Shovel Research Holiday News

Hello everyone! And to all the new subscribers - thank you. I write these sparingly but I really appreciate you being here.

Things have been selling well - you all really seem to like the new color combos! There will be more of those to come, although my personal favorite will remain clear anodizing. Silver, that is. There’s just something about aluminum, you know?

Most of these are sold out online and I am bringing the last few to the Sim Works showroom tomorrow afternoon for a little Holiday Market - after which I’ll restock the site with what’s left. Come say hello! I have been fun making some laser cut display fixtures for that event — keep an eye on my IG stories for those and come by the Sim Works showroom tomorrow afternoon for a nice holiday time::

In other very exciting news, my barrel adjusters are now available in M6 threading! Thank you to all of you who requested them, you were correct. They have a new style of engraving that will probably be on all adjusters eventually. They have a nice grip. Same size barrel so you can add o-rings if you like.

Right now there’s a big batch of nearly everything at anodizing, so the site should be (fingers crossed) restocked in time for last minute holiday orders. Speaking of holiday orders, USPS says the last day to ship to get things in time for Dec 25 is Dec 17, so make sure you get your gift orders in before then.

Not too much of a concern for you all maybe, since my products are almost too esoteric to gift unless you do a lot of deep nerd to deep nerd gifting. If not, buy them a top cap I say!

This brings me to three other topics:

• The site will be down Dec 21 to Jan 1. Not sure what that will look like — working on it — but definitely no shipping Dec 21 - Jan 1. I will update here and IG if those dates change. It’s time for a new website. Doing it all myself of course. Hopefully I get it done during the break, if not old site will come back and I’ll keep plugging away behind the scenes.

• New and less esoteric products in 2026! I will be branching out a little. I am excited.

• Taking a break from WRT Hangers for a little redesign — the hardware is not custom but has very limited sources and the last tariff bill was nuts. (UK). Thankfully Sim Works will have a lot of them to maybe tide you over while I decide how to move forward with that. And, also:

Thanks for reading!

Ok back to work now! Thankfully it is all so fun to me.

I am always open to questions or comments or product suggestions, so feel free to get in touch!

sal at shovel research dot com