One for chewy22

As you seem a dab hand with machine tools have you considered knocking out the offset woodruff key ignition advancer. I got one a couple of years ago for £18 & felt ripped off. I mean 1mm ground off a 5mm woodruff key for nearly 20 quid. They would probably sell nicely here & on Ebay. Rear sets also seem to be a profitable item.

Originally Posted by davyf

As you seem a dab hand with machine tools have you considered knocking out the offset woodruff key ignition advancer. I got one a couple of years ago for £18 & felt ripped off. I mean 1mm ground off a 5mm woodruff key for nearly 20 quid. They would probably sell nicely here & on Ebay. Rear sets also seem to be a profitable item.

Well i do understand were you are coming from davyf about the price thats why i started my parts for the SVs But i do feel £20 is a good price in a limmited market as tool time and CNC drawing time has to be absorbed somewere. When i started the mirror spacers the cost of that prototype was £100 plus expences so about £150 will be a good idea of my costs, who pays for this ? Well i do only in the hope that I get the product right and it sells and after maybe 2 batches i get my investment back and even though it hurts i cant use them. But how many can i sell well thats down to you if you like you will post up if not then i have to start all over again. So i would say to you pay your £18 or try and have one made yourself then you will be in for a real shock.



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Originally Posted by chewy22

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well I've just viewed, so I'll comment.

As we live in a consumer driver society, people are used to looking at the cost of materials used to produce something and not the overheads involved, and they use this to judge value.

Having made one off's for vintage and veteran bikes,their are several hidden costs, you may need to make several prototypes in order to to get a single working item.

Projected volume and bulk raw material purchase, may save money, however the time offset before recouping the outlay also has an inherent cost.

the skills to do the job also carry a financial cost, whether it be yourself or employing someone to do all or part of a job.

then the machine costs, fuel ,lighting, rent for premises, the list goes on.

the other side of course is to find something already done and produce it cheaper?

That do as a comment

Cheers Mark.

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I was waiting to hear what Chewy'd say, and he chipped in with exactly what I expected. I don't think there's a huge demand for the part, and it's already being made at an accessible price. Sure, it's not cheap, and it's not very well done (has anyone managed to fit the advancer without filing it down? Don't think so) but it's a small niche and it's already filled.

Even at the price it stands at the moment it's still a good bang for your buck mod, IMHO.

Seems to me that you're an enterprising type and if it was worth your while to knock something up then you would have already done it.

Thank you all you were spot on.
But in furure if i cn get anything done as low cost as i can for forum members i will. I usualy need about 20 to 40 orders of something just to cover my outlay or i am out of pocket.

Thanks all

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