[andrewmcwatters]

I am sort of curious about their manufacturing. Say you wanted to create some really mundane object, like an anodized aluminum fidget spinner, with nice cut parts such as Apple's or teenage engineering's hardware?

I suppose you'd use an aluminum 6061 block cut with a CNC machine and anodize the finish. OK. Well, doing CNC parts at volume is quite expensive. I can see teenage engineer's expenses here from that alone.

But... is that all there is to it?

[amelius]

The trick is to make 1 item and then show it to a bunch of VCs who will then pay for a large batch at lower unit cost.

[bsder]

Expertise, time and money are indeed all it takes. But that doesn't mean it's easy. :)

You can absolutely build beautiful stuff in your own home shop.

The Chris Ramsay Playing Card Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PwAQZNLy0I

What you need to understand though is that these kinds of projects take ridiculous amounts of time.

CAUTION: That video is Clickspring. You will get sucked in and lose hours of time. Do not open unless you can afford to waste a lot of time. :)

[ilyt]

They make their products in china so a bunch of CNC cut parts for $1500 toy recorder is tiny fraction of the price

[d23]

I'm assuming the cost is entirely to make up for labor.