re : http://www.hexpressionism.com/2009/09/genesis-of-form.html
incredible work, bob!
licensing your design patent to toymakers alone is going to be awesome. can you say ‘hello, lego!’ " )
cheers,
Aloha Surfiber,
Great minds think alike!
"We(Lego) have a company policy that prohibits reviewing third-party ideas and suggestions, or even discussing any ideas for new products that enthusiasts would like to make and sell under the LEGO logo through a licensing agreement." (9/28/09).
:(
hi bob,
hopefully they’re not the only toymakers around that make interesting learning toys for kids of all ages. see if you can get a tieup with an OEM and a toy brand that accommodates 3-way product development ventures. if you can get prototype playsets made by october, you’ll have enough time to hit store shelves by december " )
cheers,
Yes Mr T .....I also have noted Huckleberrys beautiful work....who knows.... maybe when I get this matrix fully developed to act as a resilient armature I would welcome such a business relationshipa with a hollow board maker who also sees the potential that you are seeing. Poke your nose wherever with helpful ideas like these. Mahalo Mr T.
so ,…
got a garage?
is the land lord queeby?
really wwana go?
1 surf board looks like a bunch o’ hours
I gotta friend thaty makes molded stuff
on oahu maybe I should send him your link?
…ambrose…
I think he needs to get paid to buy food
and he might have a work space…on oahu.
emailed my friend and sent em yer stuff
http://hexaflex-apps.blogspot.com/
an a link to this thread
he said’'Thanks for thinking of me and mentioning me,
I am about to decide whether I’ll keep the shop for a while
or just build something next to the house.
We have a driveway/carport pour in a week
and a half that I need to prep now.
If this guy is serious and not just a tire kicker then great.‘’
I think he lives waimanalo?
he’s a small boat sailing racer oc1 paddler builder an all around
capable executive technician if you wanna I will c-nect ya’ll
…ambrose…
if I havn’t already…?
oh yeah he also said’'Molding should reduce labor
and increase capital expense whilst limiting
deign/production flexibility; not a bad thing,
just what it is. The printing tech has the promise
of restoring a lot of the flexibility
to the design/prod. process. Not clear that it
eliminates building here, actually the opposite."
bbc
…ambrose…
Pau Hana, tgif what a week. This is all good stuff
Aloha Ambrose,
Love your style.
Yep, I got a garage type workshop and so far my landlord ain’t queeby (had to look that one up!)
So ….do I wanna go?
There are still a lot of issues that need resolving before I step away from the drawing board.
I appreciate your networking on my behalf…..
Your friend’s (bbc?) comments would seem to be right on the nail if the board were molded as one piece.
''Molding should reduce labor and increase capital expense whilst limiting design/production flexibility”
I’m only guessing but feel that design flexibility could be re-introduced by the idea that the board can be made from smaller pieces, perhaps “off the shelf” components that could have even been tech printed.
I see that your friend is busy with concrete for a week or two, maybe we could get our heads together after the pour.
Props to you Ambrose and big mahalos.
Bob
Hey there G Daddy,
Want to give you props for the " There's really no reason you couldn't do your cores in 4 sections - nose, tail and 2 "sides" in the middle part of the board; and then cut them to get different shapes. ". If one were to introduce controlled flex with variable snapback into a flat hull shape that aquaplanes we may find Nirvana. Keep on!
Bob
where do you get the stuff from and how thick is it?
this is what the ewa beach hack attack would do…
I can see vacuuming a sheet of this stuffbetween two 1" sheets of blue XPS on a rocker table
then cut out the outline along the standard inset perimeter rail outlne
then glue on using the same rocker table a solid rail band of either more blue dow xps or precision board or corecell
then final shape the board by hand.
with the 1" top and bottom xps sheets you can shape in bottom contours and thin out the profile as needed
as the thickness of the xps is reduced it should indice more flex in that area (tail/nose)
kind of like a reverse design of a surflight blank or a solomon-like blank with a plastic versus xps core
just an idea
Aloha Oneula,
"where do you get the stuff from and how thick is it?"
This is still a conceptual design so as yet there is no supply.
However by using the technique that you propose:
"a (flat) sheet of this stuff between two 1" sheets of blue XPS" you may well have opened up the supply lines as this is a much simpler system than the one I was proposing.
The geometry of Hexaflex allows it to be bent into any multiple curvature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtFOey5oClA
There is a material called Delrin2 that has been developed by Dupont having the properties of sprung steel yet is lightweight. It should be perfect even though the price is high at $70 per sq ft.
http://www.polymerplastics.com/mechanical_delrin2.shtml
So the final depths (thicknesses) available would be in a range of 1/2" up to 1-1/2" with variable sizes of hexagons.
Props to you Bro'
Mahalo