Evan and Katelyn | 7 Tips to Start Small Scale Manufacturing | Business Ideas for Product Makers @EvanAndKatelyn | Uploaded August 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
If you’re interested in how to take advantage of small scale manufacturing with your business making stuff, hope you find these tips and ideas useful! Topics and timestamps below. Thanks Inventables for sponsoring this video. Check out the X-Carve: goo.gl/dBvSAL
How to Sell Handmade Products video: youtube.com/watch?v=NHGXNY7TWKg
Fusion 360 CAM for CNC Beginners video: youtube.com/watch?v=iqnvzxuXFTQ
Patreon & Aftershow patreon.com/evanandkatelyn
Merch shopevanandkatelyn.com
Instagram instagram.com/evanandkatelyn @evanandkatelyn
Twitch live streams twitch.tv/evanandkatelyn
TOPICS AND TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:01 New Startup Opportunities
Talking about the new middle ground path between big businesses and small business that allows you to scale up your manufacturing with less risk
2:16 How We Started
Our own story, what products we first tried, how we started building our robot army
3:29 Small Scale Manufacturing
How small scale manufacturing is getting more accessible and better
5:32 Example Walk Through
Walk through the steps of one of our products that we designed with small scale manufacturing in mind
6:58 Product Design
Tips and ideas to keep in mind when designing products so that they can be made via micro-manufacturing
10:07 Competitive Advantage
Tips for your small business products to stand out against big business products
11:04 Outsourcing
Tips for when you’ve outgrown your home shop and you need to scale bigger
TOOLS / MATERIALS (affiliate)
■ X-Carve: goo.gl/dBvSAL
■ Carvey goo.gl/Vh5mSt
■ 3d Printer (Taz6) goo.gl/oPZBwm
■ Lulzbot Mini goo.gl/kWgZRN
■ Peopoly Moai goo.gl/kKuTqz
FILMING GEAR (affiliate)
■ Fujifilm X-T10 amzn.to/2pblgac (main camera)
■ 35mm F 1.4 lens amzn.to/2whwP0N (makes things look fancy)
■ Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 V amzn.to/2DJTHJF (slow-mo camera)
■ Main tripod amzn.to/2whGqED
■ Pan head for tripod amzn.to/2fhX3wh
■ Lighting kit amzn.to/2vs5sDB
■ Wireless lav mics amzn.to/2BCqtKQ
STAY UP TO DATE
■ Instagram instagram.com/evanandkatelyn @evanandkatelyn
■ Twitter twitter.com/EvanAndKatelyn
■ Pinterest pinterest.com/evanandkatelyn
■ Blog evanandkatelyn.com
■ Etsy etsy.com/shop/evanandkatelyn
MUSIC
FN by David Cutter Music
3 Times by David Cutter Music
THANK YOU TO OUR TOP PATREON SUPPORTERS!!
