/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1576525
Get the business up and running first.

As for making a product, I think you have to lean on your interests. I like weapons. Glock accessory guy here. I won't lie, with manual machines it might be hard to find something you can make profitably without spending all your day cranking handles and turning knobs. Repairs and job shop work is probably a lot more manageable with manual stuff, you could approach a job shop and ask if they are willing to send some simple work your way.

You're going to be working ON the business before you can work IN the business.

I live in the middle of nowhere and a 35+ guy should make around $25/hr for semi-skilled labor like tool & die.

Back to the product though, you could probably make scope mounts on a manual machine with a relatively simple process and the proper tooling. The people that spend big money on scope mounts want them to be super fucking accurate though, likely doable without a grinder, I would probably lap the rings for cylindricity (I don't know anything about scope mounts though). There are a lot of interesting small machined parts on a lot of things desu. You could even tackle the e-cig or automotive worlds, hell even make machinist tools. There are even shops making go-pro cases. One comes to mind that used a go-fund-me to get started (I think), he now has a nice VMC and is working on version 2. let me find the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVXFTH8eogo

An ultra-luxury phone case might be cool too. I was considering a fairly intricate one with a slide-out keyboard tray (yes on a cell phone) if I could just find the right keyboard to build it around. Phones, ecigs, etc. aren't built for working people to throw in their pocket and not worry about breaking, protecting them might be reasonably valuable.

AR muzzle devices? Flashlight mounts? Flashlights? Weapon lights have serious impact/g-force requirements that lend themselves to high-end manufacturing like machining.

>>1570168
lmao yeah okay when you get tired of putting hundreds of man hours into making something even remotely complicated like that, and investing enough into tooling to buy a fucking CNC, and all just to stand there and crank handles while eating chips and smoke, then you can tell me how awesome manual is compared to cnc.

>>1563264
yes hopefully