Hi everyone! We’re still working on Center-Rite and are trying to figure out a few of the manufacturing questions. To ensure quality and cost, we are letting this process take as long as it needs. We’re still really excited to introduce this tool, and will be sending even more prototypes out when we can to …
Hello once again everybody! The end of February consisted of lots of thinking and planning. What for you ask? We’ve been preparing for our firstproduction run of Center-Rite! Based on feedback from our initial round ofproduct testing, we have been putting lots of thought into the materials andprocesses we want to use to produce Center-Rite. Quality …
Hi all! We’ve been hard at work developing the initial prototypes of Center-Rite. So far, we’ve been through countless prototypes, tweaking things here and there to improve the usability and overall experience. Luckily, we’ve found product testers! These lucky few will soon be receiving prototpye units for testing and evaluation. We hope that the feedback …
Hi again all, I’ve been working hard at developing Center-Rite, a simple drill press fixturing system to improve your speed and accuracy at drilling holes in all sorts of material. The first set of attachments allow for you to drill holes in the corner of materials either 1/4″, 1/2″, or 3/4″ from the edges of …
Hello everyone, once again I am coming to you with the promise that we are still working on the Injection molding machine project. In these quiet periods where there isn’t much I can show you (be it for proprietary reasons or for a lack of interesting material), I am looking to post a monthly update …
Hi all! It’s been a little over a month since we last caught up about the project. I wanted to make a post to ensure everyone who is reading that I am still working on it. October was a very stressful and busy month for me, so I wasn’t able to get much done on …
Hi all, I was able to finally attach the new barrel mount to the frame today and get some injection cycles through it. The new assembly is much sturdier and makes pushing plastic through the barrel a lot easier. I was also able to play around with different injection temperatures to see what effects it …
Hi all, its two weeks since we last spoke. No, I haven’t given up! I’ve been waiting for a crucial component. As can be seen in the previous posts’ pictures,the mount for the barrel was quite flimsy. This made testing the injection performance of the machine very hard. I just finally recieved a new custom …
It’s been a long weekend, and while trying to relax I’ve been thinking about the next steps in this process. During testing, the most apparent issue was the rigidity of the molder’s stand. As you can see in my previous posts, the stand was made of poorly cut 1″x1″ lumber mended together with steel brackets. …
Today was a pretty big day. Although I only started building this prototype about a week ago, this idea is a long time in the making. Over this past winter, I tried something similar and achieved nothing but burnt plastic and some softened plastic that stuck together and was extremely brittle. That was the crude …