Seriously, if any VC is reading this, get this man some funding to make it a real project. Even at double or triple what it costs, it's still cheaper than any other commercial competitor.
Can you elaborate on this for someone unfamiliar with production? How one come up with the number and such time estimation?
So yeah, sometimes niche markets can be profitable. And it doesn't have to be millions of dollars in VC money obviously to be invested.