Sheet metal fab is much more difficult than circuit boards IMHO and I do both. Anyone can fold metal, but to make it look like what you expect hanging from a rack in a NOC is is not so easy. Takes some major equipment to do that kind of quality.
From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:40 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Leads wanted for a source for 1U rackmount enclosures. Out of curiosity, with as long as you have been in this gig, and as trusted in this industry as you are. How are you not tooled to do this yourself. Packetflux products (in conjunction with a couple other adjuncts) can drop WISP cost by 80% at times. I assume youre target market is WISP, and I would assume your customer base has a 95% or better trust. Why not just tool do do it yourself? We are like crack Cocaine addicts, its not like we wont be at your door next week, and the week after and next year, til we are dead looking for your products. On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: Forrest, Maybe try http://www.plinkusa.net/1u.htm On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:08 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) <li...@packetflux.com> wrote: @!#?@!. My enclosure manufacturer for the rackmount injectors seems to be AWOL. Lots of productive conversations back and forth over the past few months, but now it comes time to actually finalize prints and order the first batch, and well.. nothing. Evidently sending them a finalized drawing and asking for instructions on how to get these ordered is a good way to get them to quit responding. I'm still hopeful that this is just a bump on the road (someone's on vacation, they're backlogged, etc.), but this just isn't a good sign. If anyone is aware of a supplier which can make 1U enclosures, in reasonable quantities (50-100 at a time, not sure how many a year, hopefully lots more than that), and most importantly at a reasonable price, I'd appreciate the lead. I'm reviewing all of the well-known enclosure manufacturers (Bud, OKW, Hammond, Schroff, etc.) to see if I can fit into one of them and can get them modified at a price which I think all of you can afford. Past experience indicates to me that there is a good chance that this isn't going to be productive, which is why I'm asking. -- Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
