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I’m very intrigued, as I have a couple ideas for things I could manufacture with my 3D printer + some custom electronics too, but have never invested the time i
by chubs 4y ago
I’m very intrigued, as I have a couple ideas for things I could manufacture with my 3D printer + some custom electronics too, but have never invested the time into. Could you by any chance please share what you’re making? Or just a rough idea if you want to protect your niche? Thanks
- mcsniff 4y agoI sell the only "generic" version of an item that is both costly in money and time to obtain. Imagine you had a bunch of arcade machines with a proprietary button to turn each on. You can buy the button, but the manufacturer requires their service people physically install and bind it your arcade. Most operators want multiple buttons cause they always break, but they also don't want to deal with downtime during replacement. I sell the button for 1/3 of the cost with modifications allowing anyone to install it.
- chubs 4y agoThanks for explaining! That indeed sounds like quite a niche. Can I trouble you to ask how you discovered this niche? Is it very difficult to interface to these propriety systems?
- h4waii 4y agoI saw the need after wanting something similar, but nobody was offering it. Guess I have some cross-domain knowledge to know it was possible to do. For me, reverse engineering it was easy, the most difficult part was/is sourcing electronics with custom specs.