Side hustles, investments, money pits, what’s the difference? A couple years back, my wife and I were racking our brains on some projects that we could do to bring in some more income. A rental property was out of the reach and any other “investment” was a slow moving and boring boat to invest in.
Considering my day job consists of designing and manufacturing injection molded products, we decided to start a small business, S&K Modern Designs, to develop little plastic products.
Our first major product is called the Hexi Hold which is a twist close and latch locking ring or small item holder.
My wife decided to make a small business out of it: https://skmoderndesigns.com/
This is a small product that I designed and we 3D printed to test and get proof of market. After some great results, I leveraged some of my work contacts to get the injection mold tool designed and made. It’s a bit tricky of a plastic component to make due to the internal undercuts but we went with this lifter core action.
It’s a general copolymer polypropylene with sub-gates to mold quickly and efficiently. A great little proof of concept project that we are hoping continues to go well and get some tractions of sales.
