Wondering where your BFL Singles are?

[Inaba]

Here they are, being prepped to ship:



I stopped by the BFL offices the other day and wow, they've expanded a ton since I stopped in a few weeks ago.  I met a number of new hires as well, so it looks like they are gearing up for faster production.  The Minirig assembly line was full of Minirigs.  I was able to take the above picture of one of the areas they are assembling the singles... I tried to slip a few in my pockets, but my pockets were not big enough, sadly.  

I may try again and wear some cargo shorts.  I think maybe I could fit a six pack of Jalapenos in some parachute pants, too.

[Morblias]

Is that radio from the 90s?!

[enmaku]

Always cool to get an inside view. I'm not wondering where my single is though, I'm wondering why no one at BFL has been responding to any emails of any kind since the SC release

[BCbitcoin]

Where is this?

I guess the dustpan indicates that you are in their clean room?

[rjk]

I need that power strip arrangement at my workbench NAO.

[Paladin69]

Are you saying there are jalapenos in this picture?  Can u circle them...

I hate Where is Waldo.

[Inaba]

Haha no, no Jalapenos in the picture. I'm just planning ahead.

[mufa23]

Are you saying there are jalapenos in this picture?

This, with the force of a thousand suns!


I want those pictures!

[mufa23]

Haha no, no Jalapenos in the picture. I'm just planning ahead.

Have you seen what they look like? Describe them please.

[ice_chill]

Here they are, being prepped to ship:



I stopped by the BFL offices the other day and wow, they've expanded a ton since I stopped in a few weeks ago.  I met a number of new hires as well, so it looks like they are gearing up for faster production.  The Minirig assembly line was full of Minirigs.  I was able to take the above picture of one of the areas they are assembling the singles... I tried to slip a few in my pockets, but my pockets were not big enough, sadly.  

I may try again and wear some cargo shorts.  I think maybe I could fit a six pack of Jalapenos in some parachute pants, too.

I like sexy ladies assembling hardware for me 

[Blaztoize]

Love getting these inside type of pics! Also relevant as I should be receiving a single soon. Thanks for sharing!

[byte1]

Any mini Rig pictures ?

[mufa23]

I like sexy ladies assembling hardware for me 

Are you sure it's not a guy in a tank top, long hair, and ear piercings?

>cannotunsee

[Inaba]

I'll try to get some minirig pics next time I am there.  They were in the middle of a couple assemblies with rig parts hanging out having a good time, so I didn't take a pic.

[mufa23]

I think Gigavps started a thread a few days back with four of his Mini rigs. They looked very sexy.

[||bit]

Where is this?

I guess the dustpan indicates that you are in their clean room?

LOL. Yeah, found after the gowning room and high pressured air shower.

Good to see some photos of inside though. So, what we see in the photo is about one days shipments. Since they say, as of recent, that 50 are sent each day, then anyone waiting for Singles now doesn't actually know that those are photos of his/her Singles.

Thanks for being the forum's inside agent. Then again... how do we know YOU are not actually Sonny? da da dunnnn 
Now, a photo of the mysterious elusive Sonny (BTW: great name for a Don of a "family busineess") would be awesome.

Thanks again for posting the indie view.

||bit

[dreamwatcher]

I seriously hope that they are not using a broom in a static sensitive environment.

If this truly is an assembly room, I now have serious reservations about BFL.

I do not see grounding straps used, the staff are not wearing anti-static outer garments and the flooring is hardly what should be used in electronic assembly. Open liquids (coffee cup) in an electronic assembly room??? Seriously??? 

Maybe a QA center for units already assembled, and thus already static protected?

I hope this picture is a joke else everybody should be really careful about ordering from BFL and demand proper assembly conditions.

[rjk]

I seriously hope that they are not using a broom in a static sensitive environment.

If this truly is an assembly room, I now have serious reservations about BFL.

I do not see grounding straps used, the staff are not wearing anti-static outer garments and the flooring is hardly what should be used in electronic assembly. Open liquids (coffee cup) in an electronic assembly room??? Seriously??? 

Maybe a QA center for units already assembled, and thus already static protected?

I hope this picture is a joke else everybody should be really careful about ordering from BFL and demand proper assembly conditions.

Also, failure rate currently unknown, presumed to be one single unit that ngzhang has dissected. If it works, who cares?

[swissmate]

I like sexy ladies assembling hardware for me 

Are you sure it's not a guy in a tank top, long hair, and ear piercings?

>cannotunsee

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[dreamwatcher]

I seriously hope that they are not using a broom in a static sensitive environment.

If this truly is an assembly room, I now have serious reservations about BFL.

I do not see grounding straps used, the staff are not wearing anti-static outer garments and the flooring is hardly what should be used in electronic assembly. Open liquids (coffee cup) in an electronic assembly room??? Seriously??? 

Maybe a QA center for units already assembled, and thus already static protected?

I hope this picture is a joke else everybody should be really careful about ordering from BFL and demand proper assembly conditions.

Also, failure rate currently unknown, presumed to be one single unit that ngzhang has dissected. If it works, who cares?

The walking dead.

A major chunk of ESD damaged electronics are considered "walking dead". They will not fail immediately, but have severely shorted lifespans and/or other problems.

I don't know about you, but if I am paying up to $30k for a piece of equipment, I EXPECT it to be assembled professionally.

Have you seen the inside of any other electronic assembly area? They are normally spotless, with special flooring and stations. The employees wear grounding straps and usually some kind of anti-static outer garment. Exposed electronics are carried around in "clam shells" or at least anti-static bags.

I once worked in a cordless phone factory, that produced phones that at a max went for around $80, and all the above protocol was used.

You are honestly OK with your equipment being assembled in the area pictured?

The only expensive part of proper ESD protocol would be changing the flooring, the rest are extremely cheap insurance to put out a top rate product.