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shawnzilla:
Hey all, thought I'd give a quick bump to let you know what's going on with these.

1) I had a distributor/manufacturer lined up to produce these and it fell through due to deception on the part of the manufacturer.

2) The distributor continues to search for a new manufacturer, but is not successful thus far.

I still want to make these buttons a reality, but I think I need a little ingenuity from everyone. Does anyone have an idea of whom I can turn to in order to get these produced?
oldsage:
Ooooh! Either 12 blues and 8-12 clear or 6 blues 6 reds and 8-12 clear...! :) that could be awesome... *drool*

Hope it works out fine...!
shawnzilla:
Heh, I spoke too soon. I just got some word from the distributor. He found another manufacturer that is capable of producing the buttons. BUT, they too want a minimum production run of 100,000 units. He's trying to negotiate this number down (because I seriously doubt there's THAT many BYOACers out there!).

I will continue to keep everyone posted as this develops.
oldsage:

--- Quote from: shawnzilla on January 14, 2005, 08:42:53 am ---Heh, I spoke too soon. I just got some word from the distributor. He found another manufacturer that is capable of producing the buttons. BUT, they too want a minimum production run of 100,000 units. He's trying to negotiate this number down (because I seriously doubt there's THAT many BYOACers out there!).

I will continue to keep everyone posted as this develops.

--- End quote ---

How many units do you think you'll need? (that is, if you wouldn't have a minimum run limitation, how much would you produce?
Just intrested... BTW, you didn't say if you intend on including microswitches with the buttons. (again, say everything would go perfectly fine, would you include microswitches?)
RandyT:

--- Quote from: shawnzilla on January 14, 2005, 08:42:53 am ---Heh, I spoke too soon. I just got some word from the distributor. He found another manufacturer that is capable of producing the buttons. BUT, they too want a minimum production run of 100,000 units. He's trying to negotiate this number down (because I seriously doubt there's THAT many BYOACers out there!).

I will continue to keep everyone posted as this develops.

--- End quote ---

The reason for the high production requirements is the amortization of the tooling costs.  If you want cheap or low cost tooling, a manufacturer will eat some or all of the costs so long as you can guarantee the purchase of a fixed number of parts at a certain price.

I hope you have better luck in finding an inexpensive injection molded parts supplier than I have.  Unfortunately,  based on my experiences, I think you may be "pushing on a rope".

RandyT
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