Need parts: Gooseneck & Clip on clamps/screw bar clamps, padded

[LordStDennis]

Hey Guys & Gals!

Kinda stuck here as I don't know the Names of what I'm looking for, so, hopefully ya'll can help, if you can.

Need these two parts, quantity helps, though since this is all prototype, costs must be kept down to a minimum. (You'd think that would go without saying, but guess what!)

Gooseneck or Goose neck, about 12 inches long and slim, and

Attachment to either a clip on clamp, or screw tighten on a bar clamp.

The idea is not to scratch the finish on the laptop monitor.

Get the picture? Yes, I've developed a lamp that hooks to the top of a laptop, and would like to test market a few. Now, I could use a heavy gauge wire slipped into a clear plastic tube to serve as the gooseneck, and I just might do that for the first few or so...

Ok, that's it.

Grace, Peace & Love,

Lord Saint Dennis Charles Smart


BTW: The cheaper the parts, the cheaper the price!

[Matt@RFR]

So you've developed a product but have no prints, prototypes or even pictures? I can come up with my own wildly complex part, call it a gooseneck and your quote will be several thousand dollars for one.

If you think you have a viable product, you need to take this a little more seriously. If you don't know what to call it, make a name up and stick with it. Machinists don't car what something is called or what it does. Just supply a print and solid model and you'll get quotes.

If you don't have the ability to make prints/solid models, then THAT is the first RFQ you need to post.

And just so you know, you mentioned "cheap" twice, which means that several high quality shops have lost interest immediately.

[Dualkit]

So you've developed a product but have no prints, prototypes or even pictures? I can come up with my own wildly complex part, call it a gooseneck and your quote will be several thousand dollars for one.

If you think you have a viable product, you need to take this a little more seriously. If you don't know what to call it, make a name up and stick with it. Machinists don't car what something is called or what it does. Just supply a print and solid model and you'll get quotes.

If you don't have the ability to make prints/solid models, then THAT is the first RFQ you need to post.

And just so you know, you mentioned "cheap" twice, which means that several high quality shops have lost interest immediately.

Ok, what gives? Every time I post something like this I get jumped on. Also since Matt never backs me up anymore I invite you to stone him while I stand there and watch.

[Dualkit]

Here is a way of stating the obvious with out flat out agreeing with this Matt guy. Back in days gone by the "inventor" either spent his own money developing his product and test marketed it, got a "venture capitalist" to invest in the product for a large percentage of the profits per written contract or "sold" his idea and had nothing further to do with it.
Fast forward to the recession of 2007-2011 (yes it hasn't gone away) so many machine shops small to large ran out of work from their normal customers and were forced to find new ones. Add this to the fact that it seems machinist is the only profession where people attempt
self-employment in the middle of a down turn, and there were way more shops looking for work than customers needing work done. Like a 50% off sale at K-Mart shops started doing unprecedented things to court customers as their old methods of getting new business did not work. I have done things I haven't done in the past but most of that centers around phone calls, research and not marking up outside processes. I will admit I toss in passivating stainless I make for no extra charge. The actual cost of passivating is pennies for solution and a little electricity. Other shops have freely admitted to free shipping, free fixturing, free programming, etc,etc.
So all that said it wouldn't be too far fetched to find someone willing to bear the time and costs of getting a product to market with only a verbal promise of getting the production run if the item sells. A big risk some people are willing to take in this poor economy. The OP would be laughed off the planet 5 years ago or beyond, but in this day and age I bet he has already got PMs on this project.

[LordStDennis]

Any "High-Quality" shop that doesn't care about price doesn't need to be making my dollars. Heck, there are lots of skilled Chinese that can do the exact same thing, only a lot cheaper than over-priced American Labor that has priced itself out of world markets - ALL the world markets - Globally.

I'm not just being critical, it's the cause of the High Debt the United States has created for herself when in 1970 she decided to go with a Minimum Wage. Now, the US cannot compete in world markets when guys in Detroit are getting $75 an hour for a $7 and hour job. Try putting 2 + 2 together to see what you get.

Enough ranting.

I have a working demo that's been working for about a week now. Still waiting on more parts to come it.

You don't need a drawing or picture of such a simple thing. Just want to connect a gooseneck to the top of a laptop computer, a clip would be nice, and the other end to an acrylic box or polycarbonate box. Glass is out of the question.

Is that so difficult?

Now, back to ranting.

