Thinking About my Feet
Isaac Hurst Isaac Hurst

Thinking About my Feet

I've been thinking a bit lately about the bottom of my legs. By this I mean the legs of everything I design. At the moment it's just plywood, which extends to the floor. I have tried buying soft feet and adding them, I have tried hard nylon feet, I have tried just leaving it wood.

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Christmas Update! Lots of Shipping.
Isaac Hurst Isaac Hurst

Christmas Update! Lots of Shipping.

This was the first holiday season for Modern Ethic. Leading up to the season I was still processing orders on a regular basis and prototyping new ones, so building inventory for the holidays was not easy. I made as many as I could and I had no idea what type of demand I would see.

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What’s Happening Right Now?
Isaac Hurst Isaac Hurst

What’s Happening Right Now?

At the moment it's a lot of prepping for the coming season. I'm producing hex and slot record crates so that I have inventory for the holidays. Those two products are my top sellers so I want to make an attempt at having them in stock. I expect I will not be able to produce enough…

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Shop Rules I’ve Slowly Come to
Isaac Hurst Isaac Hurst

Shop Rules I’ve Slowly Come to

As one might expect, after building my products for about a year I've realized a few best practices in the interest of making consistently good stuff. When I first started out I was just hacking it, trying to make things at all, trying to get quality results but without having the experience to back it up there were lots of errors and mistakes and ruined parts.

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Vinyl Crate Numbers
Isaac Hurst Isaac Hurst

Vinyl Crate Numbers

Somewhat on the heels of discussing the costly materials that I use in the goal of environmental kindness I thought I'd follow up with a deep dive into what it takes to make one of my Vinyl Record Storage Crates.

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