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We tried the intellectual property thing as Dave said. It didn't work. Besides, how much thought or designing actually goes into making a heatsink" It's really quite simple, 12mm through hole and outer profile matched to the flashlight. There is no way to change the shape of the heatsink in most cases. If you are being undersold your charging too much.
So, I go back to my original statement. Make something unique, to the point that it's hard or cost ineffective for someone else to copy. If someone somehow manages to copy you than adapt (by lowering prices) or quit selling.
Not quite....
The only thing that can make a big difference is if you needed
to dig into your own pockets for your Lathe and Milling machine...
or you were given the tools or the use of the tools...
Investing big $$$ for the equipment would need to be added
to the final product...
Not to mention overhead... If I was living at my parent's house
and working in their garage using my dad's tools I could really
drop the price compared to the guy that has to pay the utilities
and Shop rent and equipment...
Still.... if take the time to make "it" (whatever) unique and different
then no-one could complain about copying "it"...
Jerry
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