GLOVEBUCKET
New member
Heard about The Garage Journal from members of a North Texas Machinists Group I joined last winter. Thought I had a pretty nice garage until I viewed some of the ones in this forum. Planning to move to a new home in the next few months, so I get to start with a fresh canvas so to speak for my next custom garage.
Upon completion of my current garage/bicycle shop renovations a few years back I started searching for a portable, enclosed parts cleaning device that would help contain the mess generated from my age old practice of degreasing small bicycle components out of an open coffee can. After months of Googling all I could find were open parts cleaning tanks or large gloved industrial parts washers, most of which were much too large and costly for my modest requirements. Next thing I new I was doodling designs, mocking up rough prototypes and contacting engineers. My simple need and idea had gotten out of control and I was facing a 6 digit+ investments for custom engineering, prototyping, tooling and initial manufacture. When I finally came to my senses I realized that it is significantly easier to design a product that is complex and costly that it is to design something simple and inexpensive. I opted for the latter, practical approach, and GLOVEBUCKET was born. However I must admit to investing significantly more than I ever dreamed possible for such a simple product once I factored in prototype development, component sourcing, intellectual property and general business attorney fees, product liability insurance, tooling to modify components and a host of other details necessary to bring GLOVEBUCKET to market. After years it is finally available for purchase by the general public. I have been using my original version for well over a year now and have spared my fancy garage, my workbench, my walls, my flooring, my clothing and my body parts, from the dreaded spritz and spray of black greasy dots. Never would have guessed in a million years that my garage makeover would have led to this!
And by the way, I thoroughly enjoy The Garage Journal.
Bob Snelling aka the GLOVEBUCKET Man
Upon completion of my current garage/bicycle shop renovations a few years back I started searching for a portable, enclosed parts cleaning device that would help contain the mess generated from my age old practice of degreasing small bicycle components out of an open coffee can. After months of Googling all I could find were open parts cleaning tanks or large gloved industrial parts washers, most of which were much too large and costly for my modest requirements. Next thing I new I was doodling designs, mocking up rough prototypes and contacting engineers. My simple need and idea had gotten out of control and I was facing a 6 digit+ investments for custom engineering, prototyping, tooling and initial manufacture. When I finally came to my senses I realized that it is significantly easier to design a product that is complex and costly that it is to design something simple and inexpensive. I opted for the latter, practical approach, and GLOVEBUCKET was born. However I must admit to investing significantly more than I ever dreamed possible for such a simple product once I factored in prototype development, component sourcing, intellectual property and general business attorney fees, product liability insurance, tooling to modify components and a host of other details necessary to bring GLOVEBUCKET to market. After years it is finally available for purchase by the general public. I have been using my original version for well over a year now and have spared my fancy garage, my workbench, my walls, my flooring, my clothing and my body parts, from the dreaded spritz and spray of black greasy dots. Never would have guessed in a million years that my garage makeover would have led to this!
And by the way, I thoroughly enjoy The Garage Journal.
Bob Snelling aka the GLOVEBUCKET Man
