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This hand-render is based on the existing AnyTongs tool. I have included some of the ways I plan on making my tool more ergonomic.

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This tool is quite similar to my concept, however I plan to address ergonomics differently, and design some interchangeable utensils that are specific to the tool.

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After some really valuable feedback from the week 8 feedback, I'm going into the rest of the week feeling confident and with lots of ideas on how I can improve and further my concept. I have decided to continue with the clip concept, and will play around with making a working model, and understanding how the product will work.

I also am going to begin the deliverables this week.

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Sketch showing more ergonomic design for clip, and concept for how clip will function.

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I used Fusion 360 in high school, and wanted to play around with it again, so I made a mock-up of the salad peg.

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My concept is to combine the grip and working mechanism of tongs, and customise the 'business end' to better suit serving salad.

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Salad servers come in many shapes and forms, but from my personal experience, they can be very fiddly and hard to use especially if you are holding other things like a plate, and can be hard to grip for those with mobility issues.

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Tongs are most comply made from metal, and have a very similar 'business end'. Tongs can be great to use for salads as they are easy to use, but the metal ends are not great as they can't hold much salad and may squish some elements.

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Injection moulding is the most common method for mass manufacturing of plastics products and was patented in 1872 by J.S. Hyatt and J.W. Hyatt.

The process includes 3 main components; the injection unit, the mould and the clamp.

Plastic pellets feed into the barrel of the injection unit while the screw feeds them forward and warms them. Once the pellets are molten and have reached the front, they are injected into the mould. Water channels help the plastic solidify and the mould opens and ejector pins help to eject the item.

The reciprocating screw revolutionised the injection moulding process as it allowed the plastic to be heated to the correct temperature evenly. This is achieved by mixing and moving the pellets, the changing diameter of the screw and the smaller area for the plastic.

Smaller parts may be connected by runners to allow multiple objects be moulded at once.

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There are many items that are injection moulded, some examples I found around my house included:
- scissors (plastic handles)
- bottles for cleaning products
- cheap earbuds
- plastic ruler
- spatula
- whisk handle
- cosmetic packaging