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Blueprints

Engineering teardowns, working prototypes and what happened when they went to manufacture. Schematics, tolerances and bills of materials, published in the open.

Teardowns

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Can I make this, and what will it cost?

Solar cold-storage controller, board and all
3DVideo2 files

Solar cold-storage controller, board and all

Community reverse-engineered

BOM $45 – $60

148 parts · Advanced

STEP · DXF · Gerber · Drill +2

The gearbox in a village hand pump, after nine years

The gearbox in a village hand pump, after nine years

Community reverse-engineered

BOM $88 – $112

17 parts · Beginner

STEP · STL · DXF

What is actually inside a $180 thermal camera module

What is actually inside a $180 thermal camera module

Community reverse-engineered

Advanced

A 24 V brushless driver you can actually source in Lagos
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A 24 V brushless driver you can actually source in Lagos

Authorized / open source

BOM $18.50 – $24

62 parts · Intermediate

Gerber · Drill · Pick and place · BOM CSV

Case studies

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What did somebody learn the expensive way?

  • Find the step that stopped scaling before you cut the bill of materials.

    Hardware · Porto, 2024 · Unit economics

  • Keep 40% of the raise for batch two.

    Consumer hardware · Chennai, 2023 · Unit economics

  • Budget for a second mould, not a perfect first one.

    Consumer hardware · Nairobi, 2023 · Tooling

  • Cut the tool in aluminium before you cut it in steel.

    Industrial components · Gothenburg, 2024 · Tooling

Borehole pump housing: the four tolerances that matter

Borehole pump housing: the four tolerances that matter