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So there are a couple new developments in the production arena. First, here's a video that gives a brief overview of how I work with the lumber.

I have to travel for work in early June so I'll work on putting together a more in-depth video with the footage I have while I'm on the road. For those that don't know, yes, I do still have a day job. That's one of the factors that impacts production the most. I have nights and weekends at my disposal to produce all these orders and though I wish this were my full time gig, it isn't quite feasible yet.

So the first new production element was having to construct a soundproof box over the ShopBot. As you can see in the video it gets quite noisy and due to a couple complaints and the fact that there are always classes running in my studio space I took a couple days to insulate it.

Also in an attempt to speed up the assembly process I drew up plans for a glue nozzle and had a friend at my workshop do the modeling so I could 3D print it. The nozzle is meant to help distribute the glue into the slots for the panels so I can do it in one quick pass.

However, in testing it I realized it does help speed things up, but that presented a new problem. The quicker I cranked them out, the less time the previous batch spent in the press (where the panels/magnets get put under pressure to help them set).

To combat this I cut new press boards (out of cutting boards) that let me double the amount of boards in the press, so I can let them sit longer without having it slow down my hourly output.

The old press boards were undoubtedly not the best solution and were cooked up really quickly using scrap material.

The new press boards let me double the amount of boards in the press and they are also a lot cleaner and nicer looking. Now I can press 8 boards at once for the 15 minutes I leave them under pressure. Bumping the press output to 32/hour.

That's all for now. I'll have a shipping update posted in the next day or two with some notes about my production time and numbers so you can see where I'm at with the orders and try to gauge when yours will hit the mail. Thanks again for your patience.

Erik

A number of Magnet Comic kits hit the mail this past Saturday so some of you should be receiving them shortly if you haven't already.

For the most part I'm shipping everything USPS priority mail and the software I'm using to purchase postage and ship everything is new to me so I'm not sure if emails were automatically generated when the items shipped or not. I'm working to familiarize myself with it a bit more, but I just wanted to let you all know that things are progressing.

I've got about another 100 boxes that are ready to hit the mail later this week with more boxes to follow behind that. I've definitely hit a stride and things are moving along nicely.

When you get your Magnet Comics please feel free to take photos of the kit and your first comic creations as I'd love to see what you all come up with.You can post them to twitter or Instagram with the #magnetcomic hashtag.

Thanks!