Revision as of 20:20, 19 August 2020

Strategy

Basic parameters:

Professional weld shops charge $60-75/hr around Missouri. That is scalable and replicable, but redundant in terms of paying overhead when we have onsite facilities.
One can hire someone. Welders get paid $18-27 (mean, top 10%) in Missouri. This is a cost-effective route compared to hiring a fab shop, if one has their own equipment.
Thus, with OSE design, designs can be fabricated.
Welder search - by reference.

===Weld time of 40 hours for LifeTrac can thus cost between $720 and $1080, as opposed to $2400 for the outsource to a fab shop.

OSE module-based design is most effective.
Execution for CNC machines requires 3D printing, best done with D3D Pro 3 for larger prints.
Thus, design the following things:
- 3x geardown for OSE Universal Rotor with pile-driving attachment
- P2 pile - up to 10'
- Tractor - bobcat style life LifeTrac
- Microtrac - with mower, tiller, small round baler, rake, and cutter. Decrease track width possibly to 8" on both LifeTrac and MicroTrac.
- Mower - rotary disk
- Rake -
- Baler - simple
- Brushhog

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 ==Welding==
 Basic parameters:
-*Professional weld shops charge $50-75/hr around Missouri. That is scalable and replicable, but redundant in terms of paying overhead when we have onsite facilities.
+*Professional weld shops charge $60-75/hr around Missouri. That is scalable and replicable, but redundant in terms of paying overhead when we have onsite facilities.
 *One can hire someone. Welders get paid $18-27 (mean, top 10%) in Missouri. This is a cost-effective route compared to hiring a fab shop, if one has their own equipment.
 *Thus, with OSE design, designs can be fabricated.
 *Welder search - by reference.
+===Weld time of 40 hours for LifeTrac can thus cost between $720 and $1080, as opposed to $2400 for the outsource to a fab shop.
 ==Design==