Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There will always be machine shops willing to do a single piece. The question is are you going to willing to pay? A hundred or so for a single custom gear will make some repairs a daunting prospect. As with other obsolete gear, scrounging from user bodies will be the order of the day. A few years back my shop was doing a mechanical restoration on a thirties Alvis Speed 20. Virtually every aluminium engine casting was too corroded to use. New ones had to be manufactured using the old ones as patterns. HOLY DOODLE was that expensive. The owner was a bit of a nervous wreck by the end of the project. John Collier On Saturday, February 22, 2003, at 07:51 AM, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > Yes there will always be machine shops , but the small shops that are > willing to do one and two part jobs are going away. the large shops > will > last, but they will only be willing to make the parts in large > quantities > and charge high set up fees - - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html