On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:23:07 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:

On 3/7/2011 8:58 AM, Ignoramus1796 wrote:
Someone ordered 12 identical brass parts to be made and supplied
material. The biggest expense in terms of time was G code programming.
The parts themselves took 4 minutes per pair to make, but setup time
per part was at most 30 seconds, and I could do other things while the
machine was working.

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Made? Or first cash offset to loss?

It's just like fusion reactors.. you have to have scientific
break-even before you can have engineering break-even.