Hi Everyone. I’m excited about this update because things have been going very well with table production and the first non-beta shipments will be starting soon. Let’s jump right into it.

In the last update we talked about our main focus being scaling production capacity to deliver the almost 4,000 tables we need to ship. I’m happy to report the scaling process has gone well. We’ve already started mass production of the mechanical gantries that go inside the tables. You can see some of them assembled and preparing for inspection below.  

There are nearly 200 unique parts that go into each table, and we’ve already received almost all of what’s needed to fulfill all of the Kickstarter orders. We’re building sub-assemblies like the wooden shells and metal base plates, and the next batch of complete units are being assembled this week.

Production capacity has scaled significantly. The effort we put into finding the right wood shell supplier means that we’re now able to receive almost 1000 wooden shells per week. As the title suggests, we’re now full steam ahead with table production.

What’s Next? 

We are on track with the timeline presented in the next update. Right now we are producing a small batch of 20 Coffee Tables that we’re going to send to a new round of testers. We’ll ship these to the US via air freight so that we can get some additional testing mileage on the Coffee Tables. The testers will be notified by email.

By the end of this month, we’re going to ship out our first ocean freight container of Coffee Tables. They should arrive in the US and start shipping to backers by the end of October. From there we’ll have a steady stream of shipments that continue into November.

Side Table shipments will also start in November, and we’re pushing to have those wrapped up before the end of the year. We need a bit more time to get a finalized timeline, but given how significantly we’ve scaled our production capacity we’re optimistic we’ll get everything shipped out before the end of the year.

As always our small but mighty support team is the best point of contact for any order related questions. You can get in touch with them by emailing support@grounded.so