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Injection Molding vs 3D Printing: Where the Price Curve Flips
3D printing has no tooling and a flat price per part. Injection molding has a mold and a very low price per part. Here is how to find the quantity where one beats the other.
Read 02 · 4 min readWhat Design for Manufacture Means, and Why It Saves Money
Design for manufacture, or DFM, means shaping a part so a shop can make it cheaply and repeatably. Learn the checks that matter most before you request a quote.
Read 03 · 5 min readHow Hardware Group Buys Work, and Where They Go Wrong
A hardware group buy pools demand so a run can be made at a lower price. Learn how waitlists, saved cards, and triggers work, and the failure modes to plan for.
Read 04 · 4 min readFrom Gerber Files to an Assembled Board: What Each Shop Needs
A circuit board takes two steps: fabrication makes the bare board from Gerber files, and assembly places the parts from a bill of materials. Here is what to send each shop.
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