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2003-10-28 by Mike Rivers
2003-10-28 by Jeff Coulter
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Mike Rivers wrote: > Hey everybody! > > 'Spose we all get together and get NEW SWITCH CAPS molded? There's bound > to be somebody somwheres with a metal shop, we could get a mold made and > send it to an injection molding place. (Just a suggestion, mine's in > great shape) of the 4 machines i have worked on 3 needed new caps. [mine was not, thankfully, one of them] they are surely the single most common item in need of replacement, second only to... maybe tapes? [a far more costly commodity] i don't think people would be willing to pay more than... say $5 US for a replacement cap. but i do think $5 US would be resonable to most folks. [perhaps $6 US with a shipping fee included] at that price i would order a spare just to have one around. could they be made for less than that? anyone else have a price point they would find reasonable? what would you consider an UN-reasonable price? i think $$10 US would just be too hard to justify. my two cents, or as much as $6. ...jeff > Might not be too expensive - then again, it might. > > I think I'll start with a little research that goes a little something > like this... ( a-one, and a-two,...and-a [cue strings] ) > ======================================================== mailto:jeffc@... http://www.netaxs.com/~jeffc/ ======================================================== "Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on others' kindness, how can it be that in the middle we neglect kindness towards others?" - Tenzin Gyatso - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama ========================================================
2003-10-28 by kenmerb@aol.com
In a message dated 10/28/2003 1:39:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, mrivers@... writes: > 'Spose we all get together and get NEW SWITCH CAPS molded? There's bound to > be somebody somwheres with a metal shop, we could get a mold made and send > it to an injection molding place. (Just a suggestion, mine's in great shape) If Streetly is going to be making new M400 style machines soon, won't they have these parts available as well? I'm assuming that there will be all sorts of new replacment parts available for our machines once production starts. Is this true, Martin, or am I dreaming? Ken M.
2003-10-28 by Ken Leonard
>'Spose we all get together and get NEW SWITCH CAPS molded? Did anyone read my "Manufacturing Unobtainium" e-mail yesterday...ANYBODY...HELLO? IS THIS THING ON???? ...kl...M400 #805 - can you hear me now? * Ken Leonard - Web Table of Contents: http://www.kleonard.com * Get Outdoors New England: http://www.GONewEngland.org >> Mystery writer Rick Blechta Shoots Straight in the Dark: >> http://www.rickblechta.com/Pages/SSitD.html -> Special Promotion!
2003-10-28 by kenmerb@aol.com
In a message dated 10/28/2003 2:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, tronbros@... writes: > Subj: Re: [Mellotronists] Switch Caps > Date: 10/28/2003 2:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:tronbros@...">tronbros@...</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:mellotronists@yahoogroups.com">mellotronists@yahoogroups.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > M'dears, > > When our very limited stock of these goes(and they are all allocated sadly) > there will be no more. There is just no budget available to generate an > injection moulding tool for such low quantities and there isn't the switch > mechanism to carry the cap anymore. It's one little piece of the M400 that will > vanish for ever. It's well and truly obsolete. I'm close to tears........... Hmmm....I guess they are made out of "Unobtainium". Ken M.
2003-10-28 by Brundage, Jim
Does anyone think that they would ever sell their Mellotron? If not, then $10 bucks is a drop in the bucket for a replacement cap that could quite possibly provide a lifetime of service. (now that most of these machines are better cared for, they probably wont need another) Also, it would look original and that's what we'd prefer, right?. I'd pay the $10. Jim #917
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Coulter [mailto:jeffc@...] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:54 AM To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Switch Caps On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Mike Rivers wrote: > Hey everybody! > > 'Spose we all get together and get NEW SWITCH CAPS molded? There's > bound to be somebody somwheres with a metal shop, we could get a mold > made and send it to an injection molding place. (Just a suggestion, > mine's in great shape) of the 4 machines i have worked on 3 needed new caps. [mine was not, thankfully, one of them] they are surely the single most common item in need of replacement, second only to... maybe tapes? [a far more costly commodity] i don't think people would be willing to pay more than... say $5 US for a replacement cap. but i do think $5 US would be resonable to most folks. [perhaps $6 US with a shipping fee included] at that price i would order a spare just to have one around. could they be made for less than that? anyone else have a price point they would find reasonable? what would you consider an UN-reasonable price? i think $$10 US would just be too hard to justify. my two cents, or as much as $6. ...jeff > Might not be too expensive - then again, it might. > > I think I'll start with a little research that goes a little something > like this... ( a-one, and a-two,...and-a [cue strings] ) > ======================================================== mailto:jeffc@... http://www.netaxs.com/~jeffc/ ======================================================== "Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on others' kindness, how can it be that in the middle we neglect kindness towards others?" - Tenzin Gyatso - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama ======================================================== To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ----------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this message. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action based on this message is strictly prohibited.
2003-10-28 by Brundage, Jim
Hi Folks- Just for kicks, I just got back from a little local search and found some places that could make the cap but as somewhat expected it will be expensive- probably $25-$30 each based on a run of 75. (ouch!) This is just an estimate and bringing in my cap will refine this estimate however, they seem pretty sure that it will be in this range. They said that if we could mold from 5 or 6 of them at once, then the price could come down a bit but not dramatically. He totally understands where I was coming from and was delighted to see that it was for a Mellotron. (I brought a picture of the cap which was attached to #917.) He suggested trying a different part of the country as the San Francisco bay area has tremendous overhead/operating costs and that it may be cheaper to be produced elsewhere. Anyone live in Montana? I think Ken had the right idea of going out of the country all together. Anyway, that's the Bay Area estimate! - Jim
-----Original Message----- From: kenmerb@... [mailto:kenmerb@...] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:49 PM To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Switch Caps In a message dated 10/28/2003 2:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, tronbros@... writes: Subj: Re: [Mellotronists] Switch Caps Date: 10/28/2003 2:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time From: tronbros@... To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Sent from the Internet M'dears, When our very limited stock of these goes(and they are all allocated sadly) there will be no more. There is just no budget available to generate an injection moulding tool for such low quantities and there isn't the switch mechanism to carry the cap anymore. It's one little piece of the M400 that will vanish for ever. It's well and truly obsolete. I'm close to tears........... Hmmm....I guess they are made out of "Unobtainium". Ken M. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT click here <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.4074964.5287182.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1707 709858:HM/A=1706996/R=0/SIG=11p5b9ris/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?c ode=30509&media=atkins> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=194081.4074964.5287182.1261774/D=egrou pmail/S=:HM/A=1706996/rand=105041331> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . ----------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this message. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action based on this message is strictly prohibited.