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Production Update!
Hey there Folks,
Well, the first 4 adapters have been shipped and I'm pretty sure received by all. Just got another order, and also a reminder that I didn't ever state the FINAL price!? It has only gone up $5.00 from last year to $55.00, which is still $10.00 cheaper than the RIVCO unit, and this includes S & H to continental US, and probably Canada, too!
. To order, just send $ to Paypal C/O Topcatgr@cox.net , include your full mailing name/address/zip in paypal message. If you want to send M.O./check, PM me and I'll reply with mailing addy!
We have the production process well worked out now, and I'm doing a fair amount of it, making the threaded pipe from 20mm pipe stock and cutting it with a DIE, and also tapping the threads into the plate, and drilling the oil supply holes with my new Craftsman 1/3hp Drill press($100.00 investment).....how I ever got along without it I'll never know!!!!
Taking over these processes is keeping the machinist fees down which is keeping the overall cost down. It takes about 1 hour of his CNC time using a finishing bit to cut it out of the 1" thick 6061 Billet plate, plus putting it on his lathe for the center hole and truing the mating surface for perfectly flat! He's getting $25.00/plate vs. his usual $40.00hour rate(XS Discount!), ~$10.00 per plate stock cost, $3.00 per threaded pipe section, ~$6.00avg postage, plus boxes and packing material, and my time with the Tapping, drilling/and Die process of making pipe....HARDEST PART!! So, hopefully you can see, there's not much of a profit margin, and I also have to put up the $$ in advance for the machinist fees and ordering the stock if I don't get very many orders in a timely fashion, so as to not have those who have ordered them into the next batch run from waiting too long! Okay, time to shut up! I really need to make a Tech Tip and ad. in the classifieds so as not to take up tech talk space/time!
T.C.
Hey there Folks,
Well, the first 4 adapters have been shipped and I'm pretty sure received by all. Just got another order, and also a reminder that I didn't ever state the FINAL price!? It has only gone up $5.00 from last year to $55.00, which is still $10.00 cheaper than the RIVCO unit, and this includes S & H to continental US, and probably Canada, too!
. To order, just send $ to Paypal C/O Topcatgr@cox.net , include your full mailing name/address/zip in paypal message. If you want to send M.O./check, PM me and I'll reply with mailing addy! We have the production process well worked out now, and I'm doing a fair amount of it, making the threaded pipe from 20mm pipe stock and cutting it with a DIE, and also tapping the threads into the plate, and drilling the oil supply holes with my new Craftsman 1/3hp Drill press($100.00 investment).....how I ever got along without it I'll never know!!!!
Taking over these processes is keeping the machinist fees down which is keeping the overall cost down. It takes about 1 hour of his CNC time using a finishing bit to cut it out of the 1" thick 6061 Billet plate, plus putting it on his lathe for the center hole and truing the mating surface for perfectly flat! He's getting $25.00/plate vs. his usual $40.00hour rate(XS Discount!), ~$10.00 per plate stock cost, $3.00 per threaded pipe section, ~$6.00avg postage, plus boxes and packing material, and my time with the Tapping, drilling/and Die process of making pipe....HARDEST PART!! So, hopefully you can see, there's not much of a profit margin, and I also have to put up the $$ in advance for the machinist fees and ordering the stock if I don't get very many orders in a timely fashion, so as to not have those who have ordered them into the next batch run from waiting too long! Okay, time to shut up! I really need to make a Tech Tip and ad. in the classifieds so as not to take up tech talk space/time! T.C.
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