda typical, I'm afraid, If it sounds too good to believe . . . don't believe it ! ! !
Again, SO SORRY for this ! ! ! ! ! ! !
TC
