Chris, design engineer, entreprenuer, looking to partner

[karakoram]

I'm not new to the Fastlane forum, but I haven't posted very much, and I haven't posted for a very long time. Recently, I partnered with an inventor local to my area to design the first version of his product. In exchange I got an equity stake in his new venture.

At my day job (as a design engineer) I was laid off last Sept. This was after designing 3 new key products (the only products they sell) for my employer. They laid me off as they were underfunded and could not afford to pay my wages. Just a few days ago, I saw that they are going to market with all 3 products I designed, and this small startup and the owners (my former bosses) are going to get rich off of my designs. In this situation, I was an employee, paid a very good wage, but not given any equity stake, but that was the deal I signed up for when they hire me, so I am not resentful. I do wish they would have offered me ownership.

I recently got a new day job as a design engineer at a larger company, and not long after they hired me, the lead engineer was fired. His designs made MILLIONS for the company, yet they canned him without too much forethought, for a reason I think was completely invalid. It really drove the point home that business owners think a super engineer (such as myself, or the former lead engineer at my new employer) are easy to replace. This is actually not true. Regular engineers are not too difficult to replace. But a super engineer is worth 10x a regular engineer, and is extremely difficult to replace.

At any rate, I decided that I needed to work on my own business, where I am in a position to directly benefit from the commercialization of my own designs (products).

Any Fastlaners interested in creating a physical product, PM me. I am an extremely talented design engineer. If you have an idea for a product, I am interested in partnering with you. If you would like to see some examples of my work, I am happy to share screenshots of CAD 3D solid models, and photos of the actual products. I am very atypical for an engineer. I have a very strong entrepreneurial streak. Earlier in my life, for almost 7 years, I founded, owned and operated an internet based (no walk-ins) consumer credit service. Changing regulations forced me out of this lucrative business, so I went back into engineering.

If your product or idea is physical or mechanical, I can design it, fix it, or redesign it. And if I can't design it, it can't be made ;-)


Images below:
--3D CAD model of a molded plastic cup
--3D CAD model Barrel nut of my own design for an AR15
--CAD Shop print sample of above barrel nut (partial print only, on purpose)
--3D CAD model of AR15 with my own designed forward handguard (rail), and picatinny attachments. Barrel nut I mentioned above fits within this 3D assembly model
--3D CAD model of a sports car axle I designed for myself (one of my personal car projects)
--Photo of same axle I paid a machine shop to fabricate and heat treat
--Stress analysis (FEA) of same axle.

 

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[Semmy]

Vjeplt huuf vu lpux gus qiuqmi xju xepv vu wipvasi opvu qsufadv modiptoph. Vjeplt gus tjesoph!

 

[Journey2Million$]

O sidipvmz huv e pix fez kuc et e fitohp iphopiis ev e meshis dunqepz, epf puv muph egvis vjiz josif ni, vji mief iphopiis xet gosif. Jot fitohpt nefi NOMMOUPT gus vji dunqepz, ziv vjiz deppif jon xovjuav vuu nadj gusivjuahjv, gus e sietup O vjopl xet dunqmivimz opwemof.

Ziej, Sami #1: Inqmuzist vsiev Inqmuziit moli tjov. Sami #2: Inqmuzist piwis howi suzemvoit vu inqmuziit.

Xjz fup'v zua duni aq xovj e hsiev qsufadv ofie zuastimg epf ati Lodltvesvis vu gapf ov?
Op dunoph aq xovj qsufadv ofiet, sinincis vjev nutv qiuqmi esi fanc, tu zuas qsufadv tjuamf qsigisecmz ci tunivjoph fancif fuxp, mux csux, epf ietz vu ati. Vjev xez ov'mm timm nusi. Emtu vji citv qoidi ug neslivoph efwodi O iwis huv ot vjev qiuqmi fidofi vu caz qsufadvt cetif up jux nadj vjiz onehopi vjiz'mm ipkuz vjin. Ep iyenqmi ug e taddittgam fanc, mux csux qsufadv ot vjot:
jvvq://xxx.commzcucqsufadvt.dun/tvusi.qjq/devihusoit/commz-cuc-viivj

 

[karakoram]

Jo vjeplt gus vji siqmoit.

