Hey Mud, I'm sorta getting my ass kicked over here, but it's okay we will get through this. Real quick, I am finalizing electronics orders and will have a full list soon for you guys. Servos, transmitters, receivers, motor ESCs, lipo battery and chargers are coming.
Tuning is a full time job and I'm pretty adamant about it, because I aim to keep quality at the top of my priority list. When print quality degrades, plans change.
This is where I'm taking 1 step back, in preparation for moving two steps forward.
1 step back: I am tuning the boys (soon some girls too), 1 printer at a time for specific jobs, and setting it up to only do that job and to it well. Nobody needs to try and be a jack of all trades, and a master of none.
So 1 at a time they will leave the floor and onto my desk, and 1 at a time they will get tuned and equipped for the right job, before finally moving onto my green tables in the garage to begin fulfilling their true purpose.
And 1 at a time I will replace the platforms the printers are on, with new homes for the FJ fleet.
Two steps forward:
1. I am handing off assembly to you guys for the time being, and only assembling a few to familiarize myself in case you guys need help. When the boys are tuned, aka I have time, I will begin portioning out both kits for everyone. The only kits I will build are for the mud museum, a collection of 1-of models/replicas of LCs owned and maintained by mudders. I want one for the museum, and one for the original owner; then sell a few to recover costs for both, and to help feed the boys and girls.
And since I dont see myself having a bulk assembly process up soon, I want to know if anyone has a lot of extra time and wants to assemble extras for me; I will give you a cut of everyone sold, and you can even set the price if you want. I have not gotten that far/have more pressing things to tend to. I aim to begin selling next year after refining them this year.
2. With the free time from not having to do assembly, for everyone, I will focus on making us mods, upgrades, accessories, new models, and etc. This is in addition to the current work of keeping the boys happy, so they can continue on making happy little parts.
- I can also focus on improving the process; I need to begin researching using 3d-printed molds for big parts like hoods, and so we can eventually have real carbon fiber. This is often done nowadays using molds you can print, and thusp saving significant costs in making molds.molded quality is another level.
Check the stream occasionally for updates as I will be there if not sleeping, and almost always working on this.
Also leaving this here so I don't lose it.
Now imagine a little garage for your little cruiser. And then picture it where last photo is/a whole line of them where the printers currently are.
This way I can keep them safe during builds, which can sometimes take a whole week for a fleet, assuming no distractions.
