diff --git a/InvenTree/part/api.py b/InvenTree/part/api.py
index f50dc0aef8..500b4a2bdf 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/api.py
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ class PartList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     ]
 
     filter_fields = [
+        'is_template',
+        'variant_of',
         'buildable',
         'consumable',
         'trackable',
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/forms.py b/InvenTree/part/forms.py
index cbc1cdaf8c..a2ec613429 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/forms.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/forms.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class EditPartForm(HelperForm):
             'category',
             'name',
             'IPN',
-            'variant',
             'is_template',
             'variant_of',
             'description',
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/migrations/0005_auto_20190526_1119.py b/InvenTree/part/migrations/0005_auto_20190526_1119.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36d55188f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/migrations/0005_auto_20190526_1119.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2 on 2019-05-26 01:19
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('part', '0004_auto_20190525_2356'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='part',
+            name='revision',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='Part rerevision code', max_length=32),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterUniqueTogether(
+            name='part',
+            unique_together={('name', 'revision')},
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='part',
+            name='variant',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/migrations/0006_auto_20190526_1215.py b/InvenTree/part/migrations/0006_auto_20190526_1215.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b91cc8bbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/migrations/0006_auto_20190526_1215.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2 on 2019-05-26 02:15
+
+import InvenTree.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('part', '0005_auto_20190526_1119'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='part',
+            name='name',
+            field=models.CharField(help_text='Part name (must be unique)', max_length=100, unique=True, validators=[InvenTree.validators.validate_part_name]),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterUniqueTogether(
+            name='part',
+            unique_together=set(),
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='part',
+            name='revision',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/models.py b/InvenTree/part/models.py
index 3b9a7aea60..048330c2c6 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/models.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/models.py
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def match_part_names(match, threshold=80, reverse=True, compare_length=False):
 
         if compare_length:
             # Also employ primitive length comparison
+            # TODO - Improve this somewhat...
             l_min = min(len(match), len(compare))
             l_max = max(len(match), len(compare))
 
@@ -211,9 +212,6 @@ class Part(models.Model):
     class Meta:
         verbose_name = "Part"
         verbose_name_plural = "Parts"
-        unique_together = [
-            ('name', 'variant')
-        ]
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "{n} - {d}".format(n=self.full_name, d=self.description)
@@ -236,9 +234,6 @@ class Part(models.Model):
         
         elements.append(self.name)
 
-        if self.variant:
-            elements.append(self.variant)
-
         return ' | '.join(elements)
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
@@ -262,12 +257,11 @@ class Part(models.Model):
                 'variant_of': _("Part cannot be a variant of another part if it is already a template"),
             })
 
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=False, help_text='Part name',
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=False, unique=True,
+                            help_text='Part name (must be unique)',
                             validators=[validators.validate_part_name]
                             )
 
-    variant = models.CharField(max_length=32, blank=True, help_text='Part variant or revision code')
-
     is_template = models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Is this part a template part?')
 
     variant_of = models.ForeignKey('part.Part', related_name='variants',
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/serializers.py b/InvenTree/part/serializers.py
index 540f754765..fe858091c7 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/serializers.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/serializers.py
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ class PartSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             'IPN',
             'is_template',
             'variant_of',
-            'variant',
             'description',
             'keywords',
             'URL',
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/detail.html b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/detail.html
index 068731da64..9765a2574e 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/detail.html
+++ b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/detail.html
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@
             <td>{{ part.IPN }}</td>
         </tr>
         {% endif %}
-        {% if part.variant %}
-        <tr>
-            <td><b>Variant</b></td>
-            <td>{{ part.variant }}</td>
-        </tr>
-        {% endif %}
         <tr>
             <td><b>Description</b></td>
             <td>{{ part.description }}</td>
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/part_base.html b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/part_base.html
index f91c5ac1e2..d8af6d2ec9 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/part_base.html
+++ b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/part_base.html
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
         <h4>
             {{ part.full_name }}
         </h4>   
-        {% if part.variant %}
-        <p>Variant: {{ part.variant }}</p>
-        {% endif %}
         <p><i>{{ part.description }}</i></p>
         <p>
             <div class='btn-group'>
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/variant_part.html b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/variant_part.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eac8762947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/variant_part.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% extends "modal_form.html" %}
+
+{% block pre_form_content %}
+
+{{ block.super }}
+
+<div class='alert alert-info alert-block'>
+    <b>Create new part variant</b><br>
+    Create a new variant of template <i>'{{ part.full_name }}'</i>.
+</div>
+
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/variants.html b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/variants.html
index 0cf9735364..98ac08a8d3 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/variants.html
+++ b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/variants.html
@@ -60,4 +60,13 @@
         sortable: true,
     });
 
