[GreenKeys] OT: Adams & Westlake Ltd. (ADLAKE)

[Pete Lancashire]

Two companies come to mind for in-house made fasteners (screws, washers,
etc) that were way above average quality and finish were Teletype and
General Radio

I've stripped a few GR instruments no one wanted or I got for free and
where in bad shape just for the hardware. and use that hardware for my
special projects.

There's just something about a a 6-32 screw and nut that has been made on a
swiss screw machine vs rolling.

-pete



On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:

> One Adlake product that was used a lot in the telephone industry was a
> time-delay relay using mercury instead of air or oil forced through an
> orifice as the timing element.
>
> It seems they are now a custom manufacturer.  I realized earlier this
> year that there has been a change in the way things are made.  In they
> heyday of manufacturers like Teletype everything was made in-house,
> even the screws and washers.  Now it seems that a manufacturer farms
> out all kinds of parts making to companies that specialize in that kind
> of work, and then does only the assembly in-house.
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