That main reason we started to get some parts machined there is because it’s better overall for our process with our anodizers. I had to trash over 50% of the OG pelicans. Only 10% were a grades. With the P19 were at about 85% A grades 10% glitches and 5% trashed after they get back from our ano shops. I still have about 100 Raws waiting on ano here before I can equally compare the stats for equal size runs of a yo-yo that was only slightly adjusted.
Disclaimer my QC is extremely strick - my 50% teashed rate might have been much lower for others.
Raw pricing really isn’t much of a factor for us because it’s basically the same. Turn around time is much quicker on runs and protos.
I’m just trying to offer the highest quality product I can. If I need to machine in China, anodizer in France, and just assemble here that would be ok with me in the end, if that’s the best product I can make available.