On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Adam Van Ymeren <a...@vany.ca> wrote: > On April 27, 2017 6:50:39 AM EDT, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: >>ok so a quick status update: >> >>* Frida, in Shenzhen, have a customer currently ordering their 2.8in >>FRD280J3703D SPI-based LCD. this means it's possible to place an >>order for less than the normal MOQ of 1,000 so we go with that one for >>the 15in laptop. >> >>* i calculated that for the microdesktop i have an ENTIRE MONTH of >>3d-printing to do, and a YEAR for the laptop. there's an update going >>out about this soon but basically i need help. ideas or actual >>practical help. > > Are there companies that you could hire to do the bulk of the 3d printing?
there's a network-3D-printing company called mohou.com which i previously investigated. > Any idea what the quality and/or cost would be? QTY 2000 of the microdesktop corner parts. QTY 150 of each of the THIRTY FIVE laptop parts. uploading QTY 1 of the microdesktop corner part is 10 RMB per part (so that would be 20,000 RMB or about $USD 3300). putting them in a batch of 60 and its 95 RMB per "part" (so that would be around $USD 500). > Is there any feasibility of producing the laptop parts via injection molding, > but preserving the design in a way that end users could still print > replacement parts? Seems like this would require a large redesign investment > but could save time and money manufacturing. it wouldn't be a large redesign (i hope) because as i am using a parametric design in python it *should* be possible to just write an alternative backend for pyopenscad that outputs STEP instead of SCAD-which-gets-turned-into-STL. that's in theory. in practice i really really don't want to spend the time going down that route, even if there exists a STEP library (in python). why STEP? because that's the standard that injection molding uses, because it's a geometric standard (not a triangles-and-faces standard like STL). l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
