Last weekend we moved from the front room and garage into a 1500 square foot facility. It's an older building but the inside was painted and its temperature controlled. It has a small office where Kristin can hide and a small bathroom. In one weekend we moved everything down there. It was really cool to line all my games up and determine I have a decent sized arcade. With expansion, we will be looking to expand our capabilities!
It is nice to have room for all the toys.. and also nice to be able to walk away_ from "work" and have some "me" and "our" time, without being reminded of all the work stuff in the living room.
sweet !!
i'll bet it's an exciting experience 
so many best wishes on your continued & growing success. you certainly deserve it !
Does Oscar play any of the pins?
Dogs like to have fun too...
Are you planning on making new mods for Star Trek?
Quoted from jfesler:Is that the Harbor Fright parts bins on wheels? Are you happy with it?
If it helps, I have four of them and think they are great.
Sweet Tim, that's looking hot.
Are you still planning on doing casting and stuff like you mentioned once?
Quoted from jfesler:Is that the Harbor Fright parts bins on wheels? Are you happy with it?
Those HF roll arounds are nice. Started with one and have three.
Congrats guys! Now you have the room to work on TWD laser crossbow 
, just kidding. Really, great job and good luck.
Congrats! I bought almost all of your mods for the pins I own. You really do a great job. Good to know that I can count on more great stuff from you in the future. 
Congratulations Tim and Kristin! This should improve your quality of life both personally and professionally. You guys are the best and deserve it!
Quoted from jfesler:It is nice to have room for all the toys.. and also nice to be able to walk away_ from "work" and have some "me" and "our" time, without being reminded of all the work stuff in the living room.
It's definitely an adjustment, it's 5 minutes away from my day job and its tough to head right after work. It's 15 minutes from the house, so spending a weekend day works well except for 10 pins staring at me all day. Kristin is over there all week making and sending orders. We have a full time 3d artist and he also makes/assembles the mods.
Well done Tim and Kristin . Was wondering how long it would take before the mod business outgrew your lounge room .
It's a fair chunk of your house you're regaining back . Like said it can only be a positive thing for all your family .
Congrats again .
Scott.
All is quiet here at home tonight... no flippers flipping, no printers printing, no crossbow mods finishing... oh wait. Still need that crossbow mod finishing Tim... no matter where we work! :0)
Plenty of room to get stuff done now!
Quoted from Tmezel:Those HF roll arounds are nice. Started with one and have three.
Work perfectly for our needs especially when all parts are used during assembly. They are a bit wobbly when some of the screws are left out... oops.
Quoted from beatmaster:congrats on the new space.
what's your next big plan?
world domination?
Quoted from mrs_mezelmods:world domination?
that's a great plan!
Best of luck with the new shop, it really looks great. Any idea how your going to arrange the work stations?
Kristin is such a nice person, and very customer oriented, now that I see that she drinks BEER she is definitively in my league. Seriously, you guys are doing great, please keep it up
Quoted from MustangPaul:Best of luck with the new shop, it really looks great. Any idea how your going to arrange the work stations?
Kristin set it all up, she had vision where everything would go. She is trained in Lean Manufacturing and we are now using Kanban cards to make our manufacturing process more efficient with less errors. I was too busy looking at my lineup an how cool it looked all in one space.
Next step is to expand our capabilities beyond 3d printing and get the mod production back up to several per month. I have a lot to do on my part now.
Quoted from Tmezel:Anyone want some pinballs smashed with a 200 ton press.
That would make a really cool picture. Try it and post a picture.
This is not an April Fools joke. I am retiring from my engineering job at Intel after 25 years of service. This will allow me to spend more time doing MEZELmods and some other innovative opportunities. My last day is sometime in October.
I worked with our designer Jared today and we have a plan to get the mod train a rollin'. We will also start working more closely with Hemi and his skills so we are very excited about that too. We also have some other capabilities we are picking up here in Albuquerque to expand our product line. We will be announcing those as we close the deals.
Wow, another Intel escapee! There are more of us out here than I would have suspected. Best of luck with your new endeavors.
JF4, Oregon site, 10.5 years. Good times.
Regards;
Awesome news and congratulations!
TMetz has some of the best mods in all of pinball. So happy for you guys. You deserve it!
Keep up the great work and best of luck moving forward.
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