Okay, sounds good!

Let me know, I may be in depending on price

Hi Mike,

I am interest to know your price range if you don't mind me asking.

TIA
Leigh

I am in the process of building cody's design. I purchased all of the materials and the cost of welding two of the pieces for under $500. If you did these in an assembly type fashion, it wouldn't take too long to make a bunch. I was thinking a fair price would be approximately $1200. I watched one go on eBay with LCD and battery for $1850. Considering the LCD was under $200 and battery was $20, That's $1630 for the system.

From what I have found, the time to build one of these units, non-assembly type, just one is approximately 40hrs. I have about 4 hours in mine and that is just for the sled. I am working on the arm and vest. I would assume that it should take me approximately less than 20 hours to finish. That puts my labor time at approximately 25 hrs which doesn't include the research to buy all of the materials, picking up materials, taking them to have them welded. I also have access to all of the tools you will need in one location and didn't have to contract the cutting of the raw materials. My sister is sewing the vest for me, at no charge and at no time expense.

25hrs X $25(most shops charge 50 per hour) = $625
Cost of materials = $500
Total = $1125 +or-

I would sell mine when I am done for $1200 considering it would be much easier to build a second and or third.

Good luck on the group buy. I wish mine was done already, if I wasn't such a Do It Yourself kinda of guy, I would buy one for $1200

Just a little side track - I thought there was an "upgraded" arm design that had a book to go with it, but I can't seem to find the book for that? I have the original one and before I start I'd like to get the book for the upgraded arm. Anyone know where I can get it from?

Aaron

Aaron, go to HBS forum and click at the banna at the top of the very top and it will take you another link. Just clink on Cody's book and you'll see the other book.

Thanks Charles, but what is the HBS site URL? I don't have it anymore and the only one I know of is www.homebuiltstabilizers.com and I keep getting "Under Construction" on that one. I've tried, .org and other ones but still no go.

Cheers
Aaron

Googling "Cody Deegan"
 

http://www.codydeegan.com/
http://www.cafepress.com/stabilizer

The HBS site is going through a major update with a totally new look, as well as the forum. Although you website s down you can still access the forum.

Ahh OK, but what is the URL ;)

Cheers
Aaron

If you mean the forum, the link is: http://p200.ezboard.com/bhomebuiltstabilizers

Just an update, I will have the quote on Tuesday so just a few more day's but I think its looking good :D

Still looking good Armando?

;)

Its not much of a price break, the only good thing about this whole thing is that it will be done with precession instead of your "homemade" style stabilizer. After doing lots of research I decided to just scratch the project. Not something im going to be doing right now. I guess you can say the interest I had in this was lost. Im working on other projects, this was more of a hobby for me. I don't have time to mess with it right now. Perhaps in the future when it is available and things are ready I will let people know.

Thanks

Armando