Alright!

From left to right: M3 Nylock, M4 Mudguard Washers, M4 Washers, M8
Hex Nuts (The box in the middle has two types of parts in it)

Hi there!


This is my first post in quite a while, and I am sorry for that. There's not really been a ton to write about lately. We ordered some more parts; washers, nuts, screws, that kind of thing.

Anyways, we got M8 washers as well. 208 of the required 104. Double what we need isn't that bad of a number.

But, we only got parts in yesterday, and late at night too. I finished taking inventory today and we got 96 M3 Nylocs, which is interesting, because we only need 13... Strange, but at least we have extra. We also noticed that we ordered 100, but only got 96, so we did some investigating.

Also, another interesting thing that I learned about companies that ship in bulk is that if you order, say 200 of them, you'll only get 192 because they sort the parts by weight, and each part is a different, however similar, weight. The more parts you get, the more inaccurate your number is. I noticed that the number tends to be around a 1:25 ratio, or one part missing for every 25 parts ordered. Lesson here is ALWAYS order extra. People aren't perfect, and we were nearly short a piece because of it. It's a good thing we had extra.

Also, in other news, I got a cool backdrop to take photos on. You can probably see this in the photo up above, but it's a black tri-fold board, the kind that you might use for a science project, and two pieces of Bristol board. It works quite well, and I would recommend it because even after I finish this project, I'll be able to use it. It's handy to have around. The reason that picture isn't the greatest ever is that where I was taking the photo really doesn't have enough light. That has a big impact on taking photos. Many photographers have this issue too.


Anyways, I think that just about sums it up for this blog post. I guess we'll see if any more parts arrive. Until then, though, thanks for reading and have a good week too!