<div dir="ltr">Well, putting together 2000 of these kits is entirely different from using them to teach kids to solder. <div><br></div><div>Best way to get 2000 of the kits together is to pull the design, determine what parts are necessary, price the BOM and then price the board utilizing the parts chosen. </div>
<div><br></div><div>How ever you do it, I would build at least a half dozen prototypes first and put them in the hands of kids and make sure it can survive a little bit of abuse before making purchases in any large quantities. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Matthew H <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hendrix04@gmail.com" target="_blank">hendrix04@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I was more thinking getting boards made, ordering parts and put kits together yourself.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<span></span><br><br>On Thursday, April 24, 2014, Matt Barron <<a href="mailto:mbarronj@gmail.com" target="_blank">mbarronj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>The design is known, open source, commodity, as are all the parts. If needed, it could be put out to a board house and reels of parts bought and sent to a pcb fab house for smt pick-n-place and reflow. I could handle doing it industrially.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But I don't feel like that's the Hacker/Maker/Artist/Engineer style I'm going for. Howabout teaching kids to solder? Teaching classes on music synthesis and circuitmaking art? I am looking for the best thing to provide for the Huntsville community, and I would like creative feedback and Ideas from MakersLocal 256. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If you were going to change the world with a 555 timer, how would you do it?<br><br>Matt</div><div><br>On Apr 24, 2014, at 8:43 PM, Stephan Henning <<a>shenning@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Should be easy enough to source the parts, would need to buy a copy to replicate the board, unless you know the schematic for the circuit being used. <div><br></div><div>Makershed version is much smaller and appears to have a lot lower part count. I'd be interested to see the BOM cost comparisons between the two. </div>
</div><div><br><br><div>On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Matthew H <span dir="ltr"><<a>hendrix04@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">You could also see if makershed has the ability to handle that quantity<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
<a href="http://www.makershed.com/product_p/mkjr2.htm" target="_blank">http://www.makershed.com/product_p/mkjr2.htm</a><br>
</div></div><div><div><div><br><br><div>On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Matthew H <span dir="ltr"><<a>hendrix04@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I would see if you could get the design for that board and source all the parts yourself.</div><div>
<div><div><br><br><div>On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Stephan Henning <span dir="ltr"><<a>shenning@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Clarify your question please.<div><br></div><div>You wish to order 2000 of those kits?</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>
<br></div><div>-Stephan</div></font></span></div><div><div><div><br><br><div>On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Matt Barron <span dir="ltr"><<a>mbarronj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey makers!<br>
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What do you guys think is the best way to get about 2000 of something like this:<br>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/123476855/atari-punk-console-diy-kit?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_listing_promoted&utm_campaign=music_low&gclid=CKzBipaq-r0CFY3m7AodNQcApw" target="_blank">http://www.etsy.com/listing/123476855/atari-punk-console-diy-kit?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_listing_promoted&utm_campaign=music_low&gclid=CKzBipaq-r0CFY3m7AodNQcApw</a><br>
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