Edmund, two things....
The self-subtraction: I built one that does that several years ago. The cost of the components was considerable, it was big and bulky, and the micro soldering of the circuitry was a killer. Even then, the performance was iffy. When I asked myself why I even fooled with the idea, the answer was that Wilder's winder presented that way, so why shouldn't mine? The only real advantage to it would be if the crank handle slipped out of your hand and you recaptured it, the remaining count would be correct, and you wouldn't have to start over from zero. People tend not to let that happen, though. And for those who wind to "X", zero the counter and wind "Y" back off (which is most people), it would no longer be possible.
The second thing...I can't build them for $130 any more. Costs on everything have gone up over the last 7 years, and the labor time necessary for the improvements made outstrips the time saved by the jigs and fixtures I've built to cut the time. I'm trying to hold the labor cost to half the Florida minimum hourly wage, which ain't generous. You got the last $130 one before I did the cost assessment. Now they're $150 pp.
If the twenty bucks kills them, then they're dead. What can I do?
Art.
Received on Sat Mar 31 2018 - 04:40:25 CEST
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