Whelen Tail Strobe Mount - Follow Up
It is funny how you can have this perception as to how a product needs to be manufactured and then you talk to someone who offers up a completely different and better way to do it.
I had another look at my tail strobe mount ring the other day and was talking to an engineer that has experience in CNC and other manufacturing technologies. Here I was thinking that I would need to set up a bar of aluminum and have a 2 axis CNC milling machine mill the shape out. I would then take the remainder of the bar and simply cut the parts off from it using a band saw. This vision defaulted to my usual way of approaching the manufacture of things I design. High complexity and high cost.
My engineer acquaintance looked at the napkin that I was drawing on and said why don’t you just cut it out using a water jet cutter? DUHH!! Now there’s a good idea. This means that can get the parts cut out for a great deal less money and will therefor be able to pass the savings on to the people who are interested in it.
I should know in a couple of weeks where and when it will be available. I am working on getting a US distributor so that largest market is served well and won’t have to deal with the border and its shipping fees.
Happy Building
Dave