Nick Sayer: DFM: Building 10^n isn't the same as building one

3,046 views · Published 24 December 2015 · 16:11 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: HACKADAY · 2015 · Science & Technology

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Building one of something is tremendously easy. If you're making one of something, you can cover the insides with hot glue, keep everything held together with duct tape, and mess around with it enough that it mostly works most of the time. 

Building more than one of something is another matter entirely. This is the thought behind DFM, or Design For Manufacturing. [Nick Sayer] is an experienced seller on Tindie and he's put together enough kits to learn the ins and outs, rights and wrongs of building not one, but an inventory of things.

Read the article that accompanies this video:
http://hackaday.com/2015/12/24/nick-sayer-making-isnt-the-same-as-building-one/

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http://www.geppettoelectronics.com/

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https://hackaday.io/superconference/

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