Celebration Show 100 Episodes – Ep 100 – Scott Tarcy

Celebration Show 100 Episodes – Ep 100 – Scott Tarcy  Well, we did it. We hit 100 episodes. In light of that, I thought I would review some of my favorite topics and mentions some projects I have done recently.  1. Episode 2, Rick Daley and licensing  Don’t have to make actual product but a prototype helps a ton  Can also use CAD renderings  Can make a lot of money from licensing  2. Episodes 14 with Andrew Bougie and 53 with Matt Holling about 3d scanning  Scanning is a great way to reverse engineer complicated existing parts  Point cloud – stl file – to solidworks file  Good scanner will cost 10k-30k  3. Episodes 70 with Alex Hobson and Ep 56 with James Wilson about Patents and IP  In these episodes, we covered how the entire patent process works and the steps you should take when you have a new invention idea.  Should first check on uspto.gov to see if patent already exists. My recommendation is to look at images.  If you don’t see, file a provisional patent. It’s cheap and gives you one year protection before you need full patent.  4. Some projects I was hired for:  Condiment bottle – printed in durable resin and works just like a blow molded PP bottle.  AutoCad blocks – conveyor system that the client could drop in on his manufacturing plant layout to make sure it fits.  5. Tonal shelf  Always looking to create new products that will create passive income.  Can’t remember exactly how I thought of creating a product for tonal users, but when I looked at the cost of buying a tonal, I could this was a good market.  If someone is going to spend $4000 on an exercise machine, they have plenty of disposable income. I should be able to sell for $100.  The machine has 4 different handles, so need place to store the extras.  Created a shelf to hold these, make it by 3d printing. Tooling would cost a fortune.  Gave a local guy free samples in return for testing it out for me. Took 9 revisions before I sold the first one. Based on feedback made one more revision for a total of 10.  It has been very successful.