Hi again everyone. I've had several emails from various people here, Talkbass and a couple of other places interested in me milling new hardware. The numbers are still not very promising I am afraid. Having plugged everything through my spreadsheet to help me work out the item cost to end users, a fully loaded unplated brass SB bridge would cost about €80 and separate saddle sets about €30.
I regard this as high compared to what I was hoping to hit and it is getting towards Hipshot and Gotoh prices, and despite these being custom items I can't see everybody who showed initial intent following up, meaning I would be running a very real risk of a significant financial loss going forward on these figures and I am in no position to take financial risks.
It is possible that I might again have free-r access to a machine shop later this year, however for the moment I don't think that I can consider renting or buying machinery in for this project. I'm not disappearing of course, so if any movement occurs then this will be the first place you will read about it.