Rock Hard Sliders went on today. Looks like the "Unlimited" sticker has been replaced as some point...
Yep, yep, and YES! Bringing a product into production is a huuuuge headache compared to a development cycle or a one-off build-up. Getting the parts and raw materials reliably is one headache, fine tuning your product production is yet another. Parts/materials suppliers come and go, the part you found that's just perfect isn't made anymore or isn't available from your supplier, materials suddenly become scarce or pricing goes through the roof, etc, etc. I learned this when I started making my Sistrums in quantities of 5 at a time. The first 2 were easy, after that I'm always having to change things to accommodate new supply realities, both in how I make them and where/how I get the materials needed. And that's just about as chickenshit of a product that you could imagine, yet the headaches are there nonetheless. My years in the Manufacturing Engineering dept. of an industrial computer company taught me well!
A friend designed a HELL of a nice rifle rest. He was going to start making and selling them, everyone of his acquaintance wanted one, including me. He tried valiantly, but was unable to make the jump from a one-off to production. Its too bad, as I was able to try his design at a shooting event several years ago and it was wonderful. I can only imagine the headaches @mrblaine goes through for his products!
Rock Hard Sliders went on today. Looks like the "Unlimited" sticker has been replaced as some point...
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Those purple and blue retainers will definitely need replaced soon. Does anyone know the actual name for those or where I can find them?
I've been chasing a rattling/vibrating sound in the back of my TJ for a couple of months. It's like a resonating vibration at certain RPMs. At one point (literally just for one day) it seemed to happen all throughout the RPMS instead of just a couple points or when under load/bogged down. I thought I fixed it last month when I took the rear wiper motor cover off and secured some wiring and shoved some foam behind a bracket. All seemed quiet for a few days, then it was back.
I dug back into the rear wiper motor cover today and wrapped some wires/loom in tessa tape. Once that was done, I decided to keep poking around and realized I heard a buzzing sound when I'd hit the tailgate with my fist. Opened it up and the actuator rod for the lock cylinder was attached, but fit very loosely. I feel certain this was the source of the irritating sound all along. I took it apart and wrapped tessa tape around the metal pieces so that the plastic retainers would have less range of motion, but also, shouldn't make noise anymore even if they do still vibrate.
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Those purple and blue retainers will definitely need replaced soon. Does anyone know the actual name for those or where I can find them?
I found a neighbor that drives a very nice red LJ around. I need to make an introduction. The neighbor is a she.
I was having a day that only a drive in my jeep could fix and caught a nice sunset over the city.
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Nice end to any day.
Fosters is the Aussie signature beer, what is it in Kiwi Land? Cause that really needs to be added to the fish n chips meal plan..... just saying.
I found a neighbor that drives a very nice red LJ around. I need to make an introduction. The neighbor is a she.
You know this for certain or are you assuming gender?
Fosters is the Aussie signature beer, what is it in Kiwi Land? Cause that really needs to be added to the fish n chips meal plan..... just saying.
For 30 some years I heard and believed that Fosters was the Aussie signature beer but at some point I heard that it was a way to pitch beer to Americans kinda like Taco Bell being a true Mexican establishment. Not sure if any of that is true though.
I was going to say I hope she's a hottie. Now I'm afraid to.
Yep it sure was ….fish n chips
She was on her college female swim team.You know this for certain or are you assuming gender?