- Aug 25, 2006
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Well if I were to speculate on the hundreds of hours that went into the process and all the proverbial hairs that were pulled as one person likely said ‘screw it” while another said “but if we just try this” we can make it work. This process alone is not only arduous and also thankless unless successful in the end. I can share from personal experience that many a great idea has been fraught with complications only realized once well within the R&D stage at which point one must decide; do we cut our losses and move onto another idea or do we pursue it a bit further. Having looked only at only the pictures I can see that the process and the associated cost involved was not for the meek of heart; this was and is the “real deal” and as the result of it and rightfully so they just might find a few nickels left on the table when all is said and done; I hope so because artisans are a dieing breed.
Extreme specialty fabrication when compounded by the projected (known limited) number of pieces from which one hopes to recover their investment of time and materials amassed throughout the R&D process is a true crap shoot at best. Then add to this the fact that they appear to have remained commitment to producing an serviceable OEM appearing and operating assembly rather getting side tracked and taking an easier and likely less expensive approach garners from me extreme respect in this industry filled with self serving folks that rarely care about the end user except through the process of collecting their money.
If in fact $12K is their number for this conversion to be installed then I would say that it is reasonable.
In my world I would rather pay a premium knowing that they first tested, sampled, created the initial model from which they produced what appears to be an OEM style piece when compared to simply something to make do. There are far too many make shift products out there as it is.
In closing; I still remain very interested in seeing the full operation of the door in real time as such I hope that Yogi will post such a video. Nevertheless it appears very cool.
Takes care
Shadowman
Extreme specialty fabrication when compounded by the projected (known limited) number of pieces from which one hopes to recover their investment of time and materials amassed throughout the R&D process is a true crap shoot at best. Then add to this the fact that they appear to have remained commitment to producing an serviceable OEM appearing and operating assembly rather getting side tracked and taking an easier and likely less expensive approach garners from me extreme respect in this industry filled with self serving folks that rarely care about the end user except through the process of collecting their money.
If in fact $12K is their number for this conversion to be installed then I would say that it is reasonable.
In my world I would rather pay a premium knowing that they first tested, sampled, created the initial model from which they produced what appears to be an OEM style piece when compared to simply something to make do. There are far too many make shift products out there as it is.
In closing; I still remain very interested in seeing the full operation of the door in real time as such I hope that Yogi will post such a video. Nevertheless it appears very cool.
Takes care
Shadowman
