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So first off while this is somewhat of a personal business plug it is also a backdrop and a rant. So I will refrain from dropping my own business name unless there is interest.

I own a 993. I used to be a mechanic at Porsche Pitstop and later worked again under Minh when he owned Autothority/Pitstop. (RIP Minh) After working on and driving these expensive cars I got up the nerve to save my hard earned dollars and buy a 1995 C2 in cash. I'm not a millionaire but I had grown to love the 993 and decided I would give a kidney if need be to get one. Further I wanted a RWD non OBD2 one so that I could eventually convert it to be 911 GT/ GT 2 like while being able to get around emissions. Then I discovered the prices involved on the parts I needed were out of reach (all of them CNC replica's) and the car has largely become a garage queen that has sadly not had much work on it. As I got married that goal seemed further out of reach but then my wife agreed with me to purchase a CNC mill. When I say mill I mean a new 70+k 3-axis (upgrade-able) Brother Speedio s500x1 and not some mill from the ancient days of CNC or a knee mill. Not that there is anything wrong with those but I want to set a capability standard here. This is meant for a business thing but while my initial goal was to be a job shop I recently have come to the understanding after spending close to a year learning the machine that I need a product. For me failure in anything I do has never been an option. I guess I have my one time drill instructor father to thank for that. So I thought well I have this 993 sitting doing nothing that could serve as both a test bed and an inspiration for CNC parts. I plan on working mostly in aluminum but here is the thing. Once I got to making parts I noticed that it costs the same amount of money (US based or German based manufacturing cost) to make a control arm for a Honda Civic as it does a Porsche 993 ( I know here is where I piss off everyone that is making parts for these cars.) Yet we pay a premium for the car for something that could have the same quality as that part on a Civic. This got me thinking that there is a serious wrong thing here. Since I have an expensive machine I know how the figure manufacturing costs. We will call that the amount per hour charged to CNC mill a product charged to the customer. (This is the hourly rate before you figure in material costs.) I also know that outside material these companies are literally paying anywhere from pennies to a few dollars per part to have it cut out since they order more than one at a time. (The more you have produced the cheaper per unit it is normally.) So I plan to make some parts at an affordable cost. Lets be real the rich people have already bought a 991 and anything previous is ending up in the hands of those of us that can't afford to drop a mortgage price on buying a car before they gain in value once they hit near antique status. So I have to ask what sort of parts would you be interested in? Keep in mind I can't do anything that requires 5-axis so if you ask for a turbo impeller I will have to decline but I have thought about starting with control arms and working from there but this isn't set in stone. Initial runs would be just plain old aluminum but I would like to get into anodizing once I have the money for a setup. I can however currently do brushed aluminum and might roll those out later on doable parts. Not all part geometries are conducive to a nice brushed finish. So what do you think any ideas? My goal here is to overtime increase the product line so I may not make every suggestion out the box. I likely will do one at a time but I can guarantee you that every suggestion will be taken down and I don't discourage repeat suggestions since that is a great way for me to gauge what you guys want. Anyway the goal here is to make affordable 100% US manufactured parts that people can trust. I have no idea if this will get kicked since I don't see the rules sticky'd maybe I was just looking in the wrong place.... but I would like your input.