FAQ: Thunder Cost

PiBurns and PiBurn Grips wired for Thunder laser cost more to produce than most other brands.

There are three reasons for this.

1. Thunder Lasers use a more expensive motor called a hybrid servo motor that comes with its own driver. The motor on the PiBurn wired for Thunder is significantly more expensive than the simple stepper motors used by most other brands.
2. The Servo motor cover is a custom-made aluminum covering that is cut just to protect the wiring on the Thunder servo motors. This is an additional part that needs to be manufactured, powder coated, and installed.
3. The plug on Thunder lasers is proprietary to Thunder and is more expensive to source and wire.

These three reasons significantly increase the cost of materials and labor to build the rotaries.

Some of the cost is passed on the customer.

But it’s so expensive!

We understand. We are working very hard on bringing down the costs associated with the Thunder laser rotaries. The premium has decreased in the past 12 months. We think that in the future, we will be able to reduce the premium further, but it will unlikely ever be zero.