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Hobby makers

The only idea-to-project service that asks what you want before what you could sell.

For tinkerers with a device or invention idea, home cooks developing a recipe, side-project builders, and people weighing a small business.

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Generated image: a man in a denim shirt examining a handmade brass gadget at his workbench
Generated image: three friends laughing around a workshop table with a notebook and a circuit board
Generated image: a desk with a sketch notebook, breadboard and canvas bag

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The offer

A small AI team with a fixed method

Start, test, learn, refine, move ahead. The same five moves, in the same order, for every idea.

The method

  • Start. You say what you want.

  • Test. You run a small test of your own.

  • Learn. The result goes in plain words.

  • Refine. The idea changes with what you learned.

  • Move ahead. You choose the next move.

What one free consultation hands you

A goal statement, the main uncertainty and one next action. Here it is for four made-up makers. Each is a sample, not a real person or a real result.

Sample
Goal statement
Build a small brass desk clock I have only drawn on paper.
Main uncertainty
Will the gear train turn smoothly at this size?
Guess: it will, if the teeth are cut true.
One next action
Cut one test gear from card stock and turn it by hand.

Measured result: none yet.

Tinkerer · sample

Price

The first consultation is free

You leave with a goal statement, your main uncertainty and one next action. Nothing else is priced on this page.

Sample conversation

  • What do you want out of this?
  • A recipe my family asks for twice.
  • Goal statement
    A weeknight sauce worth repeating.
  • Main uncertainty
    Does roasting change the taste?
  • One next action
    Taste two small batches side by side.

Three steps, always in this order

  1. Start

    • Your goal
    • Your main uncertainty
    • One next action

  2. Test and learn

    • Your own tests
    • Plain results
    • Labelled claims

  3. Refine, then move ahead

    • Change the idea
    • Keep what held
    • Choose the next move

Every claim wears one of four labels

  • FactSample claim

    Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.

    Fact

    Something true that can be checked.

  • GuessSample claim

    The neighbours would probably buy these.

    Guess

    What we think is likely, held until a test says otherwise.

  • SampleSample claim

    A one-page mock-up of the app home screen.

    Sample

    An example of a result, never your own result.

  • Measured resultSample claim

    Both gears turned freely in your hand test.

    Measured result

    What your own tests showed. Only this settles a claim.

Made for people who make things for fun

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Start with what you want, not with what you could sell.

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The first consultation is free.