Product design

[Gazzer]

My son is doing his A level in product design and is looking for something to design and make. Maybe it could be something tiling related ?
I have suggested something practical for cutting trim...I know its been done .
The other suggestion was a mixer paddle cleaner...and yes I know its been done too......Hard to think at the moment.

 

[Spud]

it a tough one I have spent the last 5 minutes thinking of how some tools could be improved needs a good bit of thought this one

 

[Gazzer]

It doesnt have to be a major product. I was thinking of a tile joint cleaner, one that could be adapted for different thickness joints.

For his last year in High school he designed a spectacle display stand held up with 3 perspex rods with bubbles inside. These were then lit up from the underside by colour changing leds. Its in the local opticians shop at the moment.

 

[Aston]

struggling to think of something...

 

[Turkish tiler]

Small chop saw only big is hand works with makita battery cuts metal and plastic trims 45 degree
i will buy one :hurray:

 

[charlie1]

Ok, tiling trowels, at the side they could have 'wings' for want of a better description.... 3 benefits... They would hold the trowel at a 45 degree angle + they would hold more adhesive so you could do longer lines + they would compress the adhesive in to the substrates.... Please don't think this is anything like the 45 degree trowels... They are pants!

 

[Gazzer]

Well its not battery operated but
Proxxon KGS 80 Chop Saw | eBay

 

[nybor62]

brain freeze cant think of ought, ill sleep on it

 

[charlie1]

High heels.... There usless for cobbled streets.... Girls end up taking them off and we need to carry them.... What if they had a fold away heel!

 

[Bubblecraft]

That's actually quite a good idea if you could make it work

 

[charlie1]

The sheels or the autotrowel?

 

[Turkish tiler]

Well its not battery operated but
Proxxon KGS 80 Chop Saw | eBay

Who invented that

 

[White Room]

It doesnt have to be a major product. I was thinking of a tile joint cleaner, one that could be adapted for different thickness joints.

For his last year in High school he designed a spectacle display stand held up with 3 perspex rods with bubbles inside. These were then lit up from the underside by colour changing leds. Its in the local opticians shop at the moment.

I use cheap tooth brushes but somethink with an upgrade maybe worth a thought....

 

[Colour Republic]

if he comes up with anything like this i'll bloody brain him!