Perhaps you have a Makerspace nearby or similar setup, those places offer a lot of expertise and tools to help get started. Prototyping also involves going a bi

Perhaps you have a Makerspace nearby or similar setup, those places offer a lot of expertise and tools to help get started. Prototyping also involves going a bit MacGuyver versus trying to build the final product you have in your mind. For example if there is a lot of custom forming involved your initial tries could just be made out of plaster of paris and chicken wire. Likewise you can use manufacturing techniques that wouldn’t scale to the final product but would be cheaper for a one off.