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Actually, I'm
not surprised. I've been to his shop twice (three if you count the time he
was at the dentist
and wasn't
in) but I've never seen large numbers of parts. Might be in another
building. Any clue why
he isn't
willing to sell the 6000 (not yet filed or organized!) drawings? And
the jigs, molds, etc? I think
someone
(might even have been Bill) told be he originally won the high bid for this for
a 'song' back
when nobody
cared. Now the new (and I suppose, used) parts go to Costa-Rica as a
garage sale deal.
He always
said he needed to keep one of everything just in case there was a question about
how
something fit
together or a print was wrong. So there just won't be a set necessary for
'production'.
I far prefer
someone actually trying to build and MARKET a product, and Bill never really did
that. That
is worth
investing in... stock investment. Yes, you could sell a few of those as a
badged Lowes or Home
Depot
electric, make money and make a difference. I know people who do this sort
of thing, and Bill is
not that type
of a guy.
Larry
Elie
-----Original Message-----
From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu [mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu]On Behalf Of Keith Stieg Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:11 PM To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu Subject: (ET) membership I meet Bill a couple years ago at his shop , He
Indeed Has a company stamp out the decks using His dies. I did see a stack of them
unwelded, and not painted. He finished welding them and then
Sent them to the painter .But not
until someone ordered one! I did order one last fall, Very nice
too. I know you don’t believe me, but
most of the things he sells he has to buy from suppliers. And
then Finishes It himself if need
to! He is about 52 give or take a year.
He graduated the year the designed the Elec Trak June
1969 He does have all the tooling, 6000
drawings, Welding jigs, Fiberglass molds, Everything ! Keith |