Jan 27 • General discussion
Product design course for 2025
Welcome to an Exciting Year of Product Design!
This year, we’re diving deep into the process of designing a product from start to finish. Our classes will cover electronic design, mechanical design, and manufacturability—key areas where many struggle to even get started.
For example, have you ever seen a simple product on Amazon and wondered what it took to make? I recently came across a plastic piece designed to hold hats. While the part itself costs only $0.15 to manufacture, the tooling required to produce it could cost upwards of $100,000! But with creative strategies, you could lower that cost significantly. Options like overseas manufacturing with single-cavity molds could bring tooling down to $3,000–$10,000. Alternatively, you could 3D print the part to test the market, eliminating tooling costs entirely—though the per-part cost might rise to $10 each.
The point is, there are many creative ways to optimize your budget and resources. Whether it’s leveraging platforms like Fiverr for affordable skilled labor or working with engineering teams to refine your design, you can bring your idea to life efficiently.
In our community, we’ll help you:
• Understand costs: How much will your product cost to design and manufacture? How soon can it go to market?
• Discuss manufacturability: A prototype made in your garage isn’t ready for mass production. Scaling to 2,000 parts per week often requires significant design adjustments.
• Design smarter: Whether your product is mechanical, electronic, or software-based, the same principles apply.
To kick things off, we’ll be working on a project together: designing a unique LED light. This will include a mechanical housing, electronics, and software—all tied together to demonstrate the end-to-end process of creating a manufacturable product.
Let’s make this the year your ideas turn into reality! Stay tuned for our upcoming sessions.
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Product design course for 2025
skool.com/product-design-manufacturing-2340
This group is run by manufacturing engineers with a combined experience of over 40 years in the manufacturing industries.
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