Re: Looking for boards from EVRC (Dan McCauley)

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Original poster: Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx>

Just keep in mind, you dont *need* to have boards made... all of my
DRSSTCs use home-made PCBs (Designed by myself).  They arent as nice
looking, but they can work just as well.  They sure cost a lot less!

Steve

On 8/13/05, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: "marc" <xp88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Yea, ExpressPCB is a great place. I've used them for work prototypes many
> times.
> At first the $200+ price tag for two of Dan's DRSSTC boards scared me,but
> the fun of any "real" hobby is directly proportional to $ I guess.
> I re-arranged the artwork into just two driver/H-bridge pairs and got the
> cost down to about $130, as I really didn't want the extra stuff.
>
> Thanks for all the reply's.
>
> Marc
>
>
>  > [Original Message]
>  > From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  > To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  > Date: 8/12/2005 9:20:23 PM
>  > Subject: Re: Looking for boards from EVRC (Dan McCauley)
>  >
>  > Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I recently was working on a big universal MMC PC board too.  The more
>  > you buy the cheaper they are...  How many will you sell????  Should
>  > you also get the brass hardware, caps, at volume discounts too???  In
>  > the end, I just could not get the "many" spreadsheets to tell me I
>  > would not get stuck with about $500 of stuff...  I had to give it all
>  > up...  But with places like ExpressPCB, just the "artwork" is golden
>  > and they can do "just two" boards...  You don't get quantity prices,
>  > but you do get the boards for not terribly more anyway...
>  >
>  > In my case, I just put all the ExpressPCB files on the DRSSTC site
>  > and they can be ordered easily.  Thus "I" don't have to worry about it
> ;-))
>  >
>  > In many cases now, "big buys" can now be small buys for not too much
>  > penalty and the risks are eliminated.
>  >
>  > I don't think "lawsuits" ever crossed our minds ;-))  It all about
>  > "money" baby!!!
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  >
>  >          Terry
>  >
>  >
>  > At 06:31 PM 8/12/2005, you wrote:
>  > >"Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >Yes, its definitely not the liability or cost, but rather that interest
>  > >as a whole has dropped from the initial buys.
>  > >Although everyone once in awhile someone is interested in the boards for
>  > >purchase, overall there isn't enough interest
>  > >to do a large bulk buy on the boards, and risk getting stuck with extra
>  > >boards and lose money on it.
>  > >
>  > >However, i do offer all the artwork for all my boards now.  They aren't
>  > >all on my website, but if you ask, i'd be happy to send it to you.  I
>  > >just ask that you provide me with the credit if you use the artwork and
>  > >that you do not resell boards for a profit using it.
>  > >
>  > >Dan"
>  > >
>  > >         Having been in the same position myself, I can confirm that
> making up
>  > >boards or kits of parts for the casual hobby trade is a disappointing
>  > >proposition at best.  Customers often quibble over price, having no
>  > >concept about the relationship between manufacturing cost per unit and
>  > >the production rate and the fact that the guy selling to them is really
>  > >doing them a favor.  On top of that they often demand special service.
>  > >Been there, done that, never again!
>  > >
>  > >Ed
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