just a
little update
Uggg, meant to do this update on the weekend but a problem pop'd up that needed fixing. All and all, things around here have been super nuts, and it's been a good while since i'v been able to hop on here. This effort to up our production with new people and more machines was supposed to take things
off my plate, give me some time to relax and spend some time designing, but until recently, it super didn't....for every victory, something broke, for every great run of parts, another jig needed re-tooling, for every new method, we needed re-training... our numbers went up, but it has been an epic ... battle... Now however, the changes have had some time to settle in... things in the shop have fallen into a much better flow, and it's time for me to change my position and focus on designing and prototyping new thingys, and maybe even spend some time around here
(despite the new look that i'm currently having mixed feelings about).
Starting next week i am going to start full time
(mostly) designing and prototyping. First things first, I want a glass faced tank for the BB. I ordered a bunch of different types of glass and i'll just see what i can do with it. With so many nice looking rebuilds and adapters for the BB i want to have a tank that shows um off a bit..
There has been neat-o new stuff i would have typically updated on, like new jigs and new machines and such, but everything has been so go-go-go... i haven't been taking pics. But last week we got a new toy that i'm kind'a in love with.. This is Quinn...
she is a 10hp 3phase air compressor with a 120gal tank and refrigerated air dryer.... and she sounds like a jet.
umm,,, let's see... as far as neat new jigs i did make these for the tank hole operation that are kinda neat-o...
well i think so anyway...
i'v had to re-make jigs to do the tank holes at least 4 times now, so this time i though i would overkill the heck out of it... so all that huge chunk of aluminum does is hold the tank while it gets drilled and has the o-ring channel milled....should last a while though...
in other news, we're doing a new color this week, next weeks batch will be clear anodized again but we just got the process ready for this color and said what the heck...
turquoise
anywoo,,, like i said, just a little update... but i should be round here a bit more from now on with the production floor being able to run without me full time....