Pacificon 2021 is scheduled, hopefully it will go forward and we’ll be there at the Flea Market as usual. Hope to see you all there. I’ll bring launcher supplies and show the prototype I’m working on. We also usually have some “seconds”, slightly blemished parts that sell at steep discounts. Let me know well in advance if you need anything specific.
Planning for Quartzfest 2022 is underway, and we hope to be there as well. What presentations would you be interested in? Last time we did one on 3d design with OpenSCAD, one on Antenna Launchers, and one on DIY and Commercial Ebikes for RVers.
I continue to make launchers and ship orders as we work on the backlog. Thanks for your patience. Today I did a minor overhaul on the 3d printer that makes many of the parts for the launchers, and now I’m doing a test run of a Mini Coaxial reel that takes 9 hours to complete. That printer has printed many dozens of reels of filament, I’m expecting to do a complete overhaul at some point, and another printer is waiting to be assembled when we are ready. There’s a partially completed CSV19 on the workbench, one package ready to go out and another order waiting to be packed and labelled.
June seemed to rush by, we shipped some orders and then took a couple of weeks off for Field Day. We had a good Field Day and did some testing of a new Launcher design. In July we started up Launcher production again and are chewing through the order backlog and dealing with materials shortages. Thanks for your patience!
We’ve added a custom funnel to the super kits shipped after this day, it doesn’t show yet in the catalog text or photos but this special flat-spout funnel is specifically made for feeding sand into the slot in the launch balls. Together with the sand scoop it is easier than ever to prepare your own launch balls. Previously the scoop was 2 ounces, the new version is one ounce so you can more easily select the quantity of sand you want to add up to 4 ounces. A stock tennis ball is two ounces, and normally we add two ounces of sand, but if your trees are “sticky” using a bit more may help bring the line over and down. We have a few more 2 oz scoops still in stock to ship first but we have added the new funnels to those already. We were away for a couple of short trips, but we are back and picking up speed on working through the order que. Many things are marked out of stock at this time due to the backlog, if you want to get on the list drop me an email. Thanks for your patience.
