Hi guys,
My names George & live within the UK. Im currently a student doing design technology, computer science and economics.... As you can probably tell these subjects match the title of this post pretty well
At my school we get to do something called an EPQ qualification so I decided I wanted to research into f1 rim tech and design and manufacture my own. It was a blast and my existing skills really helped. I finished this week and posted my creation on reddit r/simracing . The feedback was overwhelming, never had so many people told me what I've done is amazing. I even got my first silver ha! The comments didn't stop there, I got over 20 messages from people interested in buying the wheel from me or commissioning a project. This really got me thinking. Maybe I could make more of these, I've defiantly learnt from my mistakes along the journey and would make changes in the future to make it even better.
I've done some research on what I need to be able to do these 'properly'. I want to make these units bespoke with high quality parts and establish myself as a boutique online store with that personal touch. I honestly believe I can produce a wheel at a price and quality of some of the leading guys in this space.
As a student I don't have the money just to buy parts. I was very fortunate for my parents to pay the cost of materials and for my school & OSR for access to tools (especially CNC). These luxuries aren't simply available regularly and if I was to sell my own units I would have to do the manufacture at home, financing it myself.
I was hoping you readers could provide me with some advice. What would you do if you was me? I know I would need about £1000 to buy all my tools/machinery/initial parts to make the first part but obviously a lot of these costs are a one time thing. Do you think a kick starter would work? Could you see yourself 'pre-ordering' a wheel on kick-starter so I can finance the production. Its hard to have a display model to show what you would be buying then other then the wheel I made for my school project but I know I would be adding multiple upgrades to this. I wouldn't be able to afford to just make another wheel with all these new features unless I had some funding.
Sorry for this being long, but thank you.
George)
My names George & live within the UK. Im currently a student doing design technology, computer science and economics.... As you can probably tell these subjects match the title of this post pretty well
At my school we get to do something called an EPQ qualification so I decided I wanted to research into f1 rim tech and design and manufacture my own. It was a blast and my existing skills really helped. I finished this week and posted my creation on reddit r/simracing . The feedback was overwhelming, never had so many people told me what I've done is amazing. I even got my first silver ha! The comments didn't stop there, I got over 20 messages from people interested in buying the wheel from me or commissioning a project. This really got me thinking. Maybe I could make more of these, I've defiantly learnt from my mistakes along the journey and would make changes in the future to make it even better.
I've done some research on what I need to be able to do these 'properly'. I want to make these units bespoke with high quality parts and establish myself as a boutique online store with that personal touch. I honestly believe I can produce a wheel at a price and quality of some of the leading guys in this space.
As a student I don't have the money just to buy parts. I was very fortunate for my parents to pay the cost of materials and for my school & OSR for access to tools (especially CNC). These luxuries aren't simply available regularly and if I was to sell my own units I would have to do the manufacture at home, financing it myself.
I was hoping you readers could provide me with some advice. What would you do if you was me? I know I would need about £1000 to buy all my tools/machinery/initial parts to make the first part but obviously a lot of these costs are a one time thing. Do you think a kick starter would work? Could you see yourself 'pre-ordering' a wheel on kick-starter so I can finance the production. Its hard to have a display model to show what you would be buying then other then the wheel I made for my school project but I know I would be adding multiple upgrades to this. I wouldn't be able to afford to just make another wheel with all these new features unless I had some funding.
Sorry for this being long, but thank you.
George
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