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Originally Posted by Jabo
Are you getting a flock of faithful deciples to produce them ? 
Any moves towards patent application? |
Disciples eh? No - just more automated, and with less "finishing" time. Bases will be lapped by machine properly. Blocks just bolt together. Barbs just screw in with a bit of sealant without needing to be cut-down. No need to re-drill the holes because the new material machines more cleanly. Because I'm not using polycarbonate, there's no need to be as careful with the barbs. The material being used is somewhat elastic, and so it deals with barb, tubing and temperature stresses more gracefully than polycarbonate. Problem is that you can't see through it, but again, that's no issue because the blocks fit together like a jig-saw and auto-align themselves.
So basically it's just a case of screw in barbs straight from the shop with a bit of sealant, bolt the blocks together, and package them. This is all something that even my wife or eldest daughter could help with. Still need to assemble each mounting kit though. I don't believe in just throwing in a set number of washers, nuts and bolts, because often (enough) some some bolt or nut comes with a hacked thread and doesn't screw on properly, and I'd rather that was found out before the mounting gear goes out the door.
So yeah, basically what was probably close to an hour of my time per block doing a fair amount of physical work, will get reduced to around 15 minutes of low-key work.