Owen;
If you were to design guides; the first thing you would need is about $100,000.00 spare change lying around to pay for the research, development, design, and construction of the new dies it takes to cut them out with.
This is the number one reason why there first needs be a large enough demand for a new guide design to justify the expense of making new cutting dies.
Think about this. After about 18 months of personally pushing the micro market.
Bill Batson shared that they had sold about 12,000 micro guides. [
rodbuilding.org]
At present an average of about 670 per month @ less then a dollar a piece (At retail). Now if you figure that at the OEM level they sell for at least 1/2 that much or less.
Then minus out the expense of production, shipping, handling, Advertising selling, ECT, and how long before the market is large enough to just recoup your expenses. With that in mind, would YOU really want to invest in the expense of making guides?
Every one of the manufacturers is presently working to develop improved designs, because the Market is just now getting large enough to justify doing so.
Because a few hundred custom builders think there should be other designs available, with out understanding the cost of the undertaking has companies like Batson, Fuji, AMT and Pac Bay thinking.
“Are they missing something?"
Roger;
Your desire for taller micro's to use as your running guides would create a night mayor that I don't think you are prepared to handle, unless that is you don't mind rebuilding your clients rods every time you turn around.
You should follow Scott’s advice. Unless you're building 9, 10, or 11 foot rods. There is no need to have that many guides on a micro rod.
John;
“Titanium HVSG!! Only made for Japan!!â€
If you want them in the US create a demand!
At one time Micro guides were available only in Japan. I wanted them readily available here. So I built the market.
