# Episode 269: Everything is an opportunity, to make a keychain.

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2020-07-24
- Length: 1h 07m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss the challenges of maintaining creative momentum and managing production pipelines during the pandemic. David Picciuto details his process for building a prototype chair using dowels and plywood, while Bob Clagett shares his struggles with learning aluminum welding and his shop's new logistics. Jimmy Diresta explains how he turned a cancelled client project into an opportunity to make wooden keychains and discusses the importance of treating projects as experiments rather than finished products.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain#t=0) Introduction: Jimmy's cancelled project and keychain pivot
- [4:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain#t=280) Shop logistics and the new forklift
- [6:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain#t=361) David's chair prototype and brainstorming
- [13:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain#t=807) David's Harbor Freight go-kart lift video
- [24:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain#t=1475) Bob's aluminum welding struggles with R2D2
- [30:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain#t=1800) Production pipeline and idea generation
- [42:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain#t=2544) The psychology of making chairs
- [1:01:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-07-24-episode-269-everything-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-keychain#t=3688) Recommendations: Old Man's Advice, Junge Makers, Vector Ruler Generator

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Bullet Bourbon (company)
- Make magazine (company)
- Proof Media (company)
- Dickel George Dickel (company)
- Crown Royal (company)
- Harbor Freight (company)
- Badlands (product)
- Rockler (company)
- Junge Makers (company)
- Vector Ruler Generator (tool)
- R2D2 (product)

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