[sdiy] My frustration as a technician..

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

Yep, that's the way it works.

If you are saving a $0.01 (or even less) in making a millon or even more
items that's a lot of money in your pocket. Getting  rid of that one
resistor in the circuit, shrinking the board by 0.1 sq inch, not drilling
those extra test fixture pads all adds up.

It seems there is a new trend starting to happen though. When all this
manufacturing went to China they just sent everything to be built there. Now
it seems that a lot of small volume manufacturiung is moving back to the
states. In a number of cases dealling with the hassles of doing the work
overseas became more expensive than just doing them here.

Jay S.


-----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of John Speth
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 2:34 PM
To: cheater00 .; Terry Shultz
Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] My frustration as a technician..

> Rob, Dave, John, what do you guys say: does it really cost that much
more to
> put holes in your PCBs? Serious question.

Yes, it really does.  Every little thing contributes to cost.  Generally,
the smaller the better (lower product weight, less material, lower
shipping cost, etc).  Pennies count in a world where customers demand low
prices and capitalists demand high return on investment.

If the maker of a product could see a higher profit in making products
with thru hole, it'd be on the street in no time.  It'll probably never
happen though.

JJS
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