Becoming a manufacturer?

[cabbage]

We all make models, some of us make more parts than they need and store re them, others sell them. Now my "to build" list is starting to look as if what I jokingly call "Glass Hammer Designs" and "Kitchen Sink Engineering" become part and parcel of my railway!?!?!?

I have standardised on three power bogies, the English Electric C0, the Brotish Thompson Houston B0 and the Metropolitan Vickers B0.

My era is 1950 to 1962 and I love Traction. At what point do you turn from a modellwr into a manufacturer (?)

Regards

Ralph

[IanT]

My era is 1950 to 1962 and I love Traction. At what point do you turn from a modeller into a manufacturer (?)

When you have at least two 3D Printers going 24 x 7 and you still can't keep up with demand?  :-)

Good to see you at the AGM yesterday Ralph - that was an impressive display of printed locos. I'm sure they took a long time to print but that they also needed a great deal of your time to design & programme (in SCAD) too.

Well done.

Regards

IanT

[cabbage]

Errrr... I have THREE 3D printers, a laser cutter, and a CNC router. One of the 3d printers is on loan to my niece whose daughters have the most wonderful collextion of Barbie pink printed things for their Barbies...

Regards

Ralph

[cabbage]

I did a line count of the code to make the Tobias print -it came to only 724 lines of code across 17 SCAD description modules.

A short compact project in more ways than one!

Regards

Ralph