Boutique Pedal Manufacturers Are Feeling the Tariff Pinch

I'm looking at getting some custom machined aluminum pieces for a project I'm working on. Apparently Chinese aluminum is still subject to 100% tariffs, meaning my $25 parts cost $50 a piece from China. I told myself surely there was a domestic supplier that could beat that on a simple aluminum panel with a radiused edge and a few holes in it. Lowest quote I got from a US shop was $117 a piece. I could get down to $50 a piece if I order large quantities, but at that same quantity the price from the Chinese shop goes down to $24 a piece.
 
vigilante398 said:
I'm looking at getting some custom machined aluminum pieces for a project I'm working on. Apparently Chinese aluminum is still subject to 100% tariffs, meaning my $25 parts cost $50 a piece from China. I told myself surely there was a domestic supplier that could beat that on a simple aluminum panel with a radiused edge and a few holes in it. Lowest quote I got from a US shop was $117 a piece. I could get down to $50 a piece if I order large quantities, but at that same quantity the price from the Chinese shop goes down to $24 a piece.
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So you’re saying that the tariff should be twice as large in order to bring American manufacturing back?
 
Tariffs should be 487 procent to make a 24 peace equal 117. Am I correct?
Dont know if there is any profit in it for the manufacturer.
 
Feral Feline said:
I've never heard of "Youtubers like Buddy Blues and Sasha Ivantic", and I'll have forgotten them by the time I finish this post.
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The whole post reads a little like “I’ve put all this effort in and expect ppl to want to buy my pedals” - I think it’s a bit mad, like I know there’s a whole pedal scene that I’m not in, but in my mind most “boutique hand built” pedals are either completely derivative, or slightly derivative but with features that fit in a specific genre or setup - your boutique hand built big muff may be the best tuned big muff on the planet - or it might just be another fuzz pedal… and if it’s in the former it’s the brand that will sell it - not the amazingness alone. And if you reduce your costs by using JLCs pcbA … then you have to work even harder with the brand and marketing … but the world doesn’t owe you sales of your fuzz pedal…
 
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