+    $('#new-variant').click(function() {
+        launchModalForm(
+            "{% url 'make-part-variant' part.id %}",
+            {
+                follow: true,
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
 {% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/urls.py b/InvenTree/part/urls.py
index c8582160bb..0147cd4d07 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/urls.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/urls.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ part_detail_urls = [
     url(r'^bom-export/?', views.BomDownload.as_view(), name='bom-export'),
     url(r'^validate-bom/', views.BomValidate.as_view(), name='bom-validate'),
     url(r'^duplicate/', views.PartDuplicate.as_view(), name='part-duplicate'),
+    url(r'^make-variant/', views.MakePartVariant.as_view(), name='make-part-variant'),
     url(r'^pricing/', views.PartPricing.as_view(), name='part-pricing'),
     
     url(r'^variants/?', views.PartDetail.as_view(template_name='part/variants.html'), name='part-variants'),
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/views.py b/InvenTree/part/views.py
index 02b5b19909..4f61036f95 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/views.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/views.py
@@ -124,6 +124,77 @@ class PartAttachmentDelete(AjaxDeleteView):
         }
 
 
+class MakePartVariant(AjaxCreateView):
+    """ View for creating a new variant based on an existing template Part
+
+    - Part <pk> is provided in the URL '/part/<pk>/make_variant/'
+    - Automatically copy relevent data (BOM, etc, etc)
+
+    """
+
+    model = Part
+    form_class = part_forms.EditPartForm
+
+    ajax_form_title = 'Create Variant'
+    ajax_template_name = 'part/variant_part.html'
+
+    def get_part_template(self):
+        return get_object_or_404(Part, id=self.kwargs['pk'])
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        return {
+            'part': self.get_part_template(),
+        }
+
+    def get_form(self):
+        form = super(AjaxCreateView, self).get_form()
+
+        # Hide some variant-related fields
+        form.fields['is_template'].widget = HiddenInput()
+        form.fields['variant_of'].widget = HiddenInput()
+
+        return form
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        form = self.get_form()
+        context = self.get_context_data()
+        part_template = self.get_part_template()
+
+        valid = form.is_valid()
+
+        data = {
+            'form_valid': valid,
+        }
+
+        if valid:
+            # Create the new part variant
+            part = form.save(commit=False)
+            part.variant_of = part_template
+            part.is_template = False
+
+            part.save()
+
+            data['pk'] = part.pk
+            data['text'] = str(part)
+            data['url'] = part.get_absolute_url()
+
+            # Copy relevent information from the template part
+            part.deepCopy(part_template, bom=True)
+
+        return self.renderJsonResponse(request, form, data, context=context)
+
+    def get_initial(self):
+
+        part_template = self.get_part_template()
+
+        initials = model_to_dict(part_template)
+        initials['is_template'] = False
+        initials['variant_of'] = part_template
+
+        return initials
+
+
 class PartDuplicate(AjaxCreateView):
     """ View for duplicating an existing Part object.
 
@@ -209,7 +280,7 @@ class PartDuplicate(AjaxCreateView):
             original = self.get_part_to_copy()
 
             if original:
-                    part.deepCopy(original, bom=deep_copy)
+                part.deepCopy(original, bom=deep_copy)
 
             try:
                 data['url'] = part.get_absolute_url()