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- 💌 UpdatesThis is your chance to win one of the last remaining LIMITED EDITION Gold Pocket Drivers! To enter: • Join CubeClub • Write a review of your favourite MetMo product on our website The deadline to enter is Monday 16th December at 11:59pm If you're reading this you're already here, so you're only one step away 😉 Terms and Conditions ---- Want to know when to order your MetMo so it can arrive in time for Christmas!? We've announced our Christmas Shipping dates HERE! ---- Last month in our newsletter we covered all thing science and STEM... We also gave you a juicy update on what's going on on the shop floor with an opportunity to win a Helico MK2 🤩 This month we're covering talking all things wood 🪵 - Wooden gifts - Our new Classic Driver - Multi Drive updates - and more 😎 Sign up for the newsletter HERE!
- 🪛 MetMo DriverAll of the hardened stainless goodness of our most popular Driver, but with a classic hand crafted elm wood handle. We've only machined a limited batch of 100 Classic Drivers for December delivery and we wanted to make sure you guys were the first to find out about it. CLICK HERE for early access to Classic Driver and use code "GETWOOD" for free worldwide shipping! Got Wood? We got the best wood, elm! Elm is a type of hardwood valued for its strength, durability, and appealing grain patterns. It's been used for centuries in furniture making as the wood's interlocked grain gives it a very unique look, and also makes it resistant to splitting (nobody wants split wood…) Why So Limited? All that beauty comes at a cost. The same wood grain that makes it so strong and look so interesting also makes it difficult to work with; you're never quite sure which way is up with this grain! Also, elm trees across Europe have been devastated by Dutch elm disease carried by a sneaky beetle that brings fungus to the tree... this makes it very difficult to get hold of elm that is from managed woodland, so we don’t get much of it to work with! Mirroring The Original Like the original Weltrecord driver by Conrad Baumann, the mechanical parts have the steel look using the same hardened martensitic stainless steel parts we use for our Steel Drivers, making this a serious work horse that will drive whatever you need, whenever you need it. Stainless Steel Fixings The ultimate blend of wood and metal. Like all fine medieval ballistas, we've paired the wood with press-fit stainless-steel ball detents and inserts for the grub screws, so this handle can be taken off for maintenance the same way you can with our metal versions. Finish Him Here at MetMo we live by the advice of the great Ron Swanson, and we don't treat wood that doesn't need it. We've purposely left the elm untreated showcasing its natural beauty, but this also means that you can personalise it yourself with furniture polish, wax, or a stain of your liking. Just promise not to commit a crime and stain it purple! Thank You! We'd just like to thank everyone for their ongoing support and feedback you've given us over the years, as the Classic Driver project simply wouldn't exist without you. We're only sending this limited batch to our Driver and CubeClub community as you guys made this happen, so as a thank you you can use the code below to get free worldwide shipping. Use code GETWOOD at checkout for free shipping on everything MetMo. (This code will expire on Tuesday 3rd December at 11:59pm GMT) I hope you've enjoyed our old take on a new take of an old design... I think that makes sense 🧐 If you have any questions, please let us know in the comments below! Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in America 🇺🇸
- 🚀 MetMo PistonAs soon as each project enters production, the team here at MetMo dive straight into "new shiny thing mode", and after Multi Drive ended we kinda went turbo! So much so in fact, that we can't physically launch all of our ideas on Kickstarter. It wouldn't be fair to you guys to have new campaigns launching when you're still waiting on our past campaigns to fulfil. We also don't want to detract from these awesome projects, and the time spent collaborating with you guys, by layering up project after project! That would get real old, real fast. That presented us with quite the challenge and by tackling this head on, and it's started to pave the way for the entire future of MetMo... So, what now then? Now we innovate. It's forced us to look at how we operate as a company and most importantly, what matters to you guys. So, over the next 12 months we're going to be mixing things up a little and we'll be trialing some different funding options that will allow us to bring new MetMo designs direct to our store! This won't detract from Kickstarter in any way and won't affect the delivery times of your Multi Drives! Our plan will be to bring smaller projects to our store in limited batches, much like we do with our MetMo Cube. This will allow us to quickly trial new ideas, without investing too heavily in stock holding, and then at the same time we can still focus on bringing more complex projects to Kickstarter. This strategy also helps keep us one step ahead of any copycats too, as it allows us to outpace their copying machines. I'd also like to thank everyone for being our advocates in stopping some of the most recent MetMo copies, we put a lot of effort into our patents and design rights and it's great to know you guys have our backs! With all that being said, we have some exciting news to share... Introducing MetMo Piston! No springs, no magnets, just pure, unadulterated precision pneumatics! A palm sized pneumatic mechanism you can fiddle with single-handedly for hours. The cutting edge of portable satisfaction, using only air and your fingers to create silky smooth engineering magic. Born From Danger Before Piston, came Danger Knife, the world's most dangerous pneumatic craft knife. This totally irresponsible design has been seen by millions on social media and your love of this insane concept paved the way for our much safer (and less lawsuit-y) MetMo Piston. After we showed Danger Knife to you all during the Multi Drive campaign, the feedback you gave us really got us started on the Piston journey, so thank you all for your continued support! Before we look deep inside the cylinder block and figure out what makes Piston pop, let's take a proper look at Danger Knife, so we can understand where this little guy came from. Weaponised Crafty-ness Danger Knife, as it is lovingly known here at MetMo, was designed at the same time as the Pocket Driver and was pegged to be our follow up Kickstarter project after Pocket Driver was fulfilled. On the face of it, a precision reamed metal case with a precision ground craft knife handle that had the same mesmerising look, function, and feel of our Cube, well that sounded like a no brainer to us... It turns out when you have access to state of the art CNC machinery, you can basically produce air tight fits between two metal components.... Sounds pretty cool right? Turns out this is only 'pretty cool' if the end result doesn't pneumatically fire scalpel blades into your extremities 🫠 Thankfully the wise leaders of MetMo deemed Danger Knife "A Lawsuit in the Making" and we moved it aside to focus on less eye-stabby projects. What Danger Knife did do for us was inspire two completely separate projects, one in the form of Multi Drive which moved past merely being a nice knife handle and instead became the multi-tool you all know very well and can't wait to have, and the other idea became MetMo Piston, taking the pneumatic concept and crushing it down into a handheld desktop toy/brass launcher. Interlude Complete, Returning To Piston. Experiment with an aerodynamic bearing. Spinning the housing allows a thin cushion of air to form between the Piston pin and the cylinder block, creating a friction free spin that's momentarily suspended in air. The Ultimate Precision Fit A perfectly precision reamed hole and an exquisitely machined shaft come together to provide a smooth motion for endless satisfaction and tactile feedback. Silent Operation Akin to clicking a pen, but without driving everyone around you crazy! Piston is only driven by air, so the motion is totally silent. How many compressions per minute can you get it to? Pneumatic Launch! Ready to experiment with a pneumatic launch? We thought so! The Piston can compress air so effectively that you can launch it from the chamber with a satisfying pop. Be sure to catch your newly airborne Piston, and repeat. Once perfected, you'll have one very unique party trick and everyone will wonder how it works! Take Me To Piston! In true MetMo fashion, we've created a waaaay too long product page with lots of satisfying GIF's and interesting tidbits and even a fun video. So, if you'd like to find out even more then CLICK HERE to go straight to the Piston page.