My cost to use the machines for personal profit will be $100 per hour. The cycle time on the prototype was about 2 hrs. 15 min. (one emblem) That was a first attempt and I will be able to reduce cycle time slightly on the next go-round but I'm not foreseeing a huge time savings with out affecting the look of the final product.
After that I would need to cut in Kevin (Scruffydog) for surely if money is made he is deserving of some of it.
I would have to pay $700 per year to become a vendor on this Forum.
I can not even estimate the cost of reaching a licensing agreement with Nissan or what percentage they would want.
Then you got UPS and the tax man.
I imagine few will be willing to pay the price required to cover these costs. And I'm perfectly fine with that. There is no room for profit here and I never really intended for there to be.
I see the most likely scenario as this:
5 sets get made, One for me, One for Kevin.
AK gets 70 bucks for a one month vendorship.
3 sets hit ebay.
Then I start my next project. Solid sterling silver shift knob.
