How about the panel orders? Any word on these?
Mike
--- In motm@y..., "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@i...> wrote:
> I dropped of 1/2 the flat rails and 1/2 the SKB backs at the
powdercoat
> place today. The good news is that instead of the normal 3 week
wait, I was
> told he would have these done next week.
>
> So, SKB backs and some of the rails will be shipping next week.
Flat rails
> guys expect invoices this weekend.
>
> Why only 1/2 the SKB backs? Because the metal shop missed the
spec by
> 30/1000 inch width on 1/2 of them. That doesn't sound like a lot
on such a
> low tech item. But, it was more than enough to keep the tops from
fitting.
> Sigh.... So, I am waiting for that 1/2 to be re-done. The good
news is
> that all the tops are OK and I have plenty of 10U backs in
the "good" half
> to fill all the orders. The bad news is that ALL of the 5U tall
backs were
> wrong. I was promised they would have those replacements made
right away.
> We'll see what "right away" means.
>
> Why only 1/2 the flat rails. Because Aaron's backordered 2500 of
my screws
> that I use to keep the powdercoat off the threads. I was told the
> backordered screws would be shipped today. So next week, the
remaining 1/2
> (of hopefully everything) goes in to powdercoat. Given the
unusually speedy
> response I am getting from the powdercoat place, looks like all
flat rails
> and SKB backs should be at their destinations before Turkey-day.
>
> Larry