[kenikh]

I get it - I have appreciable experience from my past life in building parts in SolidWorks, multi-axis CNC machinery, investment (among other types of) casting and a full gamut of maufacturing and materials science expertise, as well. I also get the amortization stuff - I have done tons of COGS and ROI analysis, which is why I look at some of the products out there and just say WTF.

It seems so many solutions are solving problems with a 1 ton air hammer, when a handlheld hammer would do, for much less effort and investment. CNC machined valve covers to me seem like the 1 ton hammer, self retaining COPs like the Denso units (even with bent metal retiner brackets for the bottom bank) the handheld hammer.