Machinist Brush -update-

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:20:41 GMT, "Tom Gardner" calmly ranted:

Har! They sound like real "Strong like ox, smart like tractor." kinda guys.

Yeah, if the responders don't mind, I'd love to see them.

That's excellent news, Tom. Congrats on the big contract +2! Now the question is: "Can you handle the volume?"

Hurry, two thirds of it are already gone!

Way!! Cool.

If you look closely at the pictures on my web site..you will indeed note your brushes hanging from the various lathes/mills

They do indeed get used regularly.

Gunner

"There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide." - Ayn Rand, from "Foreign Policy Drains U.S. of Main Weapons"

I can make about 2,500 per person/per shift. One person will assemble for 6 hours then two hits on a press for 2 hours then packing and labeling takes another two man-hours. They are slightly slower than the short version that we have made for over 40 years. Still not enough volume to change the process. I'm sure we could automate it and then run it for three hours a week. Bigger fish to fry...

Tom, Thanks again. I have mine held on the drill press cover with magnets. Work great.

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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:30:57 GMT, "Tom Gardner" calmly ranted:

Yeah, sounds like you've got it covered. Bueno, bwana.

And while you (or Hi-Tech) are updating that page, you need to Un-Spell-Check the 80015 pot brush - it might give you an extra "Round Tuit" chit to get that done this week... (May 2000?!?)

You wanted 'Palmyra' and somewhere along the line a "Spell Mangle" program insisted that 'Paltry' was the proper word. Which it aint. ;-)

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I'm sooo ashamed! Nobody's touched the site in 4 years. I don't want to do it because it will absorb my life and I'm too cheap to hire somebody...any volunteers?

Sigh...as a web designer myself, I should point out that this is a time-consuming, creatively difficult thing. Paying someone to do it, unless you can hook a relative into doing it for free, is a *good* thing to do. Secondly, I looked at the site...and while it does not look bad at all, I did note with some interest that it has EXACTLY the same style as the website of the original design company. Perhaps it would be a good idea to get fresh eyes looking at it. I also really prefer websites that have some indication of what the product costs. Now, on at least a couple of the ones I have done, that has meant that the catalog pages have been generated on the fly from a database (I prefer mySQL running under Linux). As for expense....How cheap are lost sales? While you really do not need to do a massive revamp, and spend tens of thousands of dollars on it, I need to point out that change to the content of a website is one of the criteria that many search engines use to push YOUR site up in the listings. Also, I could see adding some content about the process y'all do to make brushes, and, some "teaser" pages for coming products. It might be nice, too, for folks to have a somewhat more formatted webform available for feedback and information requests. Some folks prefer working within the browser, rather than having to pop over to their Email program. Now...having said all that...I have to say that it seems like a pretty good site, overall. It is easy enough to get around in, and has a fair amount of information easily available about your products. I am sure that the brush business is probably not that volatile, so you probably DON'T need to make that many changes. Oh yea...one thing that can be worthwhile is to have a regular promotion listed on the home page. That can catch folk's eye and get them looking about your site. Regards Dave Mundt

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 04:28:42 GMT, "Tom Gardner" calmly ranted:

If you weren't so damned cheap I'd jump right in and remove/replace those horribly overcompressed (JPG artifacts up the ying yang) pics of yours, too. ;)

BTW, I didn't know you made brushes for Plymouths. (ref to "duster" brushes)

somebody...any

I don't think I want a retail site. I get enough calls and e-mails from end users but can't make any profit from selling orders less than $100 even at full retail prices. We are so un-tuned to small orders it costs close to $15 to process an order. If I do retail, I would be selling to my customer's customers...not good! Our average order is from co-manufacturers or mill supply in the thousands of dollars. It's just what we do, right or wrong, and I constantly second guess our strategy. The page is mostly for existing customers that need dimensions, part numbers, weights and such. It relieves a large number of info calls. The end-user calls we do get are for items usually not available retail like brass wire or special configuration or technical advice. I don't know of any mfgrs that do retail well.

But, my website truly sucks, and I promise to re-do it as soon as I get the brushes for Gunner.

Would you post a list of retail outlets that sell these brushes? Preferably an online retailer

Thanks, Scp