~ Just bouncing crazy ideas around.~

Sometimes a smaller operation has a competitive advantage over the big boys. The big boys have higher operating costs so they have to charge more to make a profit. I had a painting bid a couple of years ago. The larger outfit bid five grand and i was able to do it for 3,200.00 $. I made out like a pirate on that one. The average hourly wage worked out to be a bit more than my highest labor rate on the T&M jobs.

Is there any way you could set up a production line and bang out one per minute with the drill press ? That would be 480 per day on an eight hour shift. At a buck each ...that would average out to be 60.00$/hr -or- 480.00$/day.

At 2.50 $ each ... that would work out to be 150.00$ / hr. That's almost what some doctors make.

Pull the logic boards and that would give you a bit of gravy along with the scrap value of the HDD's ?

You would probably have some laptop drives. If you hit those on the drive spindle with the blunt end of a ballpeen hammer it would completely ruin them. Some of the platters are glass so they would shatter. The metal ones would be hopelessly bent. Would that satisfy HIPPA standards ?



Just a few ideas. My area of strength is more along the lines of construction but the same principles apply. If i had the right production rig and was well organized i could bang out 60 - 90 pieces of wood cut to precision length per hour. Plenty enough to keep three men busy and stop for a coffee break every so often.