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The American Ace Kit on Kickstarter
Generic Eric:
Get this on reddit
yotsuya:
To his credit, Jim's right about mentioning what's not included. For example, you might want to explicitly state that a monitor isn't included at any level. Little things like that will prevent headaches later.
Woodshop Flunky:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on April 03, 2012, 01:10:04 pm ---Seems pricey for some cut wood and a 10 dollar Vesa mount
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Seemed pricey to me also... until I started adding it all up. :dizzy:
Truth is, the material and hardware cost alone is about $150, before anything is cut. Next, despite how charming I try to be, the CNC shop insists on getting paid to cut all the parts. This sort of thing can't be cut with a single setup, so I'll have to decide if I want to pay for multiple operation setups, or if I want to handle the t-molding slots, and horizontal boring on my own. Either way I go, I just added more to the total. Since I'm not just doing this for a buddy that can juggle all the pieces in the back of his Toyota, I need to have custom boxes made that can handle the weight of all these parts as they move around the country. Once all this comes together my wife and I will devote time to gathering, transporting, packing, weighing out hardware, and handling the administrative paperwork. She's sweet, but she still likes getting paid for her time too. :)
Also, every time the wind blows, the price of fuel goes up :) The $50 I'm asking for shipping doesn't cover the entire cost for a package this size and weight.
And it still isn't over... Kickstarter and Amazon take up to 10% right off the top. Finally, I'm pretty sure my Uncle Sam is going to want some of this as well.
Dang! Did I just talk myself out of this? :laugh:
Le Chuck:
It is rather daunting. Have you thought about just selling the art, hardware package, and blue prints on Amazon? Hell, you could even add the T-molding and the slot cutter with arbor to a hardware package so that it's one stop shopping. I would think you would make more that way than going through the trouble to sell the wood. If somebody wants to have it made they can buy your plans for 24.99 and take them to a local cabinet maker, or just DIY it off your plans. Either way you get paid for your design. If you do that you could have one standard CP available on amazon that is complete with art -n- parts ready to plug and play as an add on. You'd have to front some stock but you could make 5 in advance on a saturday morning and set your amazon storefront to display the number available, ditto the hardware kits, start with five and restock as necessary to keep upfront costs down. Art kits could be printed third party as required and direct shipped. Seems like less work with a similar profit margin compared to the kit using my armchair quarterback napkin math.
yotsuya:
I didn't realize Kickstarter took a cut. Makes sense, though.
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