The Big Squeegee
Long Time Member
Sorry, this is the first time I have seen this thread.
I still have some inventory left of the tools listed on ramination.com. However, the stock is very low and likely to not be continued.. I have notified the distributors that I will no longer offer discounts. Most of them were dropshipping them anyway so I can't imagine how successful anyone would be at looking for them at the distributor level.
The reason for the discontinueing the tools is for a few reasons.
1. I have moved to California and have limited space to work on them and I had to leave a lot of stuff behind.
2. I have not made a salery from selling the tools in the last 6 years. My marketing skills are not what they need to be to keep going so sales have always been slow. The Big Squeegee is still the best kept secret in the industry. Sales trickle in at a steady rate but not enough to get any profit from it.
3. I'm aproching my 70th birthday and I want to retire. I will keep replacement parts on the website until someone takes it over. Any offers?
4. I had changed the design to extrude a more robust tool. The extruding company I was using, was operating his machines beyond what the machines were capable of so, the extrusions were inconsistant and were limited as to what it could do. It was hard to find an application edge that was straight enough to laminate or mount for more than 26 inches. Reinforcing the tools made it possible to add a straght edge to the tools while making the tools more robust. The new design would be with a new extruding company that is much more experienced and will make the tools 3 times the thickness while holding a straight edge. As I have said, I want to retire. Investing $35,000 in the new tool is not very attracttive to me.
I still have some inventory left of the tools listed on ramination.com. However, the stock is very low and likely to not be continued.. I have notified the distributors that I will no longer offer discounts. Most of them were dropshipping them anyway so I can't imagine how successful anyone would be at looking for them at the distributor level.
The reason for the discontinueing the tools is for a few reasons.
1. I have moved to California and have limited space to work on them and I had to leave a lot of stuff behind.
2. I have not made a salery from selling the tools in the last 6 years. My marketing skills are not what they need to be to keep going so sales have always been slow. The Big Squeegee is still the best kept secret in the industry. Sales trickle in at a steady rate but not enough to get any profit from it.
3. I'm aproching my 70th birthday and I want to retire. I will keep replacement parts on the website until someone takes it over. Any offers?
4. I had changed the design to extrude a more robust tool. The extruding company I was using, was operating his machines beyond what the machines were capable of so, the extrusions were inconsistant and were limited as to what it could do. It was hard to find an application edge that was straight enough to laminate or mount for more than 26 inches. Reinforcing the tools made it possible to add a straght edge to the tools while making the tools more robust. The new design would be with a new extruding company that is much more experienced and will make the tools 3 times the thickness while holding a straight edge. As I have said, I want to retire. Investing $35,000 in the new tool is not very attracttive to me.
