In that case, please allow me... DiBi Dance Time!!!!
note to self: stop freakin leading with your chin...
PDIB's Making MODs!
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note to self: stop freakin leading with your chin...
Glad you like them, AM. Those are pdib #s 4 & 5. And they are delicious. Fact is, I chose that wood because it was the only block on the burl site at the time I was looking that had the required dimensions and I liked the color too. Back in the day, I used to use a 55 Bear recurve bow (archery) that looked very much like it. As luck would have it, the block was big enough for two. I do feel like I stepped in a big ol' pile of luck with these two. Thanks for the stingers, dib bee!
Mundy's re-post of your awesome pics, Tree, got me to thinkin.
i am now in the market for twins...
Mama needs bigger wood...
.. the tech thread can be a locked thread and all comments / questions through this gabby-gab-gab thread.
No tough sell for me. As soon as a saw a link to "pdibs making mods" I knew exactly what it was. The fact that they were beautiful and ergonomic were just side benefits. (Not surprising though)
Right now I'm vaping dual 12 wrap Nichrome coils on my AFC Cyclone at .4Ω. Blowing myself away with the last of my monkey poo.
Just a drive by.
(You won't be pulling this off with anything less than a fully mechanical mod!)
For those folks in the first production run - YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMING ♫♫
You probably already know this but I'll say it anyway - you're gonna love it!
Right now I'm vaping dual 12 wrap Nichrome coils on my AFC Cyclone at .4Ω. Blowing myself away with the last of my monkey poo.
Just a drive by.
(You won't be pulling this off with anything less than a fully mechanical mod!)
For those folks in the first production run - YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMING ♫♫
You probably already know this but I'll say it anyway - you're gonna love it!
So, another thing I'm doing while wrapping up run#1 is looking at how long it took to do, where I could be more efficient, and where I've simply hit the wall as far as speeding up the fabrication process goes. I know I can do it faster than this last run; but I also see that I can't create these mods nearly as fast as I had hoped. They simply take a lot of time, a lot of work. They're special for reasons that can't all be thrown into the "faster-upper" gizmo.
I've reassessed what I need to charge in order to continue doing this. I don't want to charge any more; but I have to. It's either that, or no mods. I'm really loving this whole process; from my peeps here to gettin' busy and making some sawdust fly. And I definitely want to keep doing this. So, here's the deal: If I take a look a little ways down the road, and shave off a good bit of fabrication time just on the assumption that it will go faster with practice . . .. .
I need to charge:
$275 for a standard mod
and
$295 for custom matching
"Custom PITA" will be determined as needed
I won't be discerning between copper plate or aluminum, nor between brass or SS 510+post when these more accurate prices are fully in effect.
Obviously (←maybe not, IDK), folks in run#1 will be paying the previous, underestimated price. (i.e. same as what you thought before reading this)
I'm inclined to keep the "pdib's eatin' shoe soup" prices for run#2 Stabilized as well (as we are already just getting started on that, and folks have sent me their materials with tacit agreement). Also, I'm not inclined to charge for run#2 standard mods at the full price either. I'll figure out a way to squeak thru on that; we'll talk, we'll compromise, we'll work it out. Let's meet half-way, perhaps.
After that, it's gonna have to be pretty much true pricing for this little venture to survive. If some individual feels the need to discuss their situation, or has some extenuating circumstances, PM me, I'm all ears. Bear in mind tho, please, that I'm setting it up as tight as I can and still have a prayer that this will sustain.
Thanks,
P.
I've reassessed what I need to charge in order to continue doing this. I don't want to charge any more; but I have to. It's either that, or no mods. I'm really loving this whole process; from my peeps here to gettin' busy and making some sawdust fly. And I definitely want to keep doing this. So, here's the deal: If I take a look a little ways down the road, and shave off a good bit of fabrication time just on the assumption that it will go faster with practice . . .. .
I need to charge:
$275 for a standard mod
and
$295 for custom matching
"Custom PITA" will be determined as needed
I won't be discerning between copper plate or aluminum, nor between brass or SS 510+post when these more accurate prices are fully in effect.
