I am curious, when you guys develop new tools, just what did you have to do to get them into production? What goes into that?
I note that your blower is pretty unique. I had one stop functioning on me a few days ago and a replacement is on its way in from shipping, and I tried unsuccessfully to figure out what the problem was and to repair the blower, though I later figured out through reasoning that the problem existed with the circuit--it was broken somewhere. By the time I realized that, however, and how to go about fixing that, I had already cut the battery port's wires, so now I can wire up a 56 volt EGO battery to just about anything with ease now, but that's a detail, the point is, I took out the plastic components that direct air, and I noticed how the plastic parts were sharp, with the sharp edges pointing in the direction of airflow in order to maximize airflow efficiency. I am curious about just what went into designing the blower, one to optimize efficiency, and two to make its mass production and sale practical. I am curious about this because I am curious about how EGO got started and how much time there was between the time at which the blower was conceived and the time at which it went into mass production and ultimately to the market.
I am curious about that because I am curious about how new ideas would play out, like an EGO backpack blower, for example. There is the idea. I spoke about backpack batteries and stuff like that, but now I wonder, you guys I will guess are designing new tools, and I wonder what kinds of ideas you would actually bring to life. There is also designing and building equipment for part construction and stuff like that, and there are costs and financial items to consider, it seems of course like a complex process. You find an idea for a tool that you think would lead to prosperity, then you tweak it t so it has its efficiency and functionality optimized and so that it is budget friendly and can be produced. You also work its structural integrity among other things.
This would give me an idea of what kind of time schedule there might be for future tools and what you'd want to get out there. I know that I am going to try to design a few blowers that would work well for the professional, though the easiest thing to do would probably be to use your current blower design and just have a backpack battery much like Husqvarna's so the pro could more easily use the blower. I just have to design some that would be stronger, ones that will blow more air and at a higher velocity, which is why I was working with fan design. If you for example have a blower that blows 720 CFM at 138mph or 960CFM at 184mph, then it would match that of professionals' backpack blowers and it would still get plenty of runtime, though due to a need for much higher input power, a high-capacity battery would be a necessity. I am sorely tempted to design this blower.
I'd imagine that for a very high-capacity battery, a riding mower might be a practicality, or maybe just bigger lawn mowers or push blowers or stuff like that. You've already nailed the string trimmer and the chainsaw... Yeah, so for pro gardeners and blower fanatics and hobbyists, this might be interesting.
I note that your blower is pretty unique. I had one stop functioning on me a few days ago and a replacement is on its way in from shipping, and I tried unsuccessfully to figure out what the problem was and to repair the blower, though I later figured out through reasoning that the problem existed with the circuit--it was broken somewhere. By the time I realized that, however, and how to go about fixing that, I had already cut the battery port's wires, so now I can wire up a 56 volt EGO battery to just about anything with ease now, but that's a detail, the point is, I took out the plastic components that direct air, and I noticed how the plastic parts were sharp, with the sharp edges pointing in the direction of airflow in order to maximize airflow efficiency. I am curious about just what went into designing the blower, one to optimize efficiency, and two to make its mass production and sale practical. I am curious about this because I am curious about how EGO got started and how much time there was between the time at which the blower was conceived and the time at which it went into mass production and ultimately to the market.
I am curious about that because I am curious about how new ideas would play out, like an EGO backpack blower, for example. There is the idea. I spoke about backpack batteries and stuff like that, but now I wonder, you guys I will guess are designing new tools, and I wonder what kinds of ideas you would actually bring to life. There is also designing and building equipment for part construction and stuff like that, and there are costs and financial items to consider, it seems of course like a complex process. You find an idea for a tool that you think would lead to prosperity, then you tweak it t so it has its efficiency and functionality optimized and so that it is budget friendly and can be produced. You also work its structural integrity among other things.
This would give me an idea of what kind of time schedule there might be for future tools and what you'd want to get out there. I know that I am going to try to design a few blowers that would work well for the professional, though the easiest thing to do would probably be to use your current blower design and just have a backpack battery much like Husqvarna's so the pro could more easily use the blower. I just have to design some that would be stronger, ones that will blow more air and at a higher velocity, which is why I was working with fan design. If you for example have a blower that blows 720 CFM at 138mph or 960CFM at 184mph, then it would match that of professionals' backpack blowers and it would still get plenty of runtime, though due to a need for much higher input power, a high-capacity battery would be a necessity. I am sorely tempted to design this blower.
I'd imagine that for a very high-capacity battery, a riding mower might be a practicality, or maybe just bigger lawn mowers or push blowers or stuff like that. You've already nailed the string trimmer and the chainsaw... Yeah, so for pro gardeners and blower fanatics and hobbyists, this might be interesting.
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