ENCORE WERKS
How it works — from a broken part to a delivered one
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the forums
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auction sites
junkyards
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how many people? at what price? nobody knows
Request a part
Part
Quantity
1
I'd buy this at or below:
$180
Send — it's free
← your maximum
max price
quantity
every request adds a dot — no card, no commitment
campaign launch gate
Enough verified demand
Eligible to reproduce
Engineering costed out
A price range that works
no card asked until it clears
27 members
already requested this part
$140 – $180 per unit
founding price — below the later catalog price
development goal
Commit
Campaign Price Ceiling = the most you'll ever pay per unit
card saved — not charged
Quantity: 1
Accept $180 ceiling ✓
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$45
your development commitment
a fraction of your maximum,
charged only if it funds
— kept separate —
$180
your ceiling
the most you'll ever pay
per unit — not charged
every dollar of your commitment counts toward your final price
development goal
falls short
$45
released — nothing charged
no refund to chase: nothing to refund
funds
FUNDED
$45
pays for the engineering
reference part
scan & model
manufacture
test-fit until it's right
updates to your account
✓ Reference part scanned
✓ Model complete
✓ Prototype test-fit passed
$180 — your ceiling
doesn't move while engineering happens
$180 — your ceiling
above the ceiling: only with your explicit yes — decline, and your commitment comes back in full
lower = you pay less
$155 — Final Validated Price
locked after engineering — set by real costs and final participation
at or below your ceiling — always
Your account
Final Validated Price
$155
Your commitment (credit)
− $45
Balance due
$110
Total paid: $155 — exactly the price
Catalog price, once listed
$195
Founding participants: first access + a lower price
Pay balance
Queue
Manufacturing
Done
your order
built to order
no inventory — nothing sits on a shelf
your door
In the catalog
for everyone who comes after — $195
founding participants paid $155
because you were counted
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Tell us the part — and your number.
"It costs nothing to be counted."
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dollar figures shown are illustrative
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