Obviously (←maybe not, IDK), folks in run#1 will be paying the previous, underestimated price. (i.e. same as what you thought before reading this)
I'm inclined to keep the "pdib's eatin' shoe soup" prices for run#2 Stabilized as well (as we are already just getting started on that, and folks have sent me their materials with tacit agreement). Also, I'm not inclined to charge for run#2 standard mods at the full price either. I'll figure out a way to squeak thru on that; we'll talk, we'll compromise, we'll work it out. Let's meet half-way, perhaps.
After that, it's gonna have to be pretty much true pricing for this little venture to survive. If some individual feels the need to discuss their situation, or has some extenuating circumstances, PM me, I'm all ears. Bear in mind tho, please, that I'm setting it up as tight as I can and still have a prayer that this will sustain.
Thanks,
P.
Lol, you think that's gonna scare us off?! I personally was surprised it was so low. I expected it to be closer to $300 at the start so it's was just icing on the cake.
whatever will help you stay afloat, I'm in peter. Just let me know my price and I'll get the money heading your way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
good first page material.
I'm still in..
Lol, you think that's gonna scare us off?! I personally was surprised it was so low. I expected it to be closer to $300 at the start so it's was just icing on the cake.
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OK, just gonna print these out, put 'em under my pillow tonight. Thanks, Peeps.
so, can i finally order all the rest i want???
hell, i was eating shoe soup for most the years i was paying alimony. i would seriously hate for you to travel down that road. even garlic don't help shoe soup...
good first page material.
I'm still in..
I'm in still as well. Let me know what you need to make my custom vape machines, and I'll make sure that there is money in my PayPal to cover it..... once I buy some pillows for the garage of course.
Let's D.O. This!
(D.O. = DibiOliver)
screw it.
thinking about shoe soup, alimony, and my ex (with whom i'll be in court with yet again shortly) royally ...... me off.
i'm gonna pay the proper price for my first dibi regardless of what you invoice me.
we'll just call it a karma down-payment for my upcoming court date
OK, just gonna print these out, put 'em under my pillow tonight. Thanks, Peeps.
Lol I might be a bit dense but did you expect this to not go over very well? And why exactly would you print it, when you could tattoo it on our mods?!?!
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Sorry, I edited my goofy comment.
You have to eat, you have to charge what you have to charge to eat. Your product is hand made, and unlike a piece of metal that can be thrown onto a CNC machine to punch out many dozens at a time, there's real hand labor and judgement involved in every piece. That's why I wanted one. That's why most of us wanted one too.
If anyone can't pay your increase, there's a backlog down the street waiting to take their place, and grateful for the opportunity. People love what you make, you're an artist, AND an engineer. Really, one of the most remarkable people on a forum with lots of remarkable people (well, out of 180,000 members, there's got to be some remarkable people). I feel privileged to have the opportunity to buy one of your works of art, and I can't imagine that anyone else would feel differently.
. You have to eat, you have to charge what you have to charge to eat. Your product is hand made, and unlike a piece of metal that can be thrown onto a CNC machine to punch out many dozens at a time, there's real hand labor and judgement involved in every piece. That's why I wanted one. That's why most of us wanted one too.
If anyone can't pay your increase, there's a backlog down the street waiting to take their place, and grateful for the opportunity. People love what you make, you're an artist, AND an engineer. Really, one of the most remarkable people on a forum with lots of remarkable people (well, out of 180,000 members, there's got to be some remarkable people
). I feel privileged to have the opportunity to buy one of your works of art, and I can't imagine that anyone else would feel differently.
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screw it.
thinking about shoe soup, alimony, and my ex (with whom i'll be in court with yet again shortly) royally ...... me off.
i'm gonna pay the proper price for my first dibi regardless of what you invoice me.
we'll just call it a karma down-payment for my upcoming court date
Sorry, I edited my goofy comment
You have to eat, you have to charge what you have to charge to eat. Your product is hand made, and unlike a piece of metal that can be thrown onto a CNC machine to punch out many dozens at a time, there's real hand labor and judgement involved in every piece. That's why I wanted one. That's why most of us wanted one too.
If anyone can't pay your increase, there's a backlog down the street waiting to take their place, and grateful for the opportunity. People love what you make, you're an artist, AND an engineer. Really, one of the most remarkable people on a forum with lots of remarkable people (well, out of 180,000 members, there's got to be some remarkable people
well said, m'lady.
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