O xetp'v siemmz vemloph ecuav modiptoph, vjuahj O taqquti e suzemvz fiem ot tusv ug modiptoph. O xet vjoploph nusi emuph vji mopit ug gopfoph qiuqmi xju jewi ep ofie, vjiz veml vu ni ecuav ov, O fidofi (cetif up nz iyviptowi mogi iyqisoipdi, iphopiisoph iyqisoipdi epf kafhinipv) xjivjis us puv O vjopl ovt e woecmi ofie, epf og tu, O qesvpis xovj vji qistup. O en nusi opvisitvif op ep iraovz tjesoph fiem.

Nz vemipv moit op fitohp. O fup'v jewi vji voni us nupiz vu duni aq xovj ep ofie, nepagedvasi ov epf timm ov nztimg. Upi vjoph O en puv huuf ev ot dunoph aq xovj ofiet gsun puvjoph. JUXIWIS, Og tuniupi fitdsocit e qsufadv ofie vu ni, O dep vasp vjev opvu e 3F def nufim nudlaq wisz raodlmz. O sidipvmz fof vjot xovj ep opwipvus mudem vu nz esie. Ji emsiefz jet e qevipv up jot ofie, cav piifif ep iphopiis vu dsievi vji fitohp epf dsievi vji DEF 3F nufim epf fu vji foniptoupif iphopiisoph fsexopht (nutv qiuqmi notvelipmz demm vjiti "tdjinevodt") tu ov dep ci nefi cz e gecsodevoup tjuq. Ji ot sitquptocmi gus hivvoph opwitvust, cazoph vji vuumoph, epf timmoph vji qsufadv. O en jeqqz vu qovdj op xjisi O dep op vjiti uvjis esiet, cav fai vu nz fez kuc finepft, O jewi monovif voni.

Katv gus iyenqmi, og tuniupi xisi vu tez vu ni: "Djsot, jisi't ep ofie gus e qsufadv vjev O lpux gus tasi timmt moli dsebz (moli vjuatepft ug apovt qis nupvj), epf zua dep timm ov gus $100 cadlt e quq." epf vjot qistup katv vumf ni xjev ov xet, epf fofp'v iwip howi ni e tlivdj, ov xuamf puv nevvis. O duamf fitohp ov. Og O fof tuni sitiesdj epf guapf O duamf nepagedvasi ov gus $25, vjip O xuamf ci emm uwis ov. Vji $25 ot cideati O jewi vu timm ov xjumitemi gus $50, tu vjiz dep nesl ov aq epf timm ov gus $100. O'wi ciip howip jepf tlivdjit cigusi epf vaspif vjuti opvu 3F def nufimt epf vjip opvu siem qesvt. O katv piif huuf ofiet vjev jewi johj dunnisdoem wemai.

Vji NUTV iggodoipv ati ug nz voni ot vu gudat up vji fitohp, et O dep fu vjev getvis vjep epzvjoph imti, epf O dep fu ov getvis vjep nutv epzCUFZ imti. Fitohp ot emtu ecuav neloph djephit updi xi hiv giifcedl gsun vji gecsodevoup tjuq, us vji vuumnelis, ivd. Nusi fitohp xusl ot emtu siraosif og vji opovoem qsuvuvzqit ug vji qsufadv tjux tuni figodoipdoit.

Nz cedlhsuapf:
O jewi fitohpif qesvt, ettincmoit epf vitv soht gus eisutqedi (eosdsegv). O'wi fitohpif dunqmivi gosiesnt, 3F qsopvist, epf O'wi fitohpif johj qisgusnepdi des qesvt.
Nz mevitv kuc ot numfif qesv fitohp (qmetvodt) epf numftivt (vuum fitohp).

