Re: M2 Kit Sales To Pause
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:16 am
I enjoyed building my M2 as a kit so much I've now purchased an X-Carve CNC as a kit and I'm looking forward to building it (couldn't convince Rick to get into the CNC market).
There's one interesting point about kit part philosophy - Makergear is VERY generous with extra/spare parts which is great, but you can't go by the "when you're out of loose parts on the table it's done" approach. Inventables apparently has a "you get the exact number of parts you need" approach, but of course that means you go shopping if you lose a washer or screw. Some people aren't comfortable either way. I think the only approach that really fixes both problems is to include some extra parts, but put them in their own bag labeled "spare parts", but of course that's more work for the company selling the kits.
There's one interesting point about kit part philosophy - Makergear is VERY generous with extra/spare parts which is great, but you can't go by the "when you're out of loose parts on the table it's done" approach. Inventables apparently has a "you get the exact number of parts you need" approach, but of course that means you go shopping if you lose a washer or screw. Some people aren't comfortable either way. I think the only approach that really fixes both problems is to include some extra parts, but put them in their own bag labeled "spare parts", but of course that's more work for the company selling the kits.