[aswanson]

An ee that can program and do some simple mechanical design can do all that engineering himself.

[leoedin]

Maybe for a simple box, but for an injection moulded curved enclosure like the headphone example? If you didn't get that designed by someone who'd done it before you'd be taking a huge risk.

[ajross]

> you'd be taking a huge risk.

The subject at hand is a hardware kickstarter. That bridge has long been crossed and burned. If you had all the talent and resources at hand already, you'd probably have funding too.

[bsbechtel]

Many tooling shops will design the molds for you if you send them the original part drawings.