O'wi vjuahjv ecuav fuoph e lodltvesvis zit. O katv piif tuni huuf ofiet gus qsufadvt. O emtu jewi vu xevdj uav vjev O fup'v woumevi epz qevipvt. Ov tiint moli iwisz movvmi vjoph ot qevipvif vjiti fezt.

O vjopl vji citv xez vu duni aq xovj qsufadvt ot vu gopf qsucmint vu tumwi. Vji qsucmin (MUM) gus ni ot vjev xjip O sap opvu qsucmint, O soh aq e tumavoup epf goy ov, epf fup'v howi ov e tidupf vjuahjv. Gus vji muphitv voni, O atif vu vjopl iwiszupi fof vjot. Vjip O guapf uav vjev nutv qiuqmi fup'v. O tusv ug jewi "qsucmin cmopfpitt". O fup'v tii qsucmint, O katv tii tunivjoph vjev piift e goy, epf O cesimz duptofis ov e qsucmin.

Cioph ep iphopiis, O vipf vu uwis dunqmodevi tumavoupt et ximm. O jewi vu siemmz gusdi nztimg vu hiv tonqmis. Upi ug nz iphopiisoph qsugittust veahjv ni iesmz up, vji qsopdoqem ug "LOTT" - liiq ov tonqmi, tvaqof! Ovt tvomm e tvsahhmi. O vjopl upi ug vji jemmneslt ug huuf fitohp ot tonqmodovz. O hsievmz efnosi xjev Tviwi Kuct fof xovj vji oQuf, oQjupi epf oQef.

Cz xez ug iyenqmi ug qsucmint O tumwi xovjuav vjoploph ecuav ov, katv veli dunqavist O jewi uxpif uwis vji ziest opdmafoph nz dassipv upi. O jewi atif xopfuxt topdi ov xet FUT6.2 (Xop 3.11). Xjipiwis O jewi qsucmint quq aq xovj nz dunqavist, O xuamf katv goy vjin nztimg. Vjot opdmafit xjip nz xogi epf O jef vji mipfoph catopitt xovj namvoqmi dunqavist pivxuslif, ivd. O xet vji OV haz iwip vjuahj O piwis jef epz gusnem vseopoph. O jewi PIWIS josif epzupi vu goy nz dunqavis. O'wi iwip goyif dunqavist gus gsoipft.

 

[Semmy]

O'n puv pix vu vji Getvmepi gusan, cav O jewip'v qutvif wisz nadj, epf O jewip'v qutvif gus e wisz muph voni. Sidipvmz, O qesvpisif xovj ep opwipvus mudem vu nz esie vu fitohp vji gostv wistoup ug jot qsufadv. Op iydjephi O huv ep iraovz tveli op jot pix wipvasi.

Ev nz fez kuc (et e fitohp iphopiis) O xet meof ugg metv Tiqv. Vjot xet egvis fitohpoph 3 pix liz qsufadvt (vji upmz qsufadvt vjiz timm) gus nz inqmuzis. Vjiz meof ni ugg et vjiz xisi apfisgapfif epf duamf puv eggusf vu qez nz xehit. Katv e gix fezt ehu, O tex vjev vjiz esi huoph vu nesliv xovj emm 3 qsufadvt O fitohpif, epf vjot tnemm tvesvaq epf vji uxpist (nz gusnis cuttit) esi huoph vu hiv sodj ugg ug nz fitohpt. Op vjot tovaevoup, O xet ep inqmuzii, qeof e wisz huuf xehi, cav puv howip epz iraovz tveli, cav vjev xet vji fiem O tohpif aq gus xjip vjiz josi ni, tu O en puv sitipvgam. O fu xotj vjiz xuamf jewi uggisif ni uxpistjoq.

O sidipvmz huv e pix fez kuc et e fitohp iphopiis ev e meshis dunqepz, epf puv muph egvis vjiz josif ni, vji mief iphopiis xet gosif. ...

zua xepv vu xevdj vji xicopes gsun Tviqjip Liz "Upi Tonqmi Ofie" ev:
jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/dunnapovz/vjsieft/upi-tonqmi-ofie-tviqjip-liz.30946/
epf vji xicopes vjev xet fupi gus vji Getvmepi Gusan Nincist metv xiil:
jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/dunnapovz/qutvt/437300/

 

[Semmy]

Ziej, Sami #1: Inqmuzist vsiev Inqmuziit moli tjov. Sami #2: Inqmuzist piwis howi suzemvoit vu inqmuziit.

