points by bad_haircut72 1 day ago | 0 comments
The opportunity for the west is that an engineer with todays resources can work on building [1] for $5-10k and get into the DC motor business from your shed. Im working on this myself right now, I want to try and start an autonomous manufacturing company here in Australia, maybe I'll start with motors. I predict once the war is over, Ukraine will become a robotics & manufacturing powerhouse because they've already got this model working
[–] Alien1Being 21 hours ago
[–] unrented7977 17 hours ago
Companies survive longer when you buy from them
[–] Alien1Being 46 minutes ago
People tend to buy from companies with reasonable quality products.
Australian made products unfortunately do not pass that initial hurdle..
[–] ragebol 12 hours ago
> you
No, that is only one customer. There need to be lots of customers for a company to survive. So, ideally you recommend, based on good quality.
You take a bit of a gamble if you need warranty or customer service later on.
Some sort of network effect again, I suppose. There's a better term that's can't find now.
[–] idiotsecant 1 day ago
Are you winding something in an incredibly specialized kV / wattage / torque or something? DC motors are incredibly inexpensive, how could a hobbyist sell them?
1. The terrible quality of the locally manufactured items. I am in Sydney and will absolutely not buy anything marked Made In Australia. I have been burnt too many times.
2. The nearly 100% mortality rate among the companies.