■ Katelyn’s Mom
■ Brandon’s Bees goo.gl/XP93pp
■ Bruce A. Ulrich goo.gl/wqixxp
■ Kit Low
■ Infinite Craftsman goo.gl/hsj5S6
■ Zach and Jazz goo.gl/bmqvxi
■ Corey Ward
■ Figments Made goo.gl/CbBRX1
■ Vincent Ferrari goo.gl/myFzcE
■ Scooter’s Workbench goo.gl/sP7b9W
■ Corso Systems
■ Brett Hollifield
■ Matt Knopp
■ George Partin
■ Level52 Studios goo.gl/dmdrSq
■ David Ingram
■ Brooke Boen
■ Matt Baker
■ Jason Kaczmarsky
■ Cameron Dorsey
■ David Granz
■ Elliot Iddon
■ Maxine Denis
■ Francisco Peebles
■ OmSweetOhm goo.gl/5Ue3ka
■ Southern Style DIY goo.gl/r5PL2c
■ James Allen
■ Kyle C
■ Legacy Creations goo.gl/LZVeMV
■ Joe Verstegen goo.gl/nyix5C
If you’re interested in how to take advantage of small scale manufacturing with your business making stuff, hope you find these tips and ideas useful! Topics and timestamps below. Thanks Inventables for sponsoring this video. Check out the X-Carve: goo.gl/dBvSAL
How to Sell Handmade Products video: youtube.com/watch?v=NHGXNY7TWKg
Fusion 360 CAM for CNC Beginners video: youtube.com/watch?v=iqnvzxuXFTQ
Patreon & Aftershow patreon.com/evanandkatelyn
Merch shopevanandkatelyn.com
Instagram instagram.com/evanandkatelyn @evanandkatelyn
Twitch live streams twitch.tv/evanandkatelyn
TOPICS AND TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:01 New Startup Opportunities
Talking about the new middle ground path between big businesses and small business that allows you to scale up your manufacturing with less risk
2:16 How We Started
Our own story, what products we first tried, how we started building our robot army
3:29 Small Scale Manufacturing
How small scale manufacturing is getting more accessible and better
5:32 Example Walk Through
Walk through the steps of one of our products that we designed with small scale manufacturing in mind
6:58 Product Design
Tips and ideas to keep in mind when designing products so that they can be made via micro-manufacturing
10:07 Competitive Advantage
Tips for your small business products to stand out against big business products
11:04 Outsourcing
Tips for when you’ve outgrown your home shop and you need to scale bigger
TOOLS / MATERIALS (affiliate)
■ X-Carve: goo.gl/dBvSAL
■ Carvey goo.gl/Vh5mSt
■ 3d Printer (Taz6) goo.gl/oPZBwm
■ Lulzbot Mini goo.gl/kWgZRN
■ Peopoly Moai goo.gl/kKuTqz
FILMING GEAR (affiliate)
■ Fujifilm X-T10 amzn.to/2pblgac (main camera)
■ 35mm F 1.4 lens amzn.to/2whwP0N (makes things look fancy)
■ Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 V amzn.to/2DJTHJF (slow-mo camera)
■ Main tripod amzn.to/2whGqED
■ Pan head for tripod amzn.to/2fhX3wh
■ Lighting kit amzn.to/2vs5sDB
■ Wireless lav mics amzn.to/2BCqtKQ
STAY UP TO DATE
■ Instagram instagram.com/evanandkatelyn @evanandkatelyn
■ Twitter twitter.com/EvanAndKatelyn
■ Pinterest pinterest.com/evanandkatelyn
■ Blog evanandkatelyn.com
■ Etsy etsy.com/shop/evanandkatelyn
MUSIC
FN by David Cutter Music
3 Times by David Cutter Music
THANK YOU TO OUR TOP PATREON SUPPORTERS!!
■ Katelyn’s Mom
■ Brandon’s Bees goo.gl/XP93pp
■ Bruce A. Ulrich goo.gl/wqixxp
■ Kit Low
■ Infinite Craftsman goo.gl/hsj5S6
■ Zach and Jazz goo.gl/bmqvxi
■ Corey Ward
■ Figments Made goo.gl/CbBRX1
■ Vincent Ferrari goo.gl/myFzcE
■ Scooter’s Workbench goo.gl/sP7b9W
■ Corso Systems
■ Brett Hollifield
■ Matt Knopp
■ George Partin
■ Level52 Studios goo.gl/dmdrSq
■ David Ingram
■ Brooke Boen
■ Matt Baker
■ Jason Kaczmarsky
■ Cameron Dorsey
■ David Granz
■ Elliot Iddon
■ Maxine Denis
■ Francisco Peebles
■ OmSweetOhm goo.gl/5Ue3ka
■ Southern Style DIY goo.gl/r5PL2c
■ James Allen
■ Kyle C
■ Legacy Creations goo.gl/LZVeMV
■ Joe Verstegen goo.gl/nyix5C