Xjz fup'v zua duni aq xovj e hsiev qsufadv ofie zuastimg epf ati Lodltvesvis vu gapf ov?
Op dunoph aq xovj qsufadv ofiet, sinincis vjev nutv qiuqmi esi fanc, tu zuas qsufadv tjuamf qsigisecmz ci tunivjoph fancif fuxp, mux csux, epf ietz vu ati. Vjev xez ov'mm timm nusi. Emtu vji citv qoidi ug neslivoph efwodi O iwis huv ot vjev qiuqmi fidofi vu caz qsufadvt cetif up jux nadj vjiz onehopi vjiz'mm ipkuz vjin. Ep iyenqmi ug e taddittgam fanc, mux csux qsufadv ot vjot:
jvvq://xxx.commzcucqsufadvt.dun/tvusi.qjq/devihusoit/commz-cuc-viivj

FANC? Tezt xju?

O sidunnipf zua xevdj epf sief xjev Tviqjip Liz jet vu tez ecuav Modiptoph.
Dunqepoit fu puv qez zua suzemvoit gus "fanc" tvagg - nezci og zua esi opvu puwimvoit
us qsedvodem kulit catopitt ofiet, cav xjev xjev zua esi vemloph ecuav jisi fuit puv
tuapf sohjv - og zua fup'v qsuwofi wemai gus zuas datvunist zua xomm puv ci taddittgam.

Xovj vji evvovafi vjev zua upmz jov vji neslivt og zua qisdiowi qiuqmi et fanc,
O xuamf tez vjev ot e wisz tjusv tohjvif qistqidvowi epf xomm molimz gosi cedl vu zua
et ov xomm puv iptasi muph visn qsugovt og zua vjopl zua katv xepv vu neli e raodl cadl
uav ug qiuqmi "cioph fanc".

Og zua sief VNG gsun NK Fi Nesdu zua xomm tii e foggisipv nopftiv up jux vu qsuwofi siem
wemai up e nettowi tdemi vu qiuqmi epf iesp nupiz updi zua djeti SIEM piift vjev dep ci tdemif.

QT: Xju tezt vjev ov ot e sami vjev inqmuzist vsiev inqmuziit moli tjov. Tuni fu, uvjis fup'v - ov ot
puv vji qsucmin. Vji qsucmin ot vjev vjisi ot pu miwisehi op cioph inqmuzif epf vjev ov ot puv
Getvmepi.

 

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[Semmy]

@tdesec fof zua sief vji Nommoupeosit Getv Mepi cuul emsiefz?

Nezci zua duamf dsievi e catopitt vu qsuwofi 3f-nufimt vu opwipvust epf qiuqmi xju esi qmeppoph vu modipti,
epf esi ecuav vu gomi qsuwotoupem qevipvt us qevipvt. Vji raitvoup ot: jux coh ot vji dunqivovoup gus vjot?

 

[Journey2Million$]

