Contaced a Factory in China about producing a run of fully populated Mini-migs

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AJCopland wrote:
@terminator4

Wow, what a vitriolic set of posts. For a reference I'm from the UK and I'd actually say that the common perception is that most things manufactured in the USA is a piece of c**p. Then again many also think that things made in France are a piece of c**p, or Italy, or Spain... well you get the idea.

In fact most of goods made in China are of a pretty high standard. Certainly as good as anywhere else in the world.

You want yours made in America or Taiwan. Then go to the lengths that Crom00 is going too with his production run. He's sourcing factories, prices, components and forking out for initial test MiniMigs.

As MiniMig is OPEN SOURCE so if someone else wants to make one THEY CAN. There is no copyright there to protect!!!

Andy

Well said!!!

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terminator4 wrote:
It's tough to.... SNIP .... minimig is made in china ...

Give up. If people, like you, have a problem with China (or any other country) they wont buy products made in that country. Period. Stop trying to impose your opinion on others. I'll buy my products from whoever I see fit.

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Crom00 wrote:
Getting closer here, vendor had truoble securing all parts this is supposedly resolved. WE shall see.

Got any dates/schedule available yet?

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whiteb wrote:
Dennis is adding Multiple ADF support, I know that for DEFINITE.

I hope he is adding hard file support.... that has to be high on the list of what can be done with minimig v1.1 without any hardware changes.

[tonyyeb]

Any update Crom? Will we see prototypes/beta machines before xmas?

Cheers

[tonyyeb]

Crom00 wrote:
Not before Christmas unfortunately.

Any other news to keep us going?

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acidrain wrote:
I have found this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Minimig-v1-1-PCB-Bare-Gold-finish-Nusim_W0QQitemZ290183063173QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#paymentmethods

Cheers for that mate but Nusim and his bare minimig boards are well known around here. There was a front page news item about them not so long back.

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Crom00 wrote:
Got back info today but factory although experienced will only do mass numbers after all. +(1000) ARGHH! Agent is moving to quotes with factories that do smaller quantities and stressing the conecpt of small quantities.

Not wanting to teach grandma to suck eggs but wouldn't that have been an important factor when choosing who to get quotes from in the first place?

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Crom00 wrote:
Sure was clear about all that... but I can't balme them for wanting larger quantities, after all they're running a business where volume pricing is a key factor.

Maybee we should start chuch of "MiniMig" where we take collections, and make low cost MiniMIG boards for our members. Amen!

Whatever it takes for me to get a minimig!  :lol:

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Any update?

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Darrin wrote:
The sad thing is, 1000 units is moveable, but who has a spare (for example) $50,000 - $100,000 to initiate the production run?

If the batch was smaller and in the $5,000 - $10,000 range and being produced by a trustworthy source, then I might be willing to chip in 10-20% of the production cost on the understanding that I get my money back when the boards are sold.

I'm sure a run of 100 produced and "advertised" via a slashdot article would produce enough interest to sell all of them on eBay using "buy-it-now" quite quickly.

Totally agree with that, but its all about the initial risk.

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HenryCase wrote:

Crom00, can you at least give us a ball park retail figure to gauge interest (using the figures from the companies you've had offers from so far, natch)?

Yeah what would be the retail price for the item at the current costings?

[tonyyeb]

Hi Crom. Hope you had a good holiday. Will you be continuing your search to have Minimigs built with the news that ACube are going to be doing the same with a "Mid January" release?

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Crom00 wrote:
I would imagine Acube will get more than a few returns from greenhorns that use the wrong power supply, and memory card.

I think ACube will be sensible enough to sell the Minimigs with a PSU. I hope they will anyway!