As a few of you know, I'm pretty deep in a lot of fabrication, machining and just generally trying to build stuff. Without the intent of being spammy, and since @mandown and @johnbryanpeters mentioned it, I figured I'd post up about what I've been up to lately and haven't been on as much. I have been working on a machined slim wallet. It started as something I wanted to make for myself and just went to town on my mill one night in the garage. I've had a few versions and had complaints about them for one reason or another, just wanted to give it a shot myself. My first couple were crude, but I liked it.
One of my buddies that I met through machining runs his own machine shop building some rad stuff. He left his day job about a year ago and been supporting himself and being his own boss. He has one CNC and build some bad ass custom knives. He's a 'job shop' but really does smaller runs of somewhat specific stuff. As he gains more capital he wants to do more of his own projects and less of other peoples, sans friends with cool stuff.
I've got pretty self-proficient with 3D CAD modeling and do all the designing myself. Ken helped me with some details to optimize for production. We built a run of 30 to start and test out. I've also come up with a version that holds a little knife called the TUKK from a dude on Instagram named Tactical Keychains. The TUKK is held magnetically in the wallet for a pretty sweet little combo IMO.
Somewhat self explanatory via the pics, but would love some monkey support via other websites or even Kickstarter if it is something that floats your boat. I think it's a solid product, it seems to be a game of social media promotion at this point. You can always check my IG @jkaslowski. My buddy is @zodiaceng and his website is www.zodiaceng.com. It has photos and a link to his account with pics. I know there are some guys on here that follow him already.
My brother is a professional product photographer and took all the pics for me. I can always work out something for Monkeys if there's interest (Green!). I'm pretty savvy with coating options, the main ones will be anodized, just like pretty much every bike part, but also have testing going on with cerakote and some other stuff. Hope you guys dig. These things are 100% made in the US, in southern Cali. USA aluminum from Kaiser, ano and all coatings done local and the bands are US made as well. Not the cheapest product out there, but reasonable for something that should outlast any leather wallet.
I'll try to keep from going on for a dissertation, but I love design and machining. I'd love to do this instead of my day job, but I have a mortgage to pay and a family to feed. It can hopefully become an awesome second income and a dream for more. I've been looking at getting a small dedicated shop and hopefully this puts me on that path with a small headstart. I love the feeling I get from looking at something and saying 'I made that.'
TLR pics. Way more on my IG. Thanks Monkies!
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
One of my buddies that I met through machining runs his own machine shop building some rad stuff. He left his day job about a year ago and been supporting himself and being his own boss. He has one CNC and build some bad ass custom knives. He's a 'job shop' but really does smaller runs of somewhat specific stuff. As he gains more capital he wants to do more of his own projects and less of other peoples, sans friends with cool stuff.
I've got pretty self-proficient with 3D CAD modeling and do all the designing myself. Ken helped me with some details to optimize for production. We built a run of 30 to start and test out. I've also come up with a version that holds a little knife called the TUKK from a dude on Instagram named Tactical Keychains. The TUKK is held magnetically in the wallet for a pretty sweet little combo IMO.
Somewhat self explanatory via the pics, but would love some monkey support via other websites or even Kickstarter if it is something that floats your boat. I think it's a solid product, it seems to be a game of social media promotion at this point. You can always check my IG @jkaslowski. My buddy is @zodiaceng and his website is www.zodiaceng.com. It has photos and a link to his account with pics. I know there are some guys on here that follow him already.
My brother is a professional product photographer and took all the pics for me. I can always work out something for Monkeys if there's interest (Green!). I'm pretty savvy with coating options, the main ones will be anodized, just like pretty much every bike part, but also have testing going on with cerakote and some other stuff. Hope you guys dig. These things are 100% made in the US, in southern Cali. USA aluminum from Kaiser, ano and all coatings done local and the bands are US made as well. Not the cheapest product out there, but reasonable for something that should outlast any leather wallet.
I'll try to keep from going on for a dissertation, but I love design and machining. I'd love to do this instead of my day job, but I have a mortgage to pay and a family to feed. It can hopefully become an awesome second income and a dream for more. I've been looking at getting a small dedicated shop and hopefully this puts me on that path with a small headstart. I love the feeling I get from looking at something and saying 'I made that.'
TLR pics. Way more on my IG. Thanks Monkies!
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr
Untitled by Joseph Kaslowski, on Flickr