MOTM

Hi Paul

Understand your metal frustration.

Any delivery estmates on 960 and 19A mounting rails?

Then a question about the 650. Is there any more information about
it available than in the "motmcat5" pdf. Reviews or other?
Just for all of us who havent ordered one yet.

greetings

Gregory

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
>
> a) I am still having delays and issues with my metal supplier 
about the '650. I 
> am hoping to put this to bed by Friday and get 75 front panels 
ordered. I am 
> still amazed that in this day and age, I can't find a reliable 
sheet metal 
> vendor that can read a drawing. Maybe if I was Dell or WalMart I 
could get 
> better results (shrug). 18-layer pc boards with 0.005 mil lines 
shipped in 24 
> hours? No problem! Buy 5,000 SMT resistors for $12 bucks? 
ZZzzzz..... Order a 
> flat piece of metal with 20 holes drilled in it....errr....we'll 
have to get 
> back to you on that one.
> 
> Honestly, there is a 50-50 chance I will be shipping MOTM-650s 
this year. I 
> can't express how frustrating it has been this month dealing with 
these people. 
> And this is the *6th* company I've tried since MOTM started. For 
the Frac-Rack 
> panels, I'm NOT using them unless it's a very last resort. In 
fact, I may by the 
> wholesale minimum (100 pounds) and have them shipped to me in 
standard panel 
> sizes (about 1033 of 3 x 5.5 panels) undrill/unpainted (cost is 
<$1 each).
> 
> b) I am getting *very low* on most CEM ICs and I will be raising 
*some* prices 
> next week. I still have 3340s/3320s but all the others are gone or 
will most 
> likely be gone shortly.
> 
> c) Paul H. is still traveling and kit shipping will resume on the 
22nd. We are 
> running low on some kits, I have ordered more pc boards (takes 2 
weeks to 
> arrive).
> 
> d) There is a strong possibility (more testing needed) that kits 
that use 
> tempcos will have a new 'style' of tempco beginning in late Feb. 
It is smaller 
> but has the same specs (again, I have to test this) and I would be 
buying a 
> lifetime supply :) The leads are smaller diameter, so the 
soldering is a little 
> "clunky" on the current pc boards (next year I can change the 
drill holes for 
> the smaller leads). This is not final, just a FYI. The current 
supplier is also 
> a pain to deal with (missed the 3 last ship dates by 2-4 weeks). I 
can't ship 
> stuff if my suppliers can't.
> 
> That's all for now, back to work!
> 
> Paul S.
>