Homebrew PCBs

>There won't be any new designs (old ones according to you) coming 
>from me in the future.

I'm not knocking your designs since you obviously leveraged the 
economy of scale concept whereby items produced in considerable bulk, 
intended for "fast" markets, are successfully utilized in another 
much "slower" market with commensurate savings. This concept is often 
at the heart of DIY and we see the same thing here quite often. No 
doubt, it, along with the savings are major attractions with 
aesthetics being of little concern especially for beginners. Seasoned 
CNCers would probably be more concerned with aesthetics.

My concern is to do with the whole idea of selling plans of this 
nature on the internet. I also have a similar concern with mail-in 
rebates. While both are welcomed practices there is a veiled ruse 
associated with both IMO. Most companies who offer MIRs are aware of 
the statistics in that only about 20% of people who qualify for MIRs 
go on to claim them. In other words there's a dangling carrot that's 
soon forgotten after the purchase. Do you have any idea as to the 
percentage of plans sold that are actually used to make a finished 
working machine?

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@...> wrote:
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