[Elecraft] MH3 mic case

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

I worked in a factory making injection molded plastic items, which I 
presume the mic cases are. If the machines are not adjusted properly -- 
temperature, pressure, dwell, cooling, etc., it's possible to make parts 
that are extremely brittle. Sometimes the stress of assembly and 
shrinkage over time causes them to break spontaneously.

I remember an incident in which an engineer demonstrated a prototype to 
an important overseas client -- and it broke in his hands. Very 
embarrassing.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
CWops #5
Formerly K2VCO
https://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 04/09/2021 0:35, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Ian,
> 
> Elecraft has had a 'rash' of those incidents, but I thought they 
> addressed that with the mic vendor (yes, Elecraft does not stock parts 
> for the mic, they buy them whole from the vendor).
> 
> There was some speculation a few months ago about the cause -- and I 
> don't know the answer.  Many thought the vendor may have overtightened 
> the screws, or there was a bad batch of plastic.
> 
> The MH4 does not have that problem as far as I know, and it is the same 
> case style.
> 
> I hope you hear something from Elecraft soon, but Labor Day holiday is 
> Monday, so send another email to support at elecraft.com as soon as 
> possible today - I know it is late in the day for you.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 9/3/2021 5:00 PM, Ian Liston-Smith wrote:
>> Goodness! Thanks for all the replies where you've had the same happen. 
>> It's extremely disappointing that Elecraft ended up selling an 
>> inferior product for so much money - especially if they are not going 
>> to sell spare cases. Seems this is a very common problem and not just 
>> me being clumsy.
>>
>> My mic will be under warranty, but I doubt Elecraft will pay the 
>> return postage from the UK, and anyway they're likely to say it's been 
>> mishandled and not covered under warranty anyway - despite this 
>> obviously being a common problem.
>>
>> Maybe someone from Elecraft could reply here as I've still not had a 
>> reply to my email to their spares department.
>>
>> Thanks for the gluing suggestions and I have tried that, but on 
>> reassembly a thought: "This really shouldn't be necessary, surely they 
>> sell spare cases." But I guess not if they just buy them from China!
>>
>> If this was some cheap, unbranded stuff from the Far East, fair 
>> enough, but it isn't!
>>
>> Come on Elecraft...
>>
>>
> 
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