<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px">Exciting news: This time Mike Zhao, our contract manufacturing expert, is going to come for the Q&A in person! You can read more about him and the contract manufacturing process here: <a href="https://medium.com/supplyframe-hardware/shanghais-contract-manufacturing-a-factory-visit-7fc800cce411">https://medium.com/supplyframe-hardware/shanghais-contract-manufacturing-a-factory-visit-7fc800cce411</a></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b><span style="font-size:13px">Note that due to Meetup.com fees we are increasing the price to $85, but we will honor the previous price of $75 until Wednesday September</span> 26</b></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px">----------<br><br>Are you <span class="inbox-inbox-lG" style="background-color:rgba(251,246,167,0.5);outline:transparent dashed 1px">manufacturing</span> something with <span class="inbox-inbox-lG" style="background-color:rgba(251,246,167,0.5);outline:transparent dashed 1px">plastic</span>? How much do you expect to pay for your molds? $10,000? Maybe even $100,000? If you are a startup and don't have the capital or the volumes to justify expensive <span class="inbox-inbox-lG" style="background-color:rgba(251,246,167,0.5);outline:transparent dashed 1px">plastic</span> molds, <span class="inbox-inbox-lG" style="background-color:rgba(251,246,167,0.5);outline:transparent dashed 1px">manufacturing</span> out of sheet acrylic might be the answer for you.</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><br></div><div style=""><font color="#212121">Myself (Ruth) and Rik are running a sheet acrylic </font><span class="inbox-inbox-lG" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px;background-color:rgba(251,246,167,0.5);outline:transparent dashed 1px">manufacturing</span><font color="#212121"> workshop. We make the whole process accessible, from teaching joints/cutting/bending to sharing local prototyping contacts and hosting a 30 minute Q&A with a Chinese contract manufacturer. The workshop is from 9:30AM to 12:30PM on May 5th at the </font><span class="inbox-inbox-lG" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px;background-color:rgba(251,246,167,0.5);outline:transparent dashed 1px">Noisebridge</span><font color="#212121">Hackerspace, and costs $85: </font><font color="#1c3aa9"><u><a href="https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/254812336/">https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/254812336/</a></u></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px">Feel free to contact me at <a href="mailto:ruthgracewong@gmail.com" target="_blank">ruthgracewong@gmail.com</a> if you have any questions</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px">Best,</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px">Ruth</div></div>