GROUP BUY: Extended Length Shock Eye Paper Weights

Just got email from Hong Kong inquiring about shipping costs for a pair!

 

In case you're not in yet, remember, the group buy ends midnite PST Friday, 30-MARCH.

BTW, someone mentioned they were going to screw something into their paperweights. I replied that if it's going to move I sure advise them to use RED LOCTITE on the threads. ;^)

 

Was reviewing the orders, & amazingly, everyone's ordering 2 paperweights. Guess it must be 1 for the FPC & 1 for the WSM.

Or is it for bills & receipts???

BTW, if you screw a paperweight onto something, be sure to use red loctite on the threads, & jam a nut up against it, wouldn't want it to fall off & bang up a pinkie or something...

 

Just spoke with the machine shop. The schedule is tentatively:
Thursday/Friday: Setup the CNC lathe & make 2 pilot units, the fedex them to me overnight.
Saturday & Sunday: I receive the units & evaluate them. (I have a BIG pile of paper & a windy garage...) Will also thread some kind of a shaft into them to check out the threads....
Will eMAIL any necessary changes, so production should start Monday...

I expect it will take about 1.5 weeks for machining & shipping, so they should be here the week after production starts.

I'll need a weekend to press the polyurethane eyes in, and most likely a 2nd one to pack & ship your orders...

If there's a problem & the pilots don't get delivered to me Saturday, most likely things will be delayed by a week.

Yes, I did order a few extras in case anyone discovers their paper piles are is getting out of control since the group buy closes.

 

The CNC lathe started cutting SS today!!!

 

I've re-posted the last 2 entries in this thread in Tech Q&A:
Installing QA1s

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=136645963

It's a better forum for this discussion.

 

The machining is going slower than I expected. Looks like they'll ship to me sometime next week. Not sure if they'll get here for me to press the eyes in. Will call Monday AM & get a better estimate.
- Verell

 

Just spoke with the shop's mfg mgr. They should be ready to ship tomorrow afternoon. There's a slim chance they'll get here Saturday, in which case I'll assemble & ship as many as I can Sunday. Most likely will arrive early next week & I'll assemble & pack them the weekend of 5&6 May & ship early the following week.

 

YES,
I have a few more sets, figured there'd be late-comers.

Will honor this price until they run out.

See ordering instructions earlier in this thread.

 

Hmm, I've got more in SS, how much extra will you go for indiv. numbered red ones w/horsies...

 

Spoke to my machine shop Thurs. AM, they had a mill setup problem, had to remake a few & were running a bit slow, but expected them to ship to me that afternoon.

Should be here sometime next week, if so, will pack them up the following weekend.

As it turns out, I wouldn't have been able to pack them up, this weekend.

I have been doing emergency shopping for a replacement for my daily driver '91 Olds battlecruiser. It's automatic tranny apparently developed a leak & the bands self-destructed before I realized there was a problem!!! I barely made it home Thursday night by using 1st gear!!! After taking a good assessment of the car, decided it just wasn't worth repairing.

This is a crisis as it's my only salt season & rainy weather transportation.

I want a replacement wagon(Hate SUVs, & a truck is over-kill) as I use it to tow a 2,000lb camper & lighter boat trailer. Also need cargo capacity for home-owner purchases, & to could haul 3 people + ski gear during salt season.

Spent all day car shopping, both on the internet & driving around all afternoon to ckout the most promising leads.

So far the best bet looks like a Dodge Magnum R/T with the variable displacement HEMI. Drove one today, it's a fairly impressive car, except that the suspension is too soft. However, I understand that the new Charger uses the same platform & has a performance suspension package that might just bolt on...