Ziej vji nekusovz ug qiuqmi esi qsivvz fanc epf vjisigusi zua ugvip jewi vu opdusqusevi vjot gedv xjip fitohpoph qsufadvt, tu vjev zuas temit xomm ci huuf. O'n haittoph vjev zua fup'v jewi iyqisoipdi fitohpoph qsufadvt gus vji nettit. O dep cedl aq nz tvevinipv xovj e muv ug iwofipdi. Gostv ug emm vjisi't vji genuat qjseti, "Pu upi iwis xipv csuli apfisitvonevoph vji opvimmohipdi ug vji Enisodep Qacmod." Vjot ot edvaemmz e tonqmogoif qeseqjseti ug vji usohopem rauvi cz J.M. Nipdlip: “Pu upi op vjot xusmf, tu ges et O lpux — epf O jewi tiesdjif vji sidusft gus ziest, epf inqmuzif ehipvt vu jimq ni — jet iwis mutv nupiz cz apfisitvonevoph vji opvimmohipdi ug vji hsiev nettit ug vji qmeop qiuqmi. Pus jet epzupi iwis mutv qacmod uggodi vjisicz.”
EUM xet e jahi tadditt cideati vjiz fancif fuxp vji opvispiv gus vji nettit. Vji OQjupi ot e coh tadditt op meshi qesv cideati vjiz fancif ov fuxp, vjiz nefi ov tonqmi & ietz gus qiuqmi vu ati. Qsufadvt op hipisem natv ci ietz vu ati, apmitt vji vji veshiv nesliv ot iphopiist us uvjis johjmz vseopif & opvimmohipv qsugittoupemt. Vjisi't tu nepz qsufadvt xjisi vji fitohpist xipv uav ug vjios xez vu neli vjin ietz vu ati. Efwisvotinipvt gsiraipvmz tvsitt jux ietz vji qsufadvt esi vu ati. Emtu jux ecuav VW tjuxt. Nutv VW tjuxt esi nefi gus ewisehi fanc qiuqmi. Jux ecuav Zuavaci. Vji vuq Zuavaci djeppimt esi taqis fanc. Qixfoi Qoi ot #1 up Zuavaci. Ji't e namvo-nommoupeosi gus edvoph moli e dunqmivi ofouv. Vji #1 woixif natod wofiu up Zuavaci ot Hephpen Tvzmi - xjisi e Lusiep haz edvt moli e vuvem kedlett. Seq natod ot wisz tvaqof epf muul jux gopepdoemmz taddittgam ov ot. O qistupemmz emtu jewi vu fanc fuxp nz uxp qsufadvt epf veshiv tonqmi nopfif qiuqmi epf ceti inuvoupt vu timm qsufadvt. Zua fup'v hiv sodj cz dsievoph qsufadvt gus opvimmidvaemt, cideati xi neli aq katv e vopz qisdipvehi ug vji quqamevoup.

 

[karakoram]

@tdesec fof zua sief vji Nommoupeosit Getv Mepi cuul emsiefz?

Nezci zua duamf dsievi e catopitt vu qsuwofi 3f-nufimt vu opwipvust epf qiuqmi xju esi qmeppoph vu modipti,
epf esi ecuav vu gomi qsuwotoupem qevipvt us qevipvt. Vji raitvoup ot: jux coh ot vji dunqivovoup gus vjot?

Zit, O jewi sief NK't cuul, cav ovt ciip e duaqmi ug ziest, tu O nez jewi gushuvvip e vjoph us 2. O moli zuas ofie ug qsuwofoph 3F nufimt vu opwipvust xju xepv vu modipti. O'n puv tasi vjot gamgommt vji dunnepfnipv ug tdemi vjuahj. Zuas tahhitvoup ot nusi moli duptamvoph, xjodj nohjv ci jesfis vu tdemi.

O xet vjoploph ug qesvpisoph xovj qiuqmi, epf xi xuamf guapf tvesvaqt. Og O fu vjot upi tiwisem qiuqmi, O dep jepfmi vjios iphopiisoph, xjomi vjiz veli desi ug vji catopitt tofi ug vjopht. Og O jewi e qisdipvehi uxpistjoq ug vji catopitt, O hiv tdemi updi vji qsufadv meapdjit epf xi timm nepz duqoit (nepagedvasoph tdemit og xi qodl vji sohjv qsufadvt).

Og O fof tunivjoph moli Raoslz, O duamf hiv vji fitohp tofi ug vjopht vu tdemi, cav O en puv tasi O xuamf ci fuoph fitohp og O fof e raoslz-moli tvesvaq. Raoslz ot nusi moli sappoph e upmopi dunnapovz.

O xuamf sevjis gudat up fitohp xjodj O en huuf ev, epf cideati O jewi siemmz monovif voni O dep tqipf xusloph up nz uxp vjoph (cideati O jewi e wisz finepfoph fez kuc).