I spend hours of my time pouring over catalogs, Internet sites, and eBay to find the cheapest source of materials that are of the quality that I'm looking for. And everything that I produce - with the Will of God & Jesus - comes out Beautiful. You should see my Red Sensation Pear trees that came in as sticks, and with proper treatment, are developing beautifully. And they made it through a severe drought. Now that the rains are here, they should continue to grow, again. The Catawba grapevines, on the other hand, haven't done so well. Now I have to build a compost bin to develop the proper nutrients to feed them to encourage growth. I am a Thinker - and I get the Job done, at an affordable price. What about you? (Compost is organic plant food from kitchen scraps and plant debris.)

[Matt@RFR]

You don't need a drawing or picture of such a simple thing. Just want to connect a gooseneck to the top of a laptop computer, a clip would be nice, and the other end to an acrylic box or polycarbonate box. Glass is out of the question.

Is that so difficult?

Yes. Yes it is. It is YOUR product. YOU tell your machinist what YOU want to see made.

[azmachining]

[QUOTE=Dualkit;957856] I will admit I toss in passivating stainless I make for no extra charge. The actual cost of passivating is pennies for solution and a little electricity. Other shops have freely admitted to free shipping, free fixturing, free programming, etc,etc.

You know why everyone rants at you, because your a hypocrite, plain and simple. You bash everyone that throws in anything for "free", why do you do this, because you lose your edge on that potential customer. You are a bad business man and a total two face. You rant at everyone who does anything for supposably free "which we all know nothing is free", but when you have the opportunity to give out free services your jump on it. That along with many other complaints about you is what makes you a hypocrite and lier.
Get off your high horse and look in the mirror, I think your problem starts there.

[azmachining]

Dennis, you want a product, it also sounds like you want a product designed. Just because you have an idea in your head doesn't mean you have a design yet. You have to come up with a drawing if you want anyone to help you and no offense intended what so ever.

We design, prototype, repair, and customize our customers products and equipment all the time, but yes there's a humongous but in there, these are regular daily companies were dealing with. This all equals money, they can always depend on us like we can depend on them to keep comming back. What do you have to offer? One part that you say you want done real cheap? You bring up china like they are God's gift to the world and take out your anger on the USA, so that leaves me to beleive you want someone on here "somewhere in north america" to make a prototype so that you can send it over to china to have it mass produced. Because china doesn't want to do your prototype, because there's no money in it. That's another area where your wrong about china working for nothing, from what I've seen chinese want quantity, but I'm positive they'll take you up on the offer if you have something innovative to steal, they've been doing that for plenty of years now. That along with our CEO's and government is why they've gotten so much work and can do what they do for the prices they do it at. I don't like anyone bashing my fellow country men for being crooks as I am one of them your insulting while you burn our flag and raise your commy flag. Business's are barely getting by in this country as it is, no ones getting rich off of you or scamming you, it's the business's that are being screwed. So fidel you can go to china and screw your self.

[beekeeper]

Dennis, you want a product, it also sounds like you want a product designed. Just because you have an idea in your head doesn't mean you have a design yet. You have to come up with a drawing if you want anyone to help you and no offense intended what so ever.

We design, prototype, repair, and customize our customers products and equipment all the time, but yes there's a humongous but in there, these are regular daily companies were dealing with. This all equals money, they can always depend on us like we can depend on them to keep comming back. What do you have to offer? One part that you say you want done real cheap? You bring up china like they are God's gift to the world and take out your anger on the USA, so that leaves me to beleive you want someone on here "somewhere in north america" to make a prototype so that you can send it over to china to have it mass produced. Because china doesn't want to do your prototype, because there's no money in it. That's another area where your wrong about china working for nothing, from what I've seen chinese want quantity, but I'm positive they'll take you up on the offer if you have something innovative to steal, they've been doing that for plenty of years now. That along with our CEO's and government is why they've gotten so much work and can do what they do for the prices they do it at. I don't like anyone bashing my fellow country men for being crooks as I am one of them your insulting while you burn our flag and raise your commy flag. Business's are barely getting by in this country as it is, no ones getting rich off of you or scamming you, it's the business's that are being screwed. So fidel you can go to china and screw your self.

Can I have an AMEN

[LordStDennis]

Dennis, you want a product, it also sounds like you want a product designed. Just because you have an idea in your head doesn't mean you have a design yet. You have to come up with a drawing if you want anyone to help you and no offense intended what so ever.

