grinder

Pinke

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i just have one question...i got an idea to make a grinder but i dont know who to contact about production and that kind of stuff so if someone can help me i would be thankfull :D
 

Merlot

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Won't happen. If you can't work this out for yourself, you have no hope of getting a product to market.

You'll need a prototype
You'll need funds
You'll need connections
You'll need to provide paperwork that so n so is interested in taking a trial batch to gauge interest
etc etc
 

Unclebaldrick

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i just have one question...i got an idea to make a grinder but i dont know who to contact about production and that kind of stuff so if someone can help me i would be thankfull :D
That kind of depends on how it is made. If you are talking about the standard, milled out of aluminum sort of thing, go find an occupational skills place (if there are any left open) and find some guy who knows how to use a CNC mill. Give him your CAD files and an ounce. Done.

What makes your grinder different than any other? It is a pretty crowded market these days but I have seen a couple I liked.
 

Pinke

New Member
That kind of depends on how it is made. If you are talking about the standard, milled out of aluminum sort of thing, go find an occupational skills place (if there are any left open) and find some guy who knows how to use a CNC mill. Give him your CAD files and an ounce. Done.

What makes your grinder different than any other? It is a pretty crowded market these days but I have seen a couple I liked.
Well the main difference is there isnt any other like that, atleast from what i was able to find on the internet
 

Unclebaldrick

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Well the main difference is there isnt any other like that, atleast from what i was able to find on the internet
Without giving your idea away, is yours unique because of design or function?

I have a lot of experience with rapid prototyping, is yours made of metal? Are there multiple parts?
 

Pinke

New Member
Without giving your idea away, is yours unique because of design or function?

I have a lot of experience with rapid prototyping, is yours made of metal? Are there multiple parts?
Well both...little bit more in function.

I think it would be easiest to make it out of metal but it could be wooden on the outside...lets say 3 or 4 parts
 

Unclebaldrick

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Well both...little bit more in function.

I think it would be easiest to make it out of metal but it could be wooden on the outside...lets say 3 or 4 parts
Well, the wood part should be easy. I can think of three people i know who have professional level woodshops in their basements. There are a whole lot of people like that. Find one near you on CL. The metal parts should be easy as well. But for long term production, the wood/metal thing sounds like a loser unless you are literally making them yourself. I think you ought to make it the way it should be made in the first place. Be aware of your production costs. Your competitors are already making these things by the millions and have probably paid for their initial investment already.

But if you have a real good product and start to show it, it will immediately be ripped off by the increasing number of Chinese paraphernalia makers. There is little defense against this so you had better obtain a patent (unlikely) or hit the ground running with a lot of capital so that you can get some market share before they make it at half that price and eat your lunch. Unless you can make this thing yourself, you are entering a very tough market. If your product is not good enough to revolutionize the grinder market, you are facing some pretty big competitors. You had better have as much money as they already do now - and even then they have the inside track.

For example, why are there so many aluminum puck grinders? Because it is so easy to obtain a good CNC mill, rent a space for it and start churning them out like photocopies. Also because so many tool makers are traditionally stoners. Most of them really. Except the old ones that learned their craft in the hold of a ship anchored somewhere in the Pacific (rip, Ray). Those fuckers were drunks.

Take advantage of local people. Put an ad on CL saying that you are looking for a woodworker or a metal worker. Enthusiasts dig this sort of thing.
 

WeedFreak78

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If you make an aluminum, or any metal, grinder..deburr the damn thing..that's my biggest bitch with all the ones I've seen..The one i got now gave me half a bowl of aluminum chips the first time i used it. I'm a machinists, so i know what it takes..it's not that hard to toss them in a tumbler of sand..also if it has a crank handle on it, use a heli-coil or threaded insert.. I had to fix mine after stripping out the 2-56 screw they originally used..i opened it up ta 4-40 and heli-coiled it..it'll chop up big stems now( if i wanted) without fear of breaking. this is the one i have:
 

Pinke

New Member
Well, the wood part should be easy. I can think of three people i know who have professional level woodshops in their basements. There are a whole lot of people like that. Find one near you on CL. The metal parts should be easy as well. But for long term production, the wood/metal thing sounds like a loser unless you are literally making them yourself. I think you ought to make it the way it should be made in the first place. Be aware of your production costs. Your competitors are already making these things by the millions and have probably paid for their initial investment already.

But if you have a real good product and start to show it, it will immediately be ripped off by the increasing number of Chinese paraphernalia makers. There is little defense against this so you had better obtain a patent (unlikely) or hit the ground running with a lot of capital so that you can get some market share before they make it at half that price and eat your lunch. Unless you can make this thing yourself, you are entering a very tough market. If your product is not good enough to revolutionize the grinder market, you are facing some pretty big competitors. You had better have as much money as they already do now - and even then they have the inside track.

For example, why are there so many aluminum puck grinders? Because it is so easy to obtain a good CNC mill, rent a space for it and start churning them out like photocopies. Also because so many tool makers are traditionally stoners. Most of them really. Except the old ones that learned their craft in the hold of a ship anchored somewhere in the Pacific (rip, Ray). Those fuckers were drunks.

Take advantage of local people. Put an ad on CL saying that you are looking for a woodworker or a metal worker. Enthusiasts dig this sort of thing.
Mate i will hire you if i get rich haha when i first tought about this thing patent was the first thing i would do if i am able to make 1 and it works...if this ever gets bigger than the idea we will be talking. Thank you for your help
 
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