RFID Tools that Work!
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Jonathan bought a Y-Shot DIY kit and Iron Sights from us a while back. Before he bought he asked lots of questions to make sure this was the right purchase. After building the Y-Shot from the kit he shared his thoughts
” A truly flexible item that combines target pistol accuracy if one chooses the iron sights (front and rear sight). Another innovative feature is that both tubular and flat bands can be used. In conclusion, the best part is versatility. To clarify versatility in this context means that you can learn sight alignment and reference points which is transferable for pistol shooting plus this item has the potential to rival an air pistol depending on the bands and projectile used.”
* The design actually prolongs the life of the bands
You can order the same parts
Jonathan’s Y-Shot
Jonathan also shared some targets with the results of his work.
Thanks for sharing these with us Jonathan!
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This year we’ve sold a bunch of X-Rests and accumulated a few that have some minor aesthetic issues. No functional issues, same great performance to steady your shot. We only have a few left so don’t delay.
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Picking the right ammo for use with your slingshot requires a little research. When you are hunting, using the right ammo becomes even more important. This table shows the energy available from different ammo. You can see it at: https://www.montiegear.com/slingshot-ammo-for-hunting-energy.html.
We have been working on the concept of a very simple ammo holder and here is our prototype. Keep up with the latest at www.montiegear.com/blog
When you call Montie Gear, its likely that either Lars or Montie will answer the phone. Here are some pictures of who you are talking to.
This week has been very interesting, we’ve been wanting to test the speed of ammo when fired from the Y-Shot Slingshot, so we setup a testing area in the shop. The setup uses a mechanical release to fire the slingshot and a chronograph to measure the speed. We ran into a problem with the chronograph, it would not work indoors because of the fluorescent lights in the shop.
We need an indoor testing area so we can control the temperature of the room and avoid wind and other variables. We found an accessory that uses infrared LED’s to give the constant light source the chronograph needs to work. We plan to test many different bands and record the speeds compared to our current slingshot bands. The setup is working very well, now that we have the chronograph lights, and we will be testing the bands soon.
Thanks for Reading,
Daniel Helms
We (the interns) went on a field trip this monday, to ADR Hydro-Cut. They do water jetting, and while we were there they cut out sheet metal parts according to our drawings.
The parts arrived yesterday, so we grinded the tangs of and threw them in the washer for a couple of hours to smoothen out some sharp edges, and then they were pretty much ready to go.
Spent a couple minutes putting it together, and it looks and feels great! I might make some minor adjustments to the drawings, adjusting the angle of the paracord braiding, and I also have to figure out how the braiding itself is done in the best possible way.
Apart from that though, they’ll be ready for anodizing/powdercoating. And with that, we’ll have a product!
/ Robin
Hey!
So the belt clip ball dispenser is finally coming together. After testing more mock-up models the decision was taken not to use any plate or similar to separate the balls from the magnet, as more than one kept falling off when trying to pull only one off. Instead the magnet will be coated with a durable finish and the balls will be in direct contact with it. This simplified the design significantly, but put increased the demand on the aesthetic form of the back plate, as this now became the mail feature of the whole product. A simple plate can have many different forms:
One option was to add a top bumber to create a feeling of better encapsulating the balls, as well as giving more depth to the product. Unfortunately, the manufacturing complexity of adding this feature was greater than expected. As this would drive up the cost of the product a lot the decision was taken to put this feature on hold for now.
As for the final design the initial round magnet was kept and the plate form includes some curved lines to follow the magnet while still keeping some edges to go with the rectangular belt clip. After quite a bit of struggle finding a good form, this one actually feels pretty obvious I would say! Let’s just hope the prototype will look just as good!
Have a good weekend!
/Richard Boden
Hey agin!
So the slingshot sights are sent off for prototype parts to be made and we’re all looking forward to try them out once they get back! Since then I’ve been working on developing some handy ball dispensers for the slighshot ammunition. As the most frequently used ammo for slingshots are steel balls it didn’t take long to realize that magnets could be very useful for these products!
After receiving some a bunch of different magnet samples, some early ideas were tried out by building some quick mock-up models. Most ideas worked out really well with the magnets and after a day of testing we had three pretty solid concepts; one in aluminium, one in leather and one that could go on your wrist or belt.
This friday has been spent exploring different designs for these concepts. We’re getting somewhere with all of them and the next step will be to build some more accurate prototypes to fully test the functionality. Will keep you posted on how that goes! Below are some sketches of possible designs.
/Richard
While awaiting the arrival of the side brackets for the wrist support, I’ve been working on a little bit of everything.
Amongst other things, I’ve spent a couple of hours with instructions for the RFID detectors. Here are some examples of the graphics:
We’ve got some cool projects that are in an early phase, of which you will see a lot later on. Today, for example, Richard and I spent some time making mock-ups of ball dispensers for the slingshots.
Got some pretty awesome stuff going on there, and there will definitely be an update on that within the near future. Stay tuned!
/Robin Evaldsson