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The Making Of
Shaping for the Line
Production
Shaping for the Line
Production

I’ve been wrapped up in the process known forebodingly to many as designing for manufacturing, also known as DFM.

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Production
Miles and Meetings
Production, Travel
Miles and Meetings
Production, Travel

This entry will be a bit different—a travel log of sorts, tracing the Miles and Meetings that brought me to HK AA Industrial.

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Production, Travel
The Expo Rush
Promotion
The Expo Rush
Promotion

The logo came just as the annual STEM Expo rolled up around the corner.

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Promotion
Run of Record v6
Development, Change Log
Run of Record v6
Development, Change Log

This day marks the 1-year anniversary since the start of the “Run of Record” series of entries, and it is also where I plan to leave it.

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Development, Change Log
Mark in Motion I
Promotion, Legal, Logo
Mark in Motion I
Promotion, Legal, Logo

A “Mark” is the visual identifier of a company.

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Promotion, Legal, Logo
Run of Record v3, v4, v5
Development, Change Log
Run of Record v3, v4, v5
Development, Change Log

When I began designing what I now call version 3, I had good intentions

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Development, Change Log
Run of Record v2
Development, Change Log
Run of Record v2
Development, Change Log

It’s been about 2 months since the ZeroPivot Protractor has been released on Printables…

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Development, Change Log
My War on Pivots
Development
My War on Pivots
Development

In the phase of engineering I would like to call “brainstorming”, there are many dead-ends one can run one’s head into…

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Development

The Problem

The protractor is ubiquitous and instantly recognizable.

Yet the design itself is not great to say the least, and we have lived with this suboptimal design since we first set eyes on a protractor in elementary education, source of countless frustrating hours, a sin to the beauties of the design world.

Key Issues:

  • Drawing process is long and tedious

  • Measurements for short segments are inaccurate

  • Inability to measure the edges of objects.

What’s more, the design has remained virtually unchanged since it was first patented in 1894.

A black background with a white protractor measuring angles from 0 to 180 degrees, with markings for each degree and larger markings at every 10 degrees.

That is, until today…

The Solution

The ZeroPivot Protractor was born to do everything the “Classic” protractors cannot.

A line drawing of a protractor with a mechanical gears and rulers design.

Using a Protractor has never been simpler. Slide, mark, and measure all in just one step.

A black and white pie chart with striped sections and a circle outline.

Innovative guide rail system helps keep extenders in track.

Close-up of a metallic, curved sorting mechanism with numbered slots in black and red text, used for processing or sorting items.

High quality aluminum body with brass highlights enhances its appearance and resilience.

Line drawing of a circular saw blade with sharp teeth on a black background.

Knurled handles offers a firm and precise hold.