However, the cost of the machine was a whopping US $ 115,000, a price tag which most of the small factories on the island could hardly even afford to look at.
成天在工廠裡窩著，李淵河的小腦袋不停地轉。他看到家裡使用沖床來生產鉸鍊，每個步驟都靠人操作，不但耗時費工，而且工人常受傷，很不安全。「怎樣才能減少傷害呢？」他想，如果能設計出一種自動化的鉸鍊機就好了。