TheDrGrind
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*Sparknotes at the bottom
**Lengthy Post
Hey guys! I just wanted to introduce my lil project to you that I have been working on for many months, and is finally finished.
It all started back on March 17th of 2020 when the rona forced me out of business. I had lost my families manufacturing company of 32 years making products for the oil industry here in Texas. I was left devastated, and decided that night I was going to drink myself under the table and smoke until I reach the heavens. So fast-forward 2 bottles of wine later and I'm 3 sheets to the wind. I decided that it's time to switch from drinking to smoking so I grab my flower, a stack of papers, this $100 grinder I had bought and begin to try to roll a joint....
Only problem is that it is very difficult for me to use any grinder because when when I was 4 years only I lost most of my left hand in a farming related accident. As a result, gripping and twisting a grinder is difficult sober let a lone wasted. I struggled to get it to work. I tried pinning it against myself, the table, everything, but my weed was just too good and too difficult for me to grinder. At this point I'm almost in tears because I've hit my lowest low of my life. So in a fit of rage I stood up, and threw my $100 grinder I had in my hand threw my wall and yelled out, "I can make one way better than this!" Then it dawned on me...I could. After all, I had just spent the last 10 years of my life running a manufacturing facility with some of the most advanced CNC machines on the earth. I knew how to do it all! Needless to say you could say the little light blub had lit up! Since this was going to be easy! I thought that there has to be other people who wanted an easier to use grinder because they have a disability like me, or reduced strength or whatever. There has to be people who want a better designed product. There has to be people who want a new style all together so I decided then and there what I was going to do in my future.
I spent the next day working on my design. That day turned into a week. That week turned into a month. That month turned into 6 months...6 months and 4 revisions later I am finally finished. What's not included in the revision are all the different styles of subcomponents I tried. I feel like I know more now about grinder weed than I'd ever imagine lol. Working in the oil industry everyone was always so uptight, and business was often crooked which kinda ate at my moral core. I just wanted to do a good job and be rewarded equally for the quality of work I performed. Now all thanks to a drunken night I've been liberated and finally get to work on my dreams! This is already getting lengthy so I'll wrap it up here lol.
Here is a picture of what I built. I'd love to know what your thoughts are so I can perfect it. This is the first time i've posted this story. So i'd like to think that if a guy with basically only 1 hand can use this then...
Sparknotes: Shut family business down due to flu. lost hand in farming accident. Couldnt use normal grinders. Decided to change life and make better grinder design.
**Lengthy Post
Hey guys! I just wanted to introduce my lil project to you that I have been working on for many months, and is finally finished.
It all started back on March 17th of 2020 when the rona forced me out of business. I had lost my families manufacturing company of 32 years making products for the oil industry here in Texas. I was left devastated, and decided that night I was going to drink myself under the table and smoke until I reach the heavens. So fast-forward 2 bottles of wine later and I'm 3 sheets to the wind. I decided that it's time to switch from drinking to smoking so I grab my flower, a stack of papers, this $100 grinder I had bought and begin to try to roll a joint....
Only problem is that it is very difficult for me to use any grinder because when when I was 4 years only I lost most of my left hand in a farming related accident. As a result, gripping and twisting a grinder is difficult sober let a lone wasted. I struggled to get it to work. I tried pinning it against myself, the table, everything, but my weed was just too good and too difficult for me to grinder. At this point I'm almost in tears because I've hit my lowest low of my life. So in a fit of rage I stood up, and threw my $100 grinder I had in my hand threw my wall and yelled out, "I can make one way better than this!" Then it dawned on me...I could. After all, I had just spent the last 10 years of my life running a manufacturing facility with some of the most advanced CNC machines on the earth. I knew how to do it all! Needless to say you could say the little light blub had lit up! Since this was going to be easy! I thought that there has to be other people who wanted an easier to use grinder because they have a disability like me, or reduced strength or whatever. There has to be people who want a better designed product. There has to be people who want a new style all together so I decided then and there what I was going to do in my future.
I spent the next day working on my design. That day turned into a week. That week turned into a month. That month turned into 6 months...6 months and 4 revisions later I am finally finished. What's not included in the revision are all the different styles of subcomponents I tried. I feel like I know more now about grinder weed than I'd ever imagine lol. Working in the oil industry everyone was always so uptight, and business was often crooked which kinda ate at my moral core. I just wanted to do a good job and be rewarded equally for the quality of work I performed. Now all thanks to a drunken night I've been liberated and finally get to work on my dreams! This is already getting lengthy so I'll wrap it up here lol.
Here is a picture of what I built. I'd love to know what your thoughts are so I can perfect it. This is the first time i've posted this story. So i'd like to think that if a guy with basically only 1 hand can use this then...
Sparknotes: Shut family business down due to flu. lost hand in farming accident. Couldnt use normal grinders. Decided to change life and make better grinder design.
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