Some guys buy tools, REAL MEN build them!

MechMate-Breaking Bits, Throwing Chips

This would be lot easier if Gerald had named the machine "Big Mac".:D

Mechmate: "Better than the Bot"

I don't think we want to either compare to or trash the Shopbotters; they're a kindred community in many senses. Not every sawdust generator has the inclination or ability to also be a swarf maker.

However, I really can't resist typing "Why Shop a Bot, when you can Mech a Mate?" :D

I do like that "handcrafted" bit a lot.

"Handcrafted robotic magic"

Build a Robot for Your Shop: MechMate.com
or
Robot for Your Shop: MechMate.com

Automation Craftsmanship: MechMate.com

Mechanized Helpmate for the Shop: MechMate.com

MechMate: Dream, Design, MechMate, Assemble

MechMate: World Class Machine, Local Craftsmanship

Profit from the Start: MechMate.com

Mechmate: "Kickin' ass with every pass"

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Mechmate - World class machine, locally crafted!

This is my first post, but I have been following the forum for almost 2 years. Built a combination machine with linear bearings and Geralds concepts. It is killer, by the way. Thank you Gerald. I immediately liked servant74's World Class Machine, Local Craftsmanship but wanted to change the tense.

Zeon,

Welcome !!!!!!!!!

I'm an old Ojai and Pt. Hueneme resident.

I think I might have it...certainly what I have gathered Gerald is thinking right now about this thread would make a perfect slogan....

MechMate: Stop daydreaming and start building!

Gerald,

How are we going to bring this to a close? I was thinking of two courses of action: 1) Gerald can choose his favorite or 2) Gerald can select a few of his favorites and the members of this site can vote for the best one.

Or we can let it run for a few more days to get more ideas.

What do you think?

Doug, I am afraid that you will have to finish what you started. I am not volunteering to be a judge on this. :)

But does the winning slogan get to go on the Main Webpage? :eek:

It can go on the main web page, but I will need with the template. That page has had problems for a long time, displaying differently for different browsers.

Mechmate: Experienced enough to get the job done right, young enough to be your daughter

Mechmate - A wealth of knowledge

Doug,

I think you have a problem.... I haven't seen any that I think stand out but that is me. You good have a vote on a number of them and the one that gets the most votes with Gerald having some say because it is his baby.

I think we've only completed one phase of a marketing brainstorm session.
We need to choose the key concepts and best words as phase two, play with synonyms, and then finally craft possible slogan permutations. Then a vote. Or a focus group test (bleech).

This type of work goes slow when you can't gather around a whiteboard and a pizza.

Brad,

Are you a professor at a college or something? :) I taught military science at a university years ago and this plan reminds me of the stuff that came out of our faculty meetings.

If you're serious, I'm game for playing along. However, I'll warn you that if the process takes longer than a week or so, I'll probably lose interest and you'll inherit this mess.

Since you started this thread, how about playing 'moderator' and put together a 'short list' of the most promising. We could have a vote to get it down to 3 or 4 (plus, none of the above) to get Gerald's approval.

Then it can be 'announced'. There is nothing that says that any choice is perminant, and Gerald could choose a different one, or several.

The idea is to get something that Gerald can live with and we can work with.
If a design is not changeable, it is dead. Just like the MM design. But as it matures, it will change less often, just like the MM design.

At least that is my suggestion!

A snag here is that most of the suggestions would not be suitable as MechMate slogans because they don't satisfy the listed criteria for good slogans. (eg. Most of the slogans are not unique to MechMate - they could be hijacked for any other machine). So, a mass voting could produce a "winner" that is useless (maybe I've seen too many political "elections"?)

Naw, I'm neither a college professor, nor interested in inheriting this thread. I'm a software development guy, and I've suffered through my share of product and company branding meetings, which tend to last days. It's probably part of why I'm not a marketing type, and around here, I don't seem to be alone in that. ;)

I do think that "we're not there yet", so some alternate exercise might be warranted to speed the process as best we can.

More brainstorm ;)

There is no right or wrong.

With more suggestions, we will get somewhere.

Okay Brad and Yuri. Let's hold off a few more days and get a few more ideas. I like Jack's proposal to select a few that can be voted on but we can wait a few more days to see if anyone comes up with a winner.

Mechmate your other mate. (What my wife calls it)

How about :

MECHMATE-CHECKMATE

Eoghan

MechMate .... over a 1000 pounds .... every ounce pure precision

OK, one more time for us slow guys...why do we need a slogan?

Fixing brand.

The brand in general has a value greater than the product. ;)

MechMate, you came attracted by its price, your build it because of its quality.

Yuri, that article on brands does not say that we need a slogan ;)

Here is a good article on slogans and brands: http://www.sutherlandsurvey.com/Colu...and_precis.htm

Fill in the blanks. With the right words it might work.

MechMate C__________ N__________ C__________

Co-operative Numerical Cutting? <----- to get a ball rolling

MM - MW
MechMate - MoreWood :p

Mechmate, Full Performance CNC, Half Price Budget

John,
Good to see you around again! I like that one! :)

Hi Heath, Thanks. It was just an idea. I never really left here, I've been lurking in the background. :)

I didn't build a MechMate. It was a TEAM that built a MechMate.

That's just an observation, not a slogan.