Ngemva kokuphumelela Umkhankaso we-kickstarter ngoFebhruwari ka-2014 okwababona benyusa ngaphezulu kwama-$250,000 (nomgomo wokuqala we-$18,000) Abadali be-Floyd Leg bebematasa benweba umugqa wabo womkhiqizo owenziwe umkhankaso oyimpumelelo we-Kickstarter.

Kulokhu, bafuna ukukusiza ukuthi udale yonke indawo yokusebenzela noma indawo yehhovisi—kufakwe netafula le-ping pong—usebenzisa uhlelo lwabo lokwakha ifenisha olulula.

Uhlelo, olwakhiwa abadali 'abahambahambayo' uKyle Hoff no-Alex O'Dell ngenxa yokukhungatheka kokuthutha amatafula amakhulu futhi axakile kanye nefenisha enemilenze ehlala njalo, ilula njengemilenze emine ngamunye uhlanganisa nesibophelelo se-F-clamp esididiyelwe. usebenzisa noma iyiphi impahla oyikhethayo endaweni engaphezulu kwetafula.

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Ngenkathi ukuphindaphinda kwabo kokuqala, njengoba kubonakala ku-Kickstarter, kwakuklanyelwe ukusetshenziswa okukhanyayo kuya kokuphakathi, u-Hoff no-O'Dell babuyekeze uhlelo lwabo olulula lwe-DIY ukuze basekele imithwalo esindayo kusetshenziswa isistimu yebhande elihlanganisiwe eliqinisa amandla ahlangene emilenze:

Ikhiqizwe endaweni yangakubo e-Detroit, igama elithi 'Floyd' livela kubaba ka-Hoff, umkhulu kanye nokhokho wakhe…bonke ababengabasebenzi bensimbi baseMelika. Isinqumo sokwenza izinto zabo zensimbi zibe ezasendaweni e-Detroit nezitolo zemishini zasendaweni sengeza ukuthinta okuhle kokuxoxwa kwezindaba emkhiqizweni olula nokho ogqamile.

Lonke iqoqo, elihlanganisa nesistimu yokubeka amashelufu nemilenze yamatafula anosayizi abahlukene wokwengeza okwakho kubuyise impahla yethu yangokwezifiso ukuze iqale ku-$85 ngaphezulu TheFloydLeg.com.

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USimon ungumklami wezimboni ozinze eBrooklyn noManaging Editor we-EVD Media. Lapho ethola isikhathi sokuklama, ukugxila kwakhe ekusizeni ama-startups athuthukise izixazululo zokwenza uphawu nezokuklama ukuze abone umbono wabo wokuklanywa komkhiqizo. Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe kwaNike nakwamanye amaklayenti ahlukahlukene, uyisizathu esikhulu sokuthi noma yini yenziwe e-EvD Media. Wake wabambana buzzard we-alligator wase-Alaskan phansi ngezandla zakhe… ukuhlenga uJosh.