I am a customer and it is worth the wait. Thanks Scott for being so transparent.
regards, Brian VE3IBW (KX3/PX3 Side KX and Cover Owner) On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Clay Autery <[email protected]> wrote: > Not a customer... yet. But I wanted to take a moment to thank you for > posting this status update to your production issues. Happy to see you > are close to getting back into production, again. > > God Bless and 73s, > > ______________________ > Clay Autery, KY5G > MONTAC Enterprises > (318) 518-1389 > > On 6/22/2016 1:05 PM, Scott Bastian wrote: > > Andy, and others regarding the delays in the SIDE KX products for the > KX3/PX3 covers. I am Scott of GEMS Products. > > Most of you have been keeping up with my web page updates. Here is a > quick summary: > > My plastic fabricator was a very talented one man shop and in May of > 2015 he contracted Tuberculosis and was hospitalized in grave condition. > This put me into a temporary back order as I awaited his recovery. But the > Health Department came into his shop and quarantined it for 120 days and I > was not able to get even my molds out of his shop. Now it is Sep my > fabricator is still unable to return to work, but I get the molds out to a > total of 4 shops each of which were unable to produce parts for a > reasonable cost. During this time I had begun to move my parts over to > injection molding. I employed a new fabricator and he built a mold and it > took several revisions that did not produce a good part. Taking my project > on a dual track and multiple shops cost 4 months and several thousand > dollars. Now it is late January and I have a viable injection molder who > has taken on the project for KX3 and PX3 covers. To create a mold is a 6 > week process in the mill and to get it polis > hed out before the first prototype part is made. Ithen have to do a > modification for fitment issues. back in the mill and polishing for another > 4 week time penalty. Just last week I was able to approve the mold and > have it shipped to me. I am awaiting its delivery in the next 7 or so days. > > So during this tie I have made many web updates to keep folks uptodate. > I have a significant back order on parts and my customers have been nothing > short of amazing with their patience. I thank each of them for this. > > Please hang in there the mold is about here and the parts will be made > just as soon as I take delivery and can get it set up and running. The > beauty of injection molding is the speed at which parts can be made. As > they come off the machine and are inspected will be printing shipping > labels and getting parts out to you. > > 73 Scott AK6Q > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
