JimK
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2003
- Location
- Berkeley Springs, WV, USA
Now that I am living in West By Gosh Virginia I am able to get out and shoot much more often than when I lived in the D.C. area.
There is a young guy who hangs out here and he is a gun nut, so that means quite a few trips to our local gun emporium for ammunition.
I also ave had by Beak between the pages of the gun magazines.
Surpirsing thing I have found.
There are a few new names in the gun industry. They are makers of fine and "custom" automatic pistols and revolvers. I have seen the guns in real life and the workmanship is as impressive as the price.
Those guns sell well!
There is nothing more mechanical than a firearm. Here is a machine that can be made on CNC equipment or conventional equipment - however the maker decides.
I choose not to go through all the licensing and paper work necessary to make and sell guns, but I think there is a point to be made here.
If someone already has a machine shop, he should be thinking along the lines of making a small mechanical device that can be sold into a niche market.
We make a fruit tester. it is all brass and it sells in very small quantities all over the world. The folks at Ford and GM don't have to worry about our production capacity, but the job helps keep the lights on and the rent paid.
We make an Equipment Mount for Navy ships. Another diddly-dingus job that Raytheon and Lockheed-Martin don't want to fool with so they buy ours.
I am thinking of finding some ancient brass scientific instrument to copy and make. Maybe a nice balance scale. They look great and rich guys might buy them just to have on their desks.
Never underestimate the "handmade" or "custom" angle. Use the Wal Mart craze to your advantage.
Put something on the web or on the market that isn't on eBay or Wally-World and it will sell just beacuse of that.
Men, especially, will lay down their money for a thing that goes "Zip when it moves, Bop when it stops and Whirr when it stands still".
Well, what are we waiting for - let's hit the drawing boards!
There is a young guy who hangs out here and he is a gun nut, so that means quite a few trips to our local gun emporium for ammunition.
I also ave had by Beak between the pages of the gun magazines.
Surpirsing thing I have found.
There are a few new names in the gun industry. They are makers of fine and "custom" automatic pistols and revolvers. I have seen the guns in real life and the workmanship is as impressive as the price.
Those guns sell well!
There is nothing more mechanical than a firearm. Here is a machine that can be made on CNC equipment or conventional equipment - however the maker decides.
I choose not to go through all the licensing and paper work necessary to make and sell guns, but I think there is a point to be made here.
If someone already has a machine shop, he should be thinking along the lines of making a small mechanical device that can be sold into a niche market.
We make a fruit tester. it is all brass and it sells in very small quantities all over the world. The folks at Ford and GM don't have to worry about our production capacity, but the job helps keep the lights on and the rent paid.
We make an Equipment Mount for Navy ships. Another diddly-dingus job that Raytheon and Lockheed-Martin don't want to fool with so they buy ours.
I am thinking of finding some ancient brass scientific instrument to copy and make. Maybe a nice balance scale. They look great and rich guys might buy them just to have on their desks.
Never underestimate the "handmade" or "custom" angle. Use the Wal Mart craze to your advantage.
Put something on the web or on the market that isn't on eBay or Wally-World and it will sell just beacuse of that.
Men, especially, will lay down their money for a thing that goes "Zip when it moves, Bop when it stops and Whirr when it stands still".
Well, what are we waiting for - let's hit the drawing boards!
