Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:36 pm
I have a chronograph! :-p
I've personally made a few 2" porting chamber sealing valves myself. I've got it pretty nice, my mothers job is ordering for a national lumber store, at our local store. So I get access to anything one would find in a typical hardware store, for 10% over cost. As it is I can make a complete valve for what it costs to buy a 2.5" tee off of McMaster, and have it shipped. My valves being in cased in a 2.5" tee, with a .5" brass ball valve vent. I machine them on my 8x12 Central Machinery metal mini-lathe. A couple of people have made offers on the personal level for valves, in which I intend to fulfill. Why I would like to start selling them publicly, I think the income created from personal sales will be sufficient to fund the tinkering projects, not currently interested in dealing with the 'politics' of selling.
While I don't intend to discourage you, but I think your wanting to do this is largely created out of anger, if you will. So your intent, and will may waver as such anger is wearing off.
As others have stated, the 2.5" porting will largely be un-beneficial. I do not believe I need to re-illiterate as to why, just to again conform.
Currently we have Joel a man of large reputation. He builds nice guns, and if you know of any spudding related sites on the web, you know SpudTech. As he has had a large back order, it seems he has tamed it back down to suitable times. Seem as if he had a lot of personal problems. Although, as a result of such I might exploit that the slow shipping times are no longer a viable sale point.
Then you got Gort, BC, and Nick [SpudShot.com] that have there own little sites. Nothing overwhelming successful, but at the same time I'm sure there turning sufficient profits.
I think as we all can tell DR, and Rob are edging there way into the market. DR holds the rep, while Rob owns a prototyping development company in which can replicate parts via a polyurethane casting process.
If you feel there is a market that is worth your time by all means pursue, although I might first suggest that you establish some type of 'rep' in the spudding community. While yes there may be a few 'noobs' to jump at your sale of these valves, but without a rep the sales will not be persistent.
I've personally made a few 2" porting chamber sealing valves myself. I've got it pretty nice, my mothers job is ordering for a national lumber store, at our local store. So I get access to anything one would find in a typical hardware store, for 10% over cost. As it is I can make a complete valve for what it costs to buy a 2.5" tee off of McMaster, and have it shipped. My valves being in cased in a 2.5" tee, with a .5" brass ball valve vent. I machine them on my 8x12 Central Machinery metal mini-lathe. A couple of people have made offers on the personal level for valves, in which I intend to fulfill. Why I would like to start selling them publicly, I think the income created from personal sales will be sufficient to fund the tinkering projects, not currently interested in dealing with the 'politics' of selling.
While I don't intend to discourage you, but I think your wanting to do this is largely created out of anger, if you will. So your intent, and will may waver as such anger is wearing off.
As others have stated, the 2.5" porting will largely be un-beneficial. I do not believe I need to re-illiterate as to why, just to again conform.
Currently we have Joel a man of large reputation. He builds nice guns, and if you know of any spudding related sites on the web, you know SpudTech. As he has had a large back order, it seems he has tamed it back down to suitable times. Seem as if he had a lot of personal problems. Although, as a result of such I might exploit that the slow shipping times are no longer a viable sale point.
Then you got Gort, BC, and Nick [SpudShot.com] that have there own little sites. Nothing overwhelming successful, but at the same time I'm sure there turning sufficient profits.
I think as we all can tell DR, and Rob are edging there way into the market. DR holds the rep, while Rob owns a prototyping development company in which can replicate parts via a polyurethane casting process.
If you feel there is a market that is worth your time by all means pursue, although I might first suggest that you establish some type of 'rep' in the spudding community. While yes there may be a few 'noobs' to jump at your sale of these valves, but without a rep the sales will not be persistent.
