@Terry_Rist Thank you so much for detailed explanation, I've heard about it will be needing 5-axis machine and all the stuff that I don't fully understand, I just come to wonder,
they made this around $50 a piece on a retail price, which means it would have cost less to produce,
How many of these do you think they have produced or promised to produced to the machine shop to acheive that kind of low cost
if I can make this price happen I maybe able to pull 300 pieces.
I think these steel aftermarket parts tends to be less elastic to the price, because airsoft isn't something we need but we want, and people like high-ends stuff like I do...
I am willing to pay as high as $200 even $300 why not, but to make this project to live on, maybe something under $100 or $80.
I am all over the places here but to summarize
1. How many do you think cowcow had to produce to keep the price that low
2. Reverse designing that part is relatively easy considering the size and simple geometry, but not with 3D scanning but with manual measurement?
Thanks again
@EDcase I was surprised when Mapleleaf just sent me downloadable file on FB messenger lol, I was being hopeful.
I mean it is company asset of course but there isn't a big mystery to it, so I was like why not