MOTM

In a message dated 6/6/2000 4:44:05 AM, jimh54@... writes:

>What ever happened to the drilling templates that were being 
>made? I never got an address to send my money to. I would 
>like to purchase one of them.

Send $2 to Dave Bradley and he'll come over and drill them for you! 

OK, that's a wee bit O' the funny business!

I liked the template idea for a short time. The thing that bothered me about 
it was how easy it would be to make a mistake (drilling the wrong hole, not 
lining it up when turning it over, that kinda thing) and then another list 
member pointed out some other considerations -- I determined that it would be 
easier to do it with my drill press from the measurements that Mr. Bradley 
had sent me. 

I have to admit that I could never have come up with the measurements as 
precisely as Moe did for me, and I thought about how I could repay him for 
his work........for about two seconds!

After realizing that he had more MOTM than I do, I arrived at this "limited 
time offer!" 
"I'll re-drill any MOTM blank panel for... (have you guys heard of the late 
great Earl Scheib?)...free!!" That's right free -- I don't pay a damn penny! 

OK, it could get out of hand, so here's what I'm thinking: I'll drill a MOTM 
panel with any standard MOTM hole pattern for anyone (I'm hoping I don't get 
more than say ten takers), which would be "as close as I can get it" to the 
measurements given to me by Moe -- and that's a guarantee, or I'll give you 
back all the metal I drill out of the holes!
 
The thing is, I don't want to pay for shipping (like I said, it's free to 
me). So you buy one, and have Paul S. ship it to me -- some time within the 
next year (very likely less!), I drill it DAMN CLOSE to looking usable, and I 
ship it to you for.... a song! Maybe some of you could trade a recording of 
your stuff for the (approx. $1 to $3) shipping -- or some similar deal. One 
might want to drill out mults, or Oakley, or Blacet (or other diy) type 
modules.

I did this once before, and I'm sure I can do it better now with the most 
accurate measurements given by DB. If you need an impartial testimony, ask 
PaulBr: "This guy, I can't remember his name or how to spell it put some 
holes in this thing, we didn't get a chance to hear it or see it but it was 
#6, and I plugged this other deal into the thing and I can't remember or 
spell how it sounded but it looked pretty cool, and this guy who may or may 
not have had a name told me it really rocked, or maybe not, but anyway, 
Barlow's the dude!" 

OK, that's not exactly what PaulBr said, you gotta ask him.

Thanks Shemp for getting the list back on track!
JB
a thousand apologies to PaulBr, your previous posts were great!