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| Custom Chassis HowTo - Paid Support |
- PreRequisites
- You have a sample part of each item to be used in hand
- You have a sample part which we're to use as reference
- You have allowed sufficient time to design, modify, build the parts
- You have a contingency plan for production and costs over-runs
- You have the project budget to build a custom chassis and subsequent production run
- Sketches are not useful, other than rough idea
- General Comments
- Most autocad design changes can be a day work for modifying an existing new chassis
- Even a simple screw hole change can be up to 2 hrs of "paperwork"
- think carefully before making design changes
- Rate Schedule
- Our Hourly AutoCAD rates are $250.oo/hr
- 2 hr minimum, 1hr increments
- we pay our autocad designers
- traveling time are also billed
- We can also bid based on "Fixed Price"
- Any changes from original specs are billed at the $250/hr rates
- All deposits are non-refundable, non-cancellable, non-negotiable
- Work does NOT start until 50% deposit has been received
- 25% discount off rates if prepaid in full, in advance
- Prototypes
- We've made lots of various changes with the various sheet metal vendors
- they know how to interpret our drawings
- we know how to draw the chassis for their interpretation
- each sheet metal shop has different equipment and tools
- Get 2 or 3 quotes from various sheetmetal vendors including the production run
- Prototypes typically takes 2-3 weeks for delivery
- Production run of 100 - 200 units typically takes 4-6 weeks for delivery
- for time critical orders, always use 2 different "tested" vendors
- Deliverables
- we retain all the rights to your drawings for future use/edit by others
- CDROM with your modified autocad files
- full payment must be made PRIOR to delivery of the cdrom
- includes a pdf file of the chassis for quotes
- Additional documentation per your specs ( examples )
- Prototypes of the finished chassis if ordered as part of the purchase order
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