I started to get some serious coming out of the very first tank of our anodization line.
I tried everything even just constantly moving the part during the 5min dunk… that only seemed to make it worse.
Clear buildup of grease that was simply not on the part prior to the degreasing dunk.
Turns out our tank had gotten very contaminated and was basically useless.
When i went looking for the solution, it turned out to be extremely simple… dawn dish soap!
Well… that plus baking soda and isopropanol alcohol.
It does discolor the part an odd shade of orange, but at the end of the line I’m starting to repeatably get parts like pictured here!
This is a HUGE improvement and clearly shows we absolutely have a production line that will make the Dominator look freaking awesome in anyones’ garage!
Bonus is this is totally dish water… which means we can easily dump it down the sink and mix up a new batch anytime we start seeing build up again since dawn and baking soda is super cheap.
We are ready for production and i’m already pumping out the parts.. more tomorrow and every day this week as we prepare to start shipping the first batch of machines in the coming weeks.
Yes Daniel you have done a really good job. My first thought when I saw the Dominator pic was, “I think I found the Beef”. Yeah, I’m that old I remember what that refers to.
It is obviously a very ridged and beefy CNC. And I feel confident that after you get a chance to put it through it’s paces, you will be amazing us with the results.
So, let’s say I know someone who has finally had enough of constantly battling with workarounds and hacks to upgrade their old “Limited Possibilities” machine—thanks to its poorly engineered and implemented design—and they went ahead and placed an order today for a non-anodized Dominator with all of the support and rigidity upgrades but without the leg kit. Roughly how long would you estimate the lead time is before one of those ships?
Daniel can jump in and correct me if I am wrong, but I would guess 2-3 months. The guys are preparing the early March orders, anodizing parts and such. We currently have more parts than orders in stock, but we wouldn’t want to promise any sooner than 2-3 months at this time in case of any production challenges that might arise.
I’d agree. We’re working very diligently on multiple fronts from writing the assembly manual to tweaking our anodizing line… to even finalizing our packaging.
Once we actually start shipping we’ll have far better idea of what we can do ahead of time to speed the whole process up.
There were a lot more moving parts to releasing our own machine than expected, but nothing we can’t handle