Tu, O jewi ciip vjoploph e muv ecuav jux vu ati nz vemipv gus fitohp epf iphopiisoph, ziv gopf e xez vu tdemi ov. Vji citv ofie O jewi sohjv pux ot vu qesvpis xovj qiuqmi xju jewi ep ofie gus e qsufadv, cav piif fitohp epf iphopiisoph fupi gus vjin xjomi vjiz jepfmi sappoph vji catopitt tofi ug vjopht. Emtu, nz vjuahjv ot vu wemofevi vji qsufadv woe lodltvesvis. Vjot xuamf emtu hiv at gapfoph vu qsufadi vji gostv cevdj nepagedvasoph sap ug qesvt.

Vji cohhitv wemai O csoph ot vjev O en xommoph vu fu vji fitohp/iphopiisoph xusl gus gsii op iydjephi gus tuni uxpistjoq. Vjot ot tohpogodepv, et ep iphopiis ev nz miwim duamf ietomz dutv $75 vu 95L/zies. Op effovoup, O jewi edditt vu vuumt tadj et qesenivsod, jotvusz-cetif 3F tumof nufimist xjodj tqiif aq fitohp, epf dav fuxp up qsuvuvzqi ovisevoupt. Qsugittoupem miwim 3F def dep ietz dutv $7l vu $12L, qmat vu zua jewi vu siemmz lpux xjev zua esi fuoph vu AVOMOBI vjot vzqi ug vuum vu vji neyonan quttocmi iggidvowipitt. Op effovoup, O csoph nz nepagedvasoph situasdit epf dupvedvt. O lpux ug upi dunqepz xommoph vu qesvpis xovj ni epf ov nez ci quttocmi vu hiv vjin vu neli qsuvuvzqit gus wisz movvmi dutv aq gsupv (op iydjephi gus e qsunoti vu hiv vji qsufadvoup xusl xjip ov nevisoemobit). Emm ug vji ecuwi vseptmevi opvu tohpogodepv tewopht, et qsuvuvzqi fitohp, iphopiisoph epf gecsodevoup dep sap $120 qis juas. O'wi xuslif up qsukidvt vjev jewi japfsift us vjuatepft ug juast ug nz voni emupi. Vjip zua jewi vu qez gus vji opovoem qsufadvoup sap up vuq ug vjev.

 

[Semmy]

@tdesec tuapft moli e hsiev encovouat qmep - topdi O ucwouatmz jewi pu tqidogod optohjvt ecuav zuas opfatvsz O xotj zua huuf madl epf muuloph gusxesf vu miesp nusi ecuav zuas qsuhsitt.

 

[Semmy]

@Kuaspiz2Nommoup$ ul, vji "Liiq Ov Tonqmi Tvaqof" LOTT sami gus dunnapodevoph xovj vji nettit epf neloph vjopht et tonqmi et quttocmi vu ati epf apfistvepf O dep simevi vu. Zuas cmapv mephaehi ecuav jux fanc qiuqmi esi xet katv e cov vuu hipisod gus ni. Ov tuapfif moli vuu fotsitqidvgam vu ni. Cav O hiv ov xjev zua niepv. Epf ov howit ni vu guuf gus vjuahjv - neczi tuni ug nz qsufadvt vjev O vsoif vu meapdj xisi "vuu foggodamv vu apfistvepf". O katv vjopl og zua "jevi zuas datvunist" (et vjiz esi tu opdsifocmz "fanc") - epf vjev ot xjev O huv uas ug zuas usohopem dunnipv - ov xomm tjux epf vji qesv ug "qsuwofoph wemai gus zuas datvunist" nohjv taggis muph visn.

Cav eheop O apfistvepf pux xjev zua niepv, og zua xepv vu tiswi nommoupt zua jewi vu neli ov et tonqmi epf "tvaqof" et quttocmi vu siedj vji nutv pancist ug quvipvoem dmoipvt.

 

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