Todays Project - What did you do today?

[PixMan]

(11-01-2012, 04:16 AM)Mayhem Wrote: You should make a batch and sell them Ken!

Actually, if I get much more interest in them I'm going to have Russ quote them. It's not something I want to spend a lot of time on. I value my time and the $40 to $60 I could get for them doesn't justify the 3.5 hours it took me to make one (including clean-up.) The blanks would be turned in a CNC machine in under 1 minute each. The milling of the main part, about 3 minutes, the pre-machining of the clamp block, 2 minutes, and final turning, about 2 minutes. Add in the multiple handling and assembly time (you have to bolt them together with a shim between them for final turn), and you're looking at about 10 minutes each, plus material.

No way is making more than a couple of them (I'm up to two already) justified for a home shop with multiple setups and manual tool changes.

BTW, I don't know if I posted photos of just what this part does. It mounts to a cross bar support inside the windscreen of the motorcycle. With parts from Ram Mount company (included with my GPS unit), it positions the SAT/NAV unit just above the bike's instruments and in the same distance plane. When the eyes don't have to refocus to go from the GPS to the instruments, it makes for a less distracted and hence, safer ride.