MAP synthetic THIN brim

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Fri May 30, 2014 4:18 pm

What do you guys think of my new model line? How much should I ask for 'em? http://www.roadrecumbent.com/MAPsynthetichat.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Look at it this way- Your quest for the perfect hat IS over. You've won! YAY!!! But it's not really over because it's plastic. ..... There's lots more questing for the perfect hat left

The next one is going to look better than the one shown.

cm289 · Post by **cm289** » Sat May 31, 2014 12:27 pm

Looks pretty neat, just like a real hat in the photos and video. Not knowing how much it actually costs to make something like this, maybe you should shoot for a 10-15% profit and adjust up or down depending on sales and demand.

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cm289 · Post by **cm289** » Sat May 31, 2014 12:39 pm

If they're ridiculously cheap to produce I'd adjust you're profit margin up accordingly to make it worth your time and effort.

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3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:34 pm

cm289 wrote:Looks pretty neat, just like a real hat in the photos and video. Not knowing how much it actually costs to make something like this, maybe you should shoot for a 10-15% profit and adjust up or down depending on sales and demand.

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cm289, say you had some cash burning a hole in your pocket and you were in the market for a new lid. What would you feel comfortable paying for one of these? ... Throw out a number.
Anyone- throw out a number, baby.

cm289 · Post by **cm289** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:37 pm

I dunno- $20?

baddates1 · Post by **baddates1** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:08 pm

50 bucks would be a safe zone. Just a suggestion....... $70? That hat is super nice until you get to the cross sections.

"It's fake! See you can tell by the cross sections!" -Pro. Henry Jones Senior
Sorry couldn't pass it up! I really like this hat!

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 4:20 am

cm289 wrote:I dunno- $20?

That matches your 10-15% over materials cost estimate pretty well, but it takes a lot more time to make one of these, than just pulling a wet felt hat body over a block. The basic "hat body" is made of 8 individual pieces of foam and fabric.

baddates1 wrote:50 bucks would be a safe zone. Just a suggestion....... $70? That hat is super nice until you get to the cross sections.

"It's fake! See you can tell by the cross sections!" -Pro. Henry Jones Senior
Sorry couldn't pass it up! I really like this hat!

I could do a few hats in that price range, just for the experience. Haven't sold any hats yet and I want to make a few hats and see the reviews they get here.

It's a fake hat, but fur felt fedoras have been out of style .. for 50 years. - You'll be looking Indy, but feeling Old Navy. Your mate will be thrilled with your, cloth hat normalness.

Oh yeah, if there's anything you don't like about the hat as pictured, please tell me. There are a few things I already plan to change on the next one.

As to the cross section, not unusual except for the humps- they are almost an inch thick solid foam. This makes the top of the hat strong enough to support the hat with the top of your head, and may, at times, act like a Pith helmet, isolating the heat on the outside of the hat from the inside.

mcmanm · Post by **mcmanm** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:56 pm

Looks interesting. Are their any pics of it on your head? Pics outside in natural light. Think that would help in the decision making process.

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:27 am

Here's another video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0XZP7 ... e=youtu.be The pics on the web page with the crinkled tan paper background are all in natural light, except for the top left profile of the non bow side, which has a halogen shop light illuminating from below. The bow side front dent in this old video is too shallow, adjusted deeper in the web page pics. Next hat I make will have a little less taper.

Travelsonic · Post by **Travelsonic** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:00 pm

The seems on top stand out a lot to me, but it could just be just me - still looks AMAZING.

As much as I love my rabbit AB, my BP "Indy" in ToD style, and my Akubra Fed. IV, I think this is something I ought to look into if the price is right.

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:29 pm

Travelsonic wrote:The seems on top stand out a lot to me, but it could just be just me - still looks AMAZING.

As much as I love my rabbit AB, my BP "Indy" in ToD style, and my Akubra Fed. IV, I think this is something I ought to look into if the price is right.

Good call. The seam is too obvious. I will post a picture of the redesigned seam tomorrow.

mcmanm · Post by **mcmanm** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:07 pm

Looks cool from far away. Would be nice to get close up video with new update.

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:34 am

mcmanm wrote:Looks cool from far away. Would be nice to get close up video with new update.

You can see the slick new seam, but it's too time consuming to make. Going to try an alternate quicker solution on the hat I made before this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dn8fTZ ... e=youtu.be

Duck9000 · Post by **Duck9000** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:28 am

This is getting better and better

Travelsonic · Post by **Travelsonic** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:23 pm

From that last vid, I like it - the seam is much less noticeable.

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:24 am

Travelsonic wrote:From that last vid, I like it - the seam is much less noticeable.

As I said, very hard to do. So, I'm going to try and use a thin strip of fabric to hide the seam on last years thick brim hat. That hat has faded from daily wear, so I've had some fabric baking in the sun for the last couple weeks to get the color faded down, then I'll try a fast seam hiding method. Will report results soon.

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:30 pm

Sorry for the delay. I did the thin strip as mentioned above, and it worked out nice, but I've decided to do something else. I'm making big changes. I've had the brim off the hat and glued the fabric to the top of the brim - won't be wrinkling when wet or cold now, and the brim will be thinner. I couldn't glue the fabric to the old thick brim, because the less dense foam would leave a bumpy surface. Going to glue down the top dent as well. It will make the dent deeper.

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