Machining metal in general and, to an even greater degree, mold-making in particular is time and labor-intensive.
Consumers are used to buying injection molded parts at $1/kilogram, with the mold costs largely ignored (by virtue of being <$20K amortized across >500K parts).
They're not used to paying $1-2 per part for just the short-run "soft" mold for a run of a few thousand parts.
Consumers are used to buying injection molded parts at $1/kilogram, with the mold costs largely ignored (by virtue of being <$20K amortized across >500K parts).
They're not used to paying $1-2 per part for just the short-run "soft" mold for a run of a few thousand parts.