on nanog too? really? lol On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 9:34 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
> A good steel mold can make .5 to 1M pieces before it is shot many times. > > -----Original Message----- > From: can...@believewireless.net > Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 10:23 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s > bracket mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi ) > > The mold is owned by Cambium, not the supplier. It's not like this is > a generic, off the shelf piece. It's also > possible that multiple parts of the design are made in a single mold. > Getting the mold made is the most > expensive part of the process. After that, each part is probably > <$0.50. If I was Cambium, I'd be super > pissed if they allowed someone else to use my mold. Each mold only has > so many uses before it has > to be replaced. In a steel mold, that is a lot of pieces, but still, > you'd be costing Cambium money. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 12:11 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> > wrote: > > > > I have 3D printed parts for aircraft wings. Totally depends on the > > filament and settings of the printer. > > > > From: Colin Stanners > > Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:34 AM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > Cc: Chuck McCown > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s > > bracket mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi ) > > > > As these need to hold up $500 APs and survive year-round outdoors, I > > wouldn't trust 3d-printed plastics. > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:19 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> 3d printing? > >> > >> From: Colin Stanners > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:12 AM > >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > >> Subject: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s > >> bracket mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi ) > >> > >> Hi AFMUG, a rare request here. > >> > >> I'm looking to purchase a large number of Cambium's e501s brackets, > which > >> they don't sell individually (reasonable enough due to low demand). > >> > >> A while ago on one of our packages from (passed through) Cambium, I > >> noticed the name of a Chinese supplier that I didn't recognize. I > visited > >> their website and they seemed to be Cambium's plastics supplier. But I > >> didn't consider that information worth saving. Has anyone noticed that > >> name so that I can attempt to buy a number of brackets directly, if > they > >> are allowed to sell them? > >> > >> Reasoning: I'm trying to put together a "super-fast event Wi-Fi > >> re-deployment" design. Basically, at the many locations where we offer > >> Wi-Fi once or twice a year, we'd have existing e501S slide-on mounts, > >> also terminated RJ45 ends with the cable glands in a tough plastic bag > >> ziptied to the tower. All events would have the routers/PoE switches > left > >> onside with a standardized IP/VLAN/etc setup. The idea is that we can > >> tell the techs "grab 15 event APs", which don't need to be programmed > by > >> the office as they have a standard config, and after climb the techs > >> spend <1min per AP to slide on and plug in. So with these and other > >> optimizations, an event of e.g. 5 sites x 3 APs per site can be fully > >> re-deployed in 1-2hours, instead of the 1-2 days that we normally spend > >> organizing, programming, attaching mounts, cabling, etc. > >> ________________________________ > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> AF@af.afmug.com > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> AF@af.afmug.com > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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