Twist-Lok Round 2

Lynn gave me a call again today (he finally read this post), and he is sending me some samples so I can see how it holds up to some abuse. He said that he had personally tested it through 12ga sheet metal using a #14 hex bit and the unit held up. If that's the case, it should handle anything I throw at it just fine.

As for the materials, he said that they used hardened steel pins, then threw buzzwords like "6061 Aluminum" and "T6 Hardening" at me. Ok, so it should be tough.

He also told me that he used to build gas stations... er... assemble seems more appropriate now that I think about it. That involves driving a lot of screws through sheet metal and steel, and he said that this tool is designed for that type of abuse. That seems like an interesting strength test to me.

Well, he's going to have some samples sent over and we're going to give them to a few of our customers to really give a test (after we abuse them a bit). He's also having one of their people contact one of our guys to see about carrying them here. It should be interesting, and I'm fairly excited to see how well it holds up for my tests.