Try this guy: Michael Hushaw Andy At 10:03 AM 11/18/02 +1300, you wrote: >Wagner, > >You should be able to find someone willing to do automated assembly >of 500 boards no problems. Here in NZ I get boards produced by a >manufacturer that does both manual and automated assembly. They will >do small runs manually at a cost. My gut feeling is that one-off run >of a board like you descibe they would assemble entirely by hand if >the quantity was 50 or so, anything more than that it would be >worthwhile automating. The fact that you may or may not get them to >make any more boards in the future complicates things, but that is a >consideration for the assembler when quoting on the work. Perhaps >they can separate the setup costs for you so you can forecast what >the next 500 will cost. > >A regular board I get produced measures 4.5" x 5.0" and has about 160 >components, 16 of them through hole. The very first batch was only 50 >units, with a view to repeat runs every 2-3 months. Now orders have >increased a little I get batches of 100 at a time. Right from the >start the assembly company did these by machine (except through hole >components which are placed by hand). > >Like you say, the hard part is finding the right sized company - but >they should be out there. > >-- >Brent Brown, Electronic Design Solutions >16 English Street, Hamilton, New Zealand >Ph/fax: +64 7 849 0069 >Mobile/txt: 025 334 069 >eMail: brent.brown@clear.net.nz > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Race Boats - andy@RC-Hydros.com http://www.RC-Hydros.com Airplanes - andy@FlyingHobbies.com http://www.FlyingHobbies.com Electronics - andy@MontanaDesign.com http://www.MontanaDesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu