just an idea..

[RehKal]

Need to find a place that will make them without requiring 200+ minimum order.

[barkingspider]

So I contacted a USA company called Telor Tactical about making custom printed magnetic mats. Hey replied and stated that he could print custom magnetic mats in a small quantity of 75 units. I have sent him a follow up email asking how to send graphics, along with pricing details.

I must admit that I don't have the final graphic depiction that the forum decided on, although I really hope it's tailored to exploded views of the x valve and classic valve. I loved bunny's rendition! I am not sure if we can do one of the x valve with level x bolt and then one with classic valve with level 7 bolt, with the idea of splitting the units? I also will be tied up here shortly with life issues taking most of my time. Is there possibly someone that I could had this lead of to who has time and the decided graphic depiction?

http://www.telortactical.com/products/telor-magnetic-gun-mat

[rschoi_75]

I'm still in.

[ScottyBeans]

I'd also be in for one, for sure.

[RehKal]

So I contacted a USA company called Telor Tactical about making custom printed magnetic mats. Hey replied and stated that he could print custom magnetic mats in a small quantity of 75 units. I have sent him a follow up email asking how to send graphics, along with pricing details.

I must admit that I don't have the final graphic depiction that the forum decided on, although I really hope it's tailored to exploded views of the x valve and classic valve. I loved bunny's rendition! I am not sure if we can do one of the x valve with level x bolt and then one with classic valve with level 7 bolt, with the idea of splitting the units? I also will be tied up here shortly with life issues taking most of my time. Is there possibly someone that I could had this lead of to who has time and the decided graphic depiction?

http://www.telortactical.com/product...gnetic-gun-mat

The problem I see with these mats is... They are made of neoprene, we had already decided against that for longevity purposes. I, personally, would rather have one made of rubber.

[RehKal]

I am sending out a few emails to hopeful sources for getting these made. But we need to have a for sure size nailed down.

Did we decide 12x18" range is good enough or do we want something bigger? 18x24" for instance.

18x24" is preferable to me simply because you can move parts out of the way and still have plenty of work area on the mat. But I know others were saying that's too big.

[ScottyBeans]

I'd rather have an 12"x18", myself. Plenty of room to tear down one paintball gun and still small enough to store easily.

[barkingspider]

The problem I see with these mats is... They are made of neoprene, we had already decided against that for longevity purposes. I, personally, would rather have one made of rubber.

I guess I missed that people didn't want neoprene. I thought the attractive quality that they offered was the magnets as part of there mats. Well the company responded to send in the graphic and they would get me a price quote.

Can someone send me the decided valve graphic and I will send it in for a quote

[Freedy500]

I'd rather have an 12"x18", myself. Plenty of room to tear down one paintball gun and still small enough to store easily.

We decided on 16x30 before we started this up again.

[Justus]

We decided on 16x30 before we started this up again.

Yeah, it's got to be big enough to put a couple markers on and have space leftover to hold parts when you're breaking them down. 12x18 is about the size of my laptop. Much too small to use as a work area.

[ScottyBeans]

We decided on 16x30 before we started this up again.

Ah, I must have missed this, sorry. 16"x30" sounds great to me!

[RehKal]

Ok. Found a source that makes custom molded rubber counter/bar mats with no minimum order requirements. There is a setup fee to make them and we need a final design/layout in order to get that setup fee figured. They offer these mats in 17x22" (put four sheets of standard loose leaf paper together to see the size) and maybe larger (but setup will go up).. I'll have to confirm if they can go larger if we want 16x30. Depending on final setup costs, this could easily be distributed over and add only minimal cost per unit if we do a run of say... 50.

Not sure how many people actually want one of these though. Obviously the more units made, the lower the setup will cost overall.

[Justus]

What's a ballpark price point? People always got to know what they're getting into before they will say "I'm interested".

[splat15k]

Ok. Found a source that makes custom molded rubber counter/bar mats

Do you happen to know how robust those mats are/will be?

[RehKal]

The mats are in the range of $20-$25 a piece not including the distributed setup fee, which is how it'll be cheaper the more we order. Very rough estimate on setup is $400 (with no image it is -very- hard to get setup costs) which breaks down to $8 over a 50 piece run of mats. So in total, maybe $30-$40 a mat depending on setup costs.

The mats are solid molded rubber. Visit a local bar/restaurant with bar and see if they have rubber mats on their bar to see what you think, it's the same thing I'm talking about. We could get them without all the nibs for holding spilled drink to preserve the parts diagram. The guy I spoke with also suggested going with a thinner rubber (1/4") instead of standard thickness to help cut down costs. We could probably have some depressions put along top/bottom to hold small parts like screws an stuff too.