Do you know what sucks most? It's when you build a product, pay for all the materials get it delivered from overseas and then when you're about to get it installed, you discover that it wasn't exactly right. So you screwed up a $3000 sale and probably another $1500 in incured costs that were needed to fix it all.
Lesson: always measure things fanatically. Take pictures and go over everything several timesk before sending it to production. Another major one: always have the customer ok ALL the details and discuss things with them thoroughly. Don't just assume that they think you should know better and that they place all the faith in you and that you and you alone HAVE to get it right. Use a profile measurement tool like this one to get the EXACT profile of something before trying to duplicate it. You will get millimeter precision and can get all the curves exactly right.
Have your design looked over by someone in the industry with far more experience than what you have. Say "I made this drawing, does this look alright to you?".. no problem if you have to pay for some consulting - usually the ideas you get and the things you learn will pay off in the future when you will do everything right and can keep all of the profit. Who said we don't have to go to colledge? Business is a life long colledge that we HAVE to attend and where everything that's not A+ COSTS us money one way or another.
Lesson: always measure things fanatically. Take pictures and go over everything several timesk before sending it to production. Another major one: always have the customer ok ALL the details and discuss things with them thoroughly. Don't just assume that they think you should know better and that they place all the faith in you and that you and you alone HAVE to get it right. Use a profile measurement tool like this one to get the EXACT profile of something before trying to duplicate it. You will get millimeter precision and can get all the curves exactly right.
Have your design looked over by someone in the industry with far more experience than what you have. Say "I made this drawing, does this look alright to you?".. no problem if you have to pay for some consulting - usually the ideas you get and the things you learn will pay off in the future when you will do everything right and can keep all of the profit. Who said we don't have to go to colledge? Business is a life long colledge that we HAVE to attend and where everything that's not A+ COSTS us money one way or another.
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