Assembling kits other people manufactured is not manufacturing - that's assembly. If you don't need it to do a lot of work, a cheap used cnc is incredibly chea

Assembling kits other people manufactured is not manufacturing - that's assembly. If you don't need it to do a lot of work, a cheap used cnc is incredibly cheap. You can easily get a decent one for under 30k and if you can wait for a deal you can probably snag something for under 10. Lathes are even cheaper. They're easily the most accessible machine tools. I used to work for a tool and die shop. It took us weeks from when we quoted a job to when it would ship and people came to us because of how fast we were. I don't know where in the world you're getting same day molds and dies, but that's not normal at all.