What is up people of Floatplane? I hope you guys are stoked for LTX this week. As you may or may
not know, we have a build your own screwdriver booth happening at LTX for both days where you
could build your very own custom LTT screwdriver. Did I mention we have eight different colors?
This is just some of them. We only managed to get five samples of selectors. The rest are at our
warehouse getting ready to be delivered, but it'll be end caps, accent rings, selectors and
handles, eight different colors. And we invited some people from around the office to show us how
to build it. Okay, teach us how to do it. It's gonna be a slightly different setup at the booth.
So your first step in building your own screwdriver is choosing your actual parts. So what we have
right here is all the parts laid out. Like I said, we have a couple samples. So all the colors will
be available at LTX, but right now we are in here with a subset of it. So you would choose
your handle, your ratchet assembly, your accent ring, and your end cap. And then we'll give and
then we'll also give you a couple of generic parts, right? So right now we're in there and can choose
their parts. Well, I get the generic parts that you'll get in every single kit. I would pick this one.
I guess this one. I give it like a Christmas style. Christmas style. Like I said, very samples.
Wait, that's the only one that has this thing? Yeah. So because they were in the middle of
manufacturing when I got these samples, these are all the quality rejects. This is too big.
Yeah. So these are all the quality rejects where there's like tiny little gas marks that
wouldn't really make it into production. These parts would actually be regrounded and reused.
But because this is just for filming and we want just to film before it's out, we have samples.
Okay. So we just pick this four. Yes. Four parts. Yes. Four parts. Okay. Right. And then I will give
you two other parts that you need to build it. And that's one times assembled bit, half bit clip.
And the tainting pin. That's what makes the click sound when you close it. It's not magnetic. A lot
of people think it's magnetic. I thought it was magnetic. It's not magnetic. It's purely mechanical.
What? Yeah. A lot of people are surprised by that. So what did you choose, Dennis?
I chose the, well, red one to go with the big size handle to match kind of like, you know,
Christmas color. Okay. I guess it's gonna Christmas. Okay. I mean,
anyways, I like this one. It is a good color blue. Yeah. Electric blue. That's mine. Okay.
Wait, what else? You also chose? No, it's okay. And this is the ring. The ring goes out with this
color, like the bottom part, right? You want it to be magic. But unfortunately, we don't have the
color. Yeah, you just have purple. Otherwise, I would go with
yellow. Yeah. Yeah. I don't like purple. Yeah. And it's just, there's no color. Yeah. So
everybody's kit, once they're done choosing, we'll have a handle, an end cap, a bit clip
sub assembly, an accent ring, a ratchet assembly, and the tainting pin. After you've selected your
parts, you will go to three stations in order and assemble a third of the screwdriver on each
station, right? And by the end, you will have a completed screwdriver. Now I'll be showing Dennis
how to make a completed bit clip assembly with end cap installed. So the first thing you're going to do
is grab our tainting pin. And on the first station, there'll be a bucket of super glue.
The reason for this, I didn't start laughing. What? I didn't have that. No be it up. No be it up.
You need to. No be it up. Oh my goodness, dude. It's too loose. Why would it happen without the
loop? Like wouldn't we be able to insert it? No, you would. And you'll put the tainting pin inside
the tube. Oh my god, that looks so easy. Yes, because you have a loop. So you did, done. Yes.
And now you put that inside the holder. And start now. Okay. All right. Yeah. And then all you need
to do is put the cap, the cap on top and leave it there. And then pull the lever until you hear
the click slowly. Oh, and then take it out. Now we're going to assemble the last three pieces
together on the next step. Let's move over, slide your head down one step. Now at LTX, these are
going to be at different tables. So we will have four stations of the bit clip assembler at one table.
We have four of these at one station. And then station two will be the station and there'll be
four of them. And there'll be four of the final step as well. So don't worry about throughput.
You've got your cupboard. But right now, yeah, you put that back in the box. And you want to grab
the remaining three pieces, that that and that. Okay. And we'll put the box over there. And now
we're going to attach the handle, the accent ring, and the ratchet assembly together. This is a very
easy step to forget. You need to put the accent ring on first. Okay, there's a nice little indent
over there where it fits. See, it holds it very nicely. Now, the cool thing about this is our
ratchet assembly is keyed. There is a thicker key and a thinner one. And there is a matching
thicker and thinner key on the handle. So what happens is that just slides in there. And as
soon as as soon as you see the keys line up, you're done. And all you do is you pop it in there.
And if you want to do it slowly until it seats in the bottom, you won't hear a click this time.
Yep, keep going. You might need some force.
Okay, that's enough. That's it. Okay, and you can take it out. Wow. And now you should be able
to ratchet it and it should work. Yeah. Okay, now, all you have to do is put these two pieces
together. And it's as simple as drop it on. And it won't go any further, because the tain pin
actually needs to go over those bob fittings. Oh, my. So we just put that over there. And we
slide this in there. Oh, and then push down again. Yep. What? That's simple. And now you have
that's a screwdriver. It's as simple as that. Then you get your bits. And I don't feel like doing
this. You can put your bits in. This is boring. You know how to put this in. That's cut to the
bureau. Pretend it's beautiful. So what's the inspiration behind yours, Dennis?
Well, I didn't get to pick the color of this. Yeah. So
I'm more excited to build a new one at OTX, because I don't like purple. If we don't sell a lot of
purple, I'm just going to blame Dennis. It's actually a nice color. All right. Now, Maria.
Yay, my turn. I'm sure you can make a better one with that.
Color wise, yes. Maria, why don't you talk us through the inspiration and the colors?
My inspiration was the Teclyn color black hoodie, which is like exactly these colors.
And I love colorful stuff like products. So yeah, you have electric. Different colors for
everything. So we need to assemble these three pieces together and gently put some glue on the
inside of the tube hole. This is going to enable the bit, the tainting pin to slide smoothly between
the tube when you open it. We're going to put the end cap on, slide it in. It doesn't matter. There is
not straight. What happens when the arbor press comes down, it will straighten up for you. It
doesn't need to be straight when you put it on. It's two bumps that go over each other and then
interface together. So it's a very self-aligning press fit once it's done. So it doesn't need
to be perfectly horizontal, but just over there. And then all you need to do is pull the lever
slowly until you have a kick and you can take it out. Then all you need to do is pop the ratcheting
and slightly push it down until the key is engaged and then pull the handle. Now, this one requires
a little bit of force and you're done. I say that as Maria just like one time. Okay. You can take it
out now. So that's two thirds of the driver assembled. Now all that's left is to attach
these two pieces. So all we need to do is pop it on, slide it in the remaining arbor press,
and then just push down until it closes. Yep, and you can take it out.
And there is a color block screwdriver. Yeah, technically, technique. The first pull is always
a bit rough just to get the lube all spread around the tube. Once you open it a couple
times, it breaks in. It's kind of by design. Oh, I love it. How do you feel it turned out?
I love it. I really, really love it. I think it makes good contrast between the colors.
Very happy with my color screwdriver.