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.
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