[R-390] cy-979 cabinets

Sun Dec 26 17:13:17 EST 2010

Andy has it right,  and I have seen the drawings,  these might look like 
simple cabinets until you really look at the detail and construction,  but 
what else have we come to expect for these radios, the cabinet should be no 
exception... and yes the drawing package would need to be amotorized unless 
I want to forsake a 32 year marriage, and even at that my thinking still 
gets called into question...but fortunately we are dealing with my SECOND 
wife,  not my first ..

pale mac humor  ...

and at the end of the day, the real thing is just that, very real and well 
done and terrific looking ..  the guys who laid these out originally knew 
what they wanted and the purpose it would serve ...   mac/mc

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From: (Andy) Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 3:53 PM
To: "libbysales" <libbysales at austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [R-390] cy-979 cabinets

>
> On buying the drawings, I guess that means you would have to be able to 
> amortize it over, say, 25 units.
>
> I'm a bit concerned about the $300 number - The problem will be the set-up 
> charges. That $300 is probably be for a number of units, and it is hard to 
> tell without looking at the plans what that number would be. My 
> brother-in-law runs a professional metal shop - I'm sure he would love to 
> bid on any production run we might want to make - and he would be able to 
> give us a breakdown on what the set-up would be and the per-unit would be.
>
> He's pretty cocky about his skills. I have asked him about these cabinets 
> before and his response was something like "you just get me one of those 
> in here and I can make as many as you want" - meaning to me that he didn't 
> feel any particular need for fancy plans (he would take the measurements 
> off the unit and just clone it, although he would probably build it 
> somewhat differently on the inside).
>
> Interesting project. I wouldn't mind helping out on it if there is 
> anything I can reasonably do to help.
>
>
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>
> On 12/26/2010 1:34 PM, libbysales wrote:
>> Readers:  several years ago I had found and offered a small sum of 
>> original cabinets, that were for the large part still wrapped in those 
>> large brown sealed bags, these were made in the 1989-1992 ear it seemed 
>> ..  those were sold and I thought that was the end of them forever..
>>
>> But along the way I discovered several things, these came to me direct 
>> from a DRMO facility, included in some of the pacing materials were 
>> original inspection and DD-250 reports, these showed who had built the 
>> cabinets and when they were accepted by the Govt buying activity.  I 
>> didn't give it a lot of thought at the time,  but did keep the info, 
>> later I started making calls or trying to find these companies, of the 3 
>> firms one is no longer in business and no information is available it 
>> seems... the second is still in business but has no interest in this 
>> project, but did agree to sell me the drawing package for the total 
>> details to build the cabinets if I so wanted, the third company is also 
>> still in business, they have 28-32 of the cabinets left over from the 
>> last order, they regularly over built on orders for these cabinets, to 
>> allow for shipping damage and such ..  I know this fact to be a valid 
>> one,  in have found these cabinets over the years don't always ship well 
>> or at
>>   least w/o some damage... this company is also the company that made the 
>> last production run and their cabinets featured the 'nut plate'  that 
>> floated..  this allowed the receivers to actually fit into the cabinets 
>> far better and didn't require you to have to hold your mouth just right 
>> to get the front panel screws to force fit the front panel into the 
>> cabinet,  rather it allowed a very good fit and didn't require near the 
>> effort to get the 8 front panel screws to all align...
>>
>> some can see where this is headed,  they are very willing to sell the 32 
>> odd cabinets to me...  they feel sure they have this authority and will 
>> not be under any restrictions...  personally I cant see any reason 
>> either,  it is not like these cabinets ever posed any security risk or 
>> threat...
>>
>> from my experiences over the past 13 or so years I have hunted these 
>> cabinets down and such, the packing shipping and such is a good part of 
>> the cost, this company is not close to me..  I can buy these cabinets for 
>> 425.00 each shipped to me or 385.00 if I drive up and accept delivery...
>>
>> I don't know what the market is,  but I will commit to buy the 32 
>> cabinets and offer them for sale for $480.00 each... I expect to have 
>> them shipped to me,  my time and fuel cost would equate to a 4 day trip 
>> and fuel plus some small trailer rental, so it seems to make better sense 
>> for these to just be shipped to me, I can pack them and ship them for 
>> about 23.00 as I recall, that will leave me a very small profit margin 
>> but I will have the fun and once more experience of finding these and the 
>> like and I do enjoy these efforts...
>>
>> so this is offer #1  at 480.00 each  I will be able to provide a brand 
>> new cabinet to you, shipped to your lower 48 address, I am told the data 
>> plates are BLANK, they have no serial no. stamped into that area... the 
>> represented thinks they have 6 black cabinets and the rest are gray, in 
>> 97' I had a few black cabinets, I thought they were pretty much a pig in 
>> a sack at the time ..  I sent one to Les Locklear and a few to Chuck 
>> Ripple ..  as I find out these are pretty well sought after ..  but my 
>> point it looks like this lot might have a handful included..
>>
>> Offer # 2  the company willing to sell the drawing package is wanting 
>> 2500.00  for the package, they claim the cabinets can be produced by most 
>> competent shops using these drawings for about a 300.00 each price 
>> amount, painted and ready for shipping...I don't know this for fact, 
>> they are willing to let me have the top level drawing package if I sign 
>> an agreement and promise to not do things that will try and reverse 
>> engineer these cabinets,  if I agree to this offer it will allow me to go 
>> out and try and find a local or nearby shop who can make these at I hope 
>> a lower price and not have shipping involved, this is all speculation and 
>> will require some extended time and effort on my part to see if indeed 
>> this can be done and that the quality is equal or better...  I welcome 
>> your comments and such on this idea...
>>
>> so we have some options here,  plan # 1 is pretty much a deal I am going 
>> to do...  if you want to buy one of these or more as I have discovered, 
>> last time one person bought 6 total... do this, make a deposit of $150.00 
>> to my PayPal account :   libbysales at austin.rr.com   I have no problem 
>> asking for this,  my reputation is good for this,  the effort several 
>> years ago was drawn out and obstacle filled but I did deliver all but one 
>> cabinet to those that had made deposits or ordered one ..   to my 
>> knowledge everyone was pleased, it did take a bit,  but no one got too 
>> pissed or such at the length it took .. IF you decide you want to not buy 
>> or your financial situation changes I will be pleased to refund your 
>> deposit money 100% no questions asked ... that is as good as I can make 
>> it for you ..
>>
>> This has gone pretty long, but I know what I am offering, I know what is 
>> involved, I have a good reputation on these cabinets...
>>
>> thank you for the read...  mac/mc  w5mc
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