But I guess this is the problem when you turn a hobby project into a niche business. You suddenly have to amortize the development costs over a small number of sales. Otherwise there's no point making it your sole means of income.
And from the initial 3D printed model to a custom made production run takes many times the amount of time it will have taken to build the prototype.
In this case there's the pick & place machine to consider too. I'm surprised she didn't outsource this. These things are expensive and I doubt she has enough parts to run it 24/7 to get her money's worth.
But no way I'll consider buying one at this price. Great project though!!
Of course, but I didn't include this here because it's sold in kit form :)
But I'm not questioning the price. Just lamenting that the price puts it out of my reach.