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Unless you live in Asia there is probably no existing mass manufacturers for most of these parts within 500 miles of where you live. They are not just a killed
by gravitronic 15y ago
Unless you live in Asia there is probably no existing mass manufacturers for most of these parts within 500 miles of where you live. They are not just a killed animal or fermented grains.
Interesting idea, but impossible for most people today.
- rch 15y agoI live in Houston, so it is more feasible for me than for most, but I tried to leave the location vague for discussion purposes. Bringing some manufacturing capacity back to the regional level is exactly my objective. Specifically, product runs on the order of 5000 units, with a modest bill of materials, using open specs that lend themselves to lower cost redesign and re-purposing.
- gravitronic 15y agoAt least we now have the ability to cut PCBs or print enclosures locally or even personally. I have a CNC enroute for my garage fab lab. Still a long ways and orders of magnitude of complexity away from local chip fab though, but it's a start.
- rch 15y agoHacker spaces have come a long way too. If you're ever in Houston stop by: http://www.txrxlabs.org/ http://www.txrxlabs.org/