XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design   
      
   In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:   
   > On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 16:34:29 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>In sci.physics David Mitchell  wrote:   
   >>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>> In sci.physics David Mitchell  wrote:   
   >>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Does anyone care about a shape optimized 4 slice toaster or filing   
   cabinet?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Yes.  I do.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> If any significant number of items in your house are fabricated, it   
   makes sense   
   >>>>> to use as few raw materials as possible, so, for example, it would make   
   sense to   
   >>>>> honeycomb the inside of a knife handle, since it would still be strong   
   enough,   
   >>>>> and would allow you to keep a gram or two of material "in the pot" for   
   other   
   >>>>> projects.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Ditto everything you make.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nonsense; the items in one's house are based on price not how elegantly   
   >>>> it was produced.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It makes no sense to honeycomb the inside of a knife handle as it would   
   >>>> add no functionality and just increase the price.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> What price?   
   >>   
   >>The manufacturing cost which increases the retail sales price at the store.   
   >   
   > Manufacturing cost and sales price are only loosely correlated.   
      
   For government projects mainly but not for consumer products.   
      
   >>> It would reduce both the time to fabricate and feedstock used, albeit at   
   the   
   >>> cost of slightly more complex software.   
   >>   
   >>Or you could injection mold it, as most knife handles are, for a fraction   
   >>of the manufacturing cost of the honyecomb nonsense.   
   >>   
   >>Or you could stamp the whole thing out of metal for a fraction of the cost   
   >>of the honyecomb nonsense.   
   >>   
   >>> They form the only metric which makes sense when talking about fabricating   
   objects.   
   >>   
   >>The only metric which makes sense for fabricating objects is the loaded   
   >>manufacturing cost.   
   >   
   > Yes but not because of sales price, rather profit.   
      
   profit = sales price - loaded manufacturing cost   
      
   >>> So, by that metric, they're cheaper.   
   >>   
   >>If an injection molded handle costs a fraction of a cent while the honeycomb   
   >>handle costs several cents, which is cheaper?   
   >   
   > Not the one with the better ad agency.  ;-)   
      
      
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