Montie Design’s Summer of Design Comes to An End – Part 2

Earlier in the year we sponsored a student design contest for students in NC and Virginia. Josh Little was the first place winner. Josh is an Industrial Design student at NCSU. It worked out that Josh was able to spend the first part of the summer commercializing his entry, a locking rack for assault rifles. His design allows owners to safetly exhibit their rifles while keeping them secure and out of the hands of unauthorized users.

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We don’t have a prototype to show you yet but the document below helps explain where we are headed with the design.

Montie Design’s Summer of Design Comes to An End – Part 1

Earlier in the year we sponsored a student design contest for students in NC and Virginia.  Nick Pennington submitted a contest winning slingshot design.  We liked his design so much that we invited him to serve as a summer intern at Montie Design and commercialize his design.  Nick managed to successfully complete two versions of his design.  Look to see both versions in the Montie Gear catalog in time for Christmas.

"Y" fork Version
"Y" fork Version

 

Gloveshot Version
Gloveshot Version

 

Al Ely (ADR Hydrocut) teaching Nick the finer points of designing for waterjet cutting

 

"Y" fork frame as it comes off the waterjet
"Y" fork frame as it comes off the waterjet

 

Rob, our machinist, putting the finishing touches on the gloveshot cross member
Rob, our machinist, putting the finishing touches on the gloveshot cross member