Saying "Goodbye" To MagLab (probably)
If you've been with us for around a year or more, then you'll be familiar with MagLab.
It initially started as pure experimentation (during Christmas 2024) where I was doing long, long hours just trying all sorts of stuff with Zirconium, Anodizing, and so on.
It then morphed into somewhere, for a while, I posted "fancier" slider designs ...or sliders I thought were novel enough to fall under this.
But the last few weeks it's been the quietest page on the website ...compared to "The Vault" (weekly, hand-picked selection), "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (absolutely bunch of random stuff ...from discounted sliders through to Exotics).
I feel the time has come...
It is time to "retire" the MagLab. With the Atom becoming very, VERY popular (even though I released it 2 years ago ...it's only now people are starting to "get it") ...and people screaming for the Mini-Atom now. Not to mention the always-sold-out popularity of the Magic Beans.
PLUS, I have a couple of new fidget concepts coming up soon.
And that's not even to mention the ramping up of Exotic Sliders (which, admittedly, is taking longer than I thought).
So, yeah, it's just run it's course I feel. The more popular sliders from MagLab might still be made here and there - but they will just be sold generally on the website.
More Pens Coming Soon
We've only been able to offer plain/smooth pens for the last 6 weeks or so (although, they've still been selling well).
This is because our CNC machine that does the various patterns and engraving has been down. It has been awaiting a new part ...which is literally being installed as I type this - whoohoo!).
So, not only will we be able to get back to making pens with the various patterns ...but we should hopefully have some new patterns coming very soon too!
We've only been able to offer plain/smooth pens for the last 6 weeks or so (although, they've still been selling well).
This is because our CNC machine that does the various patterns and engraving has been down. It has been awaiting a new part ...which is literally being installed as I type this - whoohoo!).
So, not only will we be able to get back to making pens with the various patterns ...but we should hopefully have some new patterns coming very soon too!
Here's the machine that does the engraving on the above pens half-stripped-down:
Circled in green is the part getting taken out and replaced...
Zirconium Elephants
A few more Elephant sliders coming shortly.
These are not crazy-popular like a SkellyHex ...BUT, we get asked for them often and they always sell out.
UPDATE: We managed to get a couple made up for this post.
