A short video of Proto #2 of the 10 shot hopper dropper. Lower profile for low ringsMore resistance in the sliding doorBetter pellet drop.In the video I show a few drops of the last pellet in the hopper because Im finding that pellet #10 was the most likely to to drop poorly in proto #1 because it does not have the weight of other pellets pushing down on it. The first pellet (with the weight of 9 pellets above it) almost rockets out of the chute but in proto #1, the last pellet had no weight pushing down on it. I cured that with proto #2.When Im in the proto phase of a project I change the color of the filament I use so I dont confuse parts laying on the bench.
Congratulations Ron, outstanding job! Question: in the video it kinda looked like the scope & mounts were canted to the right to allow clearance. Yes/No? May be just an optical illusion. Sorry to hear you're not thinking of selling them any time soon. I'm sure there's a lot of Disco owners, including me, that would be buyers!EdBTW, Great name as well!
Ron--Thanks for the clarification re. the scope position and those Leupold rings. I was ignorant of their design. I'll be following this and hopefully at some point you'll see your way clear to sell them. Re. pricing, I think you could add a few more bucks to your guesstimate and still sell plenty of 'em. Ed
3D printing and new product design is what I do. I do it in my full time job and my own company. Certainly I could give away the intellectual property for others but its been suggested here and via PM that this is a very marektable item. I am entertaining the making and selling of these but not until is got all the kinks fleshed out. While Ie got decades of design and prototyping under my belt Im still new to (very new) and I only got this Disco 5 days ago. Its my first PCP so I dont know what I dont know which is why Im sharing the concept with a this very experienced community. Personally Im thinking this is perhaps a $15 to $20 item and there seems to be interest and demand but only if its good and dependable. Ive made 5 items for this Disco on my printer thus far out of what I deem needs/wants. I expect I will make more but Ive only owned it for 5 days so far.