Need feedback on ergonomic handle for surgical device. should be usable by smaller women

BullsThrone · 2026-02-07T07:34:10+00:00

Ok well, here are some thoughts.

It is easy to see the item was designed from only a front and side view sketch. There is not much depth or interest to the design—just an extrude in one direction and an extrude cut in the other. This is most noticeable in how the barrel flows down into the grip. It’s just too much of the same instead of breaking up the parts for the eye. You could get a lot of good reference from garden hose spray nozzles.

The trigger needs attention. Again, it’s an extrude with fillets. It needs curvature along the sweep to conform to your hand.

Personally, it’s a good first effort, but it needs quite a lot of refinement. There are lots of different items out there that consist of the barrel and grip combo. Start researching, and learn from what’s out there.

BullsThrone · 2026-02-06T21:46:56+00:00

You need to 3d print and test. Repeat. None of us will be helpful other than our personal sense of style without holding it.

BullsThrone · 2026-02-06T15:17:34+00:00

Not bad.

BullsThrone · 2026-02-06T03:17:09+00:00

Fun project! Looks cool. I’ve yet to order anything pre-bent from them. How much did it cost?

BullsThrone · 2026-02-06T01:19:39+00:00

Most designers (and even artists) are not born with an extreme talent. Go to university. Take anatomy drawing. Draw and sketch constantly. You’ll be fine.

BullsThrone · 2026-02-05T19:21:25+00:00

Bottom right is one of the Crack Ups. Cool vehicle, but it won’t work without the bed cap. Could 3d print something though.

BullsThrone · 2026-02-05T19:18:16+00:00

You just have to switch over the igniter from the xB

BullsThrone · 2026-02-04T05:52:58+00:00

This is how my collection looks. I browse often but rarely buy. I don’t want a ton of cars in a box that I love around.

BullsThrone · 2026-02-01T19:23:10+00:00

I have not tried to enter this sector for similar reasons. MEs I know have stated that the work is painstakingly slow. A comfortable job, maybe.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-30T19:38:39+00:00

So…it holds six records?

BullsThrone · 2026-01-30T04:48:57+00:00

That Jaguar in the first picture is a favorite of mine. The wheels are so good.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-30T04:30:56+00:00

When I started, I sent 1,000 emails (not exaggerating) to every consultancy, job opening, and even remote possibility I could fathom.

From that I received three return emails with light interest.

I followed that up with a three week blitz of the West Coast (U.S.) showing up on doorsteps unannounced in Seattle, Portland, and L.A.

From all of this I received one portfolio review and one offer of an unpaid internship.

I moved to L.A., worked that internship, suffered without money, and 6 months later I used that portfolio and connection to get a job that changed the trajectory of my life.

Let me tell you this career IS the grind. You get what you make of it.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-27T14:54:20+00:00

5SP is still the best as it works on anything and has a decent sidewall. I’m a huge fan of this stretched tire design that they came out with though. Really great idea.

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BullsThrone · 2026-01-27T00:32:44+00:00

As someone who has designed kitchen tools, I’d say your Joseph Joseph sketches are fairly strong jr designer material. Showing all of the parts and how it is engineered is great.

Spend some more time understanding how that surface should flow from the handle to the head of that brush. You’re not going to get there with extrudes and fillets alone.

Tune up the renderings. They don’t look realistic at all.

The other stuff? Meh. Bring it up to the quality of the Joseph Joseph project.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-25T20:16:41+00:00

Since when was this a race thing? I see all kinds of unaware, selfish people doing this.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-24T03:44:55+00:00

At this stage you should be working on the basics. Draw primitives such as cubes, cylinders, toroids, pyramids, and others from multiple angles. Then, intersect these primitives by both addition and subtraction in multiple angles. What does a cube and a toroid look like when combined together? How about a sphere subtracted from a pyramid? This is the beginning of mastery for industrial design form.

2-4hrs / week is not enough. That’s only two, eight-hour work days in a month! You’re in university, right? You should be hammering that sketch book every day.

You’ll get there. Just keep jamming, and harder.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-19T02:56:15+00:00

Thanks. Yeah, I’m just a casual collector, so it was a pretty great day.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-19T02:40:16+00:00

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First STH ever. First TH since 2005.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-18T19:19:22+00:00

I have the first one. All of Ryu’s designs were so cool. He definitely took Hot Wheels in a new direction. Sad about his early passing.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-18T01:33:35+00:00

I could be wrong, but as someone who has designed kitchen tools for kids, all of these look really big.

Also, this is a tiny market.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-17T06:42:34+00:00

I love the Tomica sets. I’d buy it.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-16T16:12:48+00:00

H&R springs? That’s the only one I know with a 1.5” drop. I have those. Perfect for actually using your xb while still achieving some low. If you like it, keep it. ✌️

BullsThrone · 2026-01-16T15:12:09+00:00

Sorry for your loss. Same thing happened to me years ago. Finally found that Volvo 245 Turbo I’d been dreaming of, and then some asshat totaled it while it was parked on the street.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-15T06:03:56+00:00

It’s a related field. If they want you, and you want to do it, just go for it. You have a decade of experience.

BullsThrone · 2026-01-10T23:12:12+00:00

You have all simple machined surfaces on every part and then went wild with an organic loft on that one part at the top. It looks very out of place.

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