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It's $1450 if you discount the construction time, as ever. Which ordinarily wouldn't be worth commenting on, but in this case it means rewinding 12 motors whic

It's $1450 if you discount the construction time, as ever. Which ordinarily wouldn't be worth commenting on, but in this case it means rewinding 12 motors which just sounds like an exercise in tedium and hand pain.

15155 5mo ago
Only because they didn't know how to ask the vendor to do it for them. I guarantee this vendor would be delighted to make them to spec at a 1ku volume, max. Rewinding isn't even a meaningful SKU distinction or line retool, it's a configuration parameter. At 12 motors per product, it's easy to hit MOQ.
- dezgeg 5mo ago
  Reminder that this was a student project.
- drzaiusx11 5mo ago
  There are inventor programs that'll literally ship you to Shenzhen to build connections to manufacturing sites and even provide you with a liaison, etc. I only know this because I was once in a program that did exactly this.
  - modeless 5mo ago
    Mind linking some?
    - drzaiusx11 5mo ago
      HAX Ventures (Formerly HAXLR8R) https://hax.co/ https://hax.co/ TroubleMaker (Conquer! program) https://troublemakershenzhen.com/member/apprentice-membership/ https://troublemakershenzhen.com/member/apprentice-membershi... Seeed Maker Camp https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2024/01/15/introducing-maker-camp-in-shenzhen https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2024/01/15/introducing-make... I was an alumni of HAXLR8R before the rename.
- Animats 5mo ago
  Rewinding drone motors for high torque and lower speed seems to be a popular thing. Here's the commercial process of machine winding motors like that.[1] That's a medium-volume machine, loaded and unloaded by hand, and adjustable for different wire and motor geometry. Here's a hobbyist version of a similar winder.[2] And another automatic hobbyist winder. Those wind under uniform tension, and with wire positioning, so you get a smooth, tight winding. This matters if you're going to use the motor much. Doesn't matter as much for short-lived toys. There should soon be enough convergence that low cost, high torque, low speed models are off the shelf items. It's a great time to be building robots. Used to be all uphill on the parts side. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMk2qFFcSho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMk2qFFcSho [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=486nUU2FjGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=486nUU2FjGU [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tAsM0K7Sg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tAsM0K7Sg

15155 5mo ago

Only because they didn't know how to ask the vendor to do it for them. I guarantee this vendor would be delighted to make them to spec at a 1ku volume, max. Rewinding isn't even a meaningful SKU distinction or line retool, it's a configuration parameter. At 12 motors per product, it's easy to hit MOQ.

dezgeg 5mo ago
Reminder that this was a student project.
drzaiusx11 5mo ago
There are inventor programs that'll literally ship you to Shenzhen to build connections to manufacturing sites and even provide you with a liaison, etc. I only know this because I was once in a program that did exactly this.
- modeless 5mo ago
  Mind linking some?
  - drzaiusx11 5mo ago
    HAX Ventures (Formerly HAXLR8R) https://hax.co/ https://hax.co/ TroubleMaker (Conquer! program) https://troublemakershenzhen.com/member/apprentice-membership/ https://troublemakershenzhen.com/member/apprentice-membershi... Seeed Maker Camp https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2024/01/15/introducing-maker-camp-in-shenzhen https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2024/01/15/introducing-make... I was an alumni of HAXLR8R before the rename.
Animats 5mo ago
Rewinding drone motors for high torque and lower speed seems to be a popular thing. Here's the commercial process of machine winding motors like that.[1] That's a medium-volume machine, loaded and unloaded by hand, and adjustable for different wire and motor geometry. Here's a hobbyist version of a similar winder.[2] And another automatic hobbyist winder. Those wind under uniform tension, and with wire positioning, so you get a smooth, tight winding. This matters if you're going to use the motor much. Doesn't matter as much for short-lived toys. There should soon be enough convergence that low cost, high torque, low speed models are off the shelf items. It's a great time to be building robots. Used to be all uphill on the parts side. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMk2qFFcSho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMk2qFFcSho [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=486nUU2FjGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=486nUU2FjGU [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tAsM0K7Sg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tAsM0K7Sg