Dave, If you would like a competing bid, I know a shop that might be
interested. If you send me the specs that you have so were are comparing
exactly the same, I would be happy to obtain another estimate. I am still
interested at that price, but it seems a bit high.
Larry Hendry
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> From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
> To: motm@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [motm] Panel drilling template
> Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:15 PM
>
> Update - I wasted 2 weeks screwing around with one machine shop, only to
be
> finally blown off today, so I just came back from another one. They will
be
> making a 2U steel panel for me, 3/16" thick, with half the panel
templated
> for 8 rows of 2 jacks, the other half templated for standard pot and/or
> switch locations. The estimated cost is $40 - $50.
>
> All interested folk contact me, and tell me if you'd be interested in my
> having a bunch made, or if you'd rather just get a drawing and have it
made
> locally. I'm not sure I could get much of a discount unless they ran 100
> pieces or more.
>
> Dave Bradley
> Principal Software Engineer
> Engineering Animation, Inc.
> daveb@...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: J. Larry Hendry [mailto:jlarryh@...]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:36 AM
> > To: motm@egroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [motm] Patch Panel
> >
> >
> > > From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
> > >
> > > I have plans to drill a lot of panels for DIY
> > > stuff in the future. I'm going to a machine shop,
> > > have them cut a metal template for a 2U wide
> > > panel, and precision drill small pilot holes at
> > > every location an MOTM panel could have
> > > holes. Then I can simply bolt the template
> > > to a blank using the 4 corner
> > > holes, and get perfectly aligned pilot holes.
> >
> > Bradley, you stooge! You are a freakin' genius. Since you are going
to
> > all the trouble, how about counting how many list members would like to
> > have one of those templates and getting a quantity break for
> > yourself too.
> > I would buy one.
> >
> > Larry H
> >
> >
> >
> >
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