> For small production runs it is almost always the most economical option, and even mass produced parts typically need secondary machining for any applications

> For small production runs it is almost always the most economical option, and even mass produced parts typically need secondary machining for any applications that require tight tolerance. I haven't said avoid machined parts. I said avoid machining as part of your own manufacturing process. It looks very odd to have a lone, expensive n-axis CNC sitting on the shop floor just to do few parts. > any self respecting factory should have a machine shop for tooling and fixtures. For most of my career by now, it was always faster, and easier to have tooling made by a contractor, than on-site. I can email a solidworks sketch in the morning, and get a perfect mold/die by the evening. > I am also dying to know how you made a scooter without any machined components. As said before without machining, not machined parts. We were buying Yadea kits. Assembly was very straightforward. Slide two parts of a frame with slide locks, and welds. Affix other parts, and panelling. That was all to it, except for local workforce not being able to handle pretty much everything.