We design, prototype, repair, and customize our customers products and equipment all the time, but yes there's a humongous but in there, these are regular daily companies were dealing with. This all equals money, they can always depend on us like we can depend on them to keep comming back. What do you have to offer? One part that you say you want done real cheap? You bring up china like they are God's gift to the world and take out your anger on the USA, so that leaves me to beleive you want someone on here "somewhere in north america" to make a prototype so that you can send it over to china to have it mass produced. Because china doesn't want to do your prototype, because there's no money in it. That's another area where your wrong about china working for nothing, from what I've seen chinese want quantity, but I'm positive they'll take you up on the offer if you have something innovative to steal, they've been doing that for plenty of years now. That along with our CEO's and government is why they've gotten so much work and can do what they do for the prices they do it at. I don't like anyone bashing my fellow country men for being crooks as I am one of them your insulting while you burn our flag and raise your commy flag. Business's are barely getting by in this country as it is, no ones getting rich off of you or scamming you, it's the business's that are being screwed. So fidel you can go to china and screw your self.

Perhaps there is a bit of misunderstanding here. China and all their Glory is not the issue, nor the problem. It's just that every time minimum wage goes up, the price of all goods and services go up improportionately to the raise that an unskilled person receives. And everybody is effected regardless of what you make as skilled labor. And as the prices of goods and services have climbed sky-high, no other Country on earth wants to buy from us, the US. Even American Industry doesn't want to pay the high labor rates, and that's where cheaper labor Countries come into play. Do you see?

The only way to defeat this thing is to drop minimum wage for unskilled labor to $1 per hour and leave it there forever.

Prices all across the board will drop as salaries for skilled labor sink, too. The advantage in all of this is that the United States will once again become competitive in world markets. The National Debt will drop too as we export more goods than import from other Countries. Make sense?

Now, back to business.

I'm not quite ready to have things machined - though I'm not that far from it. 1st things 1st, I'm developing a product that can be marketed and sold across the Nation. This is simply to develop a decent cash flow so that the Banks will work with me. After that, there will be bigger Projects to tackle. That's when my Company will employ - well let's just say - a lot of skilled workers.

For the moment, I need a link to where I could get a gooseneck for a lamp that clips to a computer.

The lamp is finished and works fine. Took me 2 months to finally learn electronics, and I have other projects on the drawing board. Those may require large amounts of money to produce, even the prototypes.

I did not just fall off the banana boat, you know! I know all about Research & Development, Financing, Stock Ownership, 3D drawings, CAD, CAM, Schematics, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Computer Design, and much, much more.

That's just work related stuff to keep me busy! I'm also an Officer of THE LORD, and have orders to rebuild Civilization after God is done reshaping the earth, or the continents on the earth. If you are with me, you may be a Survivor of The Great Deluge. Otherwise, you may just go again. If so, you'll have to relearn everything that you've already learned. Dig?

~ The Holy Ghost

[dstryr]

Thank you for the laughs provided...The nurse at his mental institute must have left her laptop by his room...

Perhaps there is a bit of misunderstanding here. China and all their Glory is not the issue, nor the problem. It's just that every time minimum wage goes up, the price of all goods and services go up improportionately to the raise that an unskilled person receives. And everybody is effected regardless of what you make as skilled labor. And as the prices of goods and services have climbed sky-high, no other Country on earth wants to buy from us, the US. Even American Industry doesn't want to pay the high labor rates, and that's where cheaper labor Countries come into play. Do you see?

The only way to defeat this thing is to drop minimum wage for unskilled labor to $1 per hour and leave it there forever.

Prices all across the board will drop as salaries for skilled labor sink, too. The advantage in all of this is that the United States will once again become competitive in world markets. The National Debt will drop too as we export more goods than import from other Countries. Make sense?

Now, back to business.

I'm not quite ready to have things machined - though I'm not that far from it. 1st things 1st, I'm developing a product that can be marketed and sold across the Nation. This is simply to develop a decent cash flow so that the Banks will work with me. After that, there will be bigger Projects to tackle. That's when my Company will employ - well let's just say - a lot of skilled workers.

For the moment, I need a link to where I could get a gooseneck for a lamp that clips to a computer.

The lamp is finished and works fine. Took me 2 months to finally learn electronics, and I have other projects on the drawing board. Those may require large amounts of money to produce, even the prototypes.

I did not just fall off the banana boat, you know! I know all about Research & Development, Financing, Stock Ownership, 3D drawings, CAD, CAM, Schematics, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Computer Design, and much, much more.

That's just work related stuff to keep me busy! I'm also an Officer of THE LORD, and have orders to rebuild Civilization after God is done reshaping the earth, or the continents on the earth. If you are with me, you may be a Survivor of The Great Deluge. Otherwise, you may just go again. If so, you'll have to relearn everything that you've already learned. Dig?

~ The Holy Ghost

[LordStDennis]

Thank you for the laughs provided...The nurse at his mental institute must have left her laptop by his room...

Welcome to Hell!

Your Services will be needed down there! You could keep the slot machines running in the casinos.

~ The Terminator