ToollessWOW! It has been over a year since my last blog post. The last year has been exciting times and the next six months will be even more so. Let me explain. Over the last year Toolless has been working hard to improve our quality and lead times. We have added a second digital printer, …
WOW! How time flies. It’s nearly a quarter of the way through the New Year already. Toolless continues to experience exciting times in developing new custom prototypes for a wide range of projects, as well as continued production for established customers. We continue to do multiple custom enclosures using the Raspberry Pi, the new Pi …
An 18th century English poet, William Cowper, once wrote, “Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all it’s flavor.” At Toolless every new prototype for a costume plastic enclosure or housing is different. Our custom enclosures are used by many different companies and inspired entrepreneurs ranging from energy management to equipment for photography and …
One advantage Toolless offers is our ability to accept changes during production. Let’s say we have completed your prototype and you like how it turned out. So you order 100 units. We complete the order and all is going well. But when you are about to order another 100 units you find out one of …
Almost 60% of our customers require some type of graphic on their enclosure ranging from simple labeling to extensive logo graphics. A couple of years ago Toolless transitioned from using silk-screening to using a digital printer for graphics. Although not used often, we can even print raised letters and graphics with texture. We had such …
Let’s talk Raspberry Pi. I don’t have a computer background so I can’t tell you everything the Raspberry Pi can do, but I do know more and more customers are requesting enclosures either to hold a Raspberry Pi or have one included with other components and/or configurations. We received our first request to build a …
The Toolless Prototype Process. The first step is to make contact with our Sales Team. They will gather as much information about your project as possible. This can be as extensive as a detailed model or drawings you may already have or as simple as describing the concept you have in mind. If you check …
Our first BLOG! It’s a very exciting time for Toolless. I am a CAD designer at Toolless and have been asked to provide periodic insights and experiences about our work. When folks ask me what I do for a living, I respond, “I design plastic enclosures.” The response is usually the same; a polite smile …