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Constant backorders. Tried to buy an ER40 chuck (zero set) and backplate from Shars. Backplate ETA given 1/12/22. After that date passed, Shars now says ETA unknown, 4-5 months?
Ordered an AXA-4D boring bar holder in November, after one month, order was cancelled by eBay. Ordered again at end of December from All Industrial. Now informed ship date has slipped another, "2 weeks". Have low confidence in this estimate, since the previous ship date was delayed "2 weeks". Think Aloris is having trouble meeting their commitments. Bogus tracking numbers were posted twice, but retracted after I challenged them. The numbers were pretty easy to do, since the bogus tracking numbers originated 22 days prior to me ordering the part. Product just hasn't shipped from Aloris. I've been given the option of cancelling my order. Wish it was expediting the order, instead.
I could make the backplate, and the boring bar holder. Made a boring bar holder out of 7075 on my mini-lathe, suppose I could make one out of steel for the G0602.
Never made a backplate before. The backplate has a boss on it that sticks out about 13.5mm, so a regular backplate isn't thick enough for the zero set chuck. Figure I need a 2" long slice of 5" cast iron to make the backplate. Speedy Metals has a 2" long slice of grey cast iron 40 at $53 + shipping. Durabar is priced at $8.33/inch if you buy 6 feet. Can neither afford nor move 6 feet of Durabar. The Shars machined backplate was $62 + shipping, but no ETA. From a cost and labor perspective, it makes sense to buy rather than make, but there's no backplates to buy.
Wasn't expecting so much trouble sourcing finished goods. Anyone else having similar issues?
Ordered an AXA-4D boring bar holder in November, after one month, order was cancelled by eBay. Ordered again at end of December from All Industrial. Now informed ship date has slipped another, "2 weeks". Have low confidence in this estimate, since the previous ship date was delayed "2 weeks". Think Aloris is having trouble meeting their commitments. Bogus tracking numbers were posted twice, but retracted after I challenged them. The numbers were pretty easy to do, since the bogus tracking numbers originated 22 days prior to me ordering the part. Product just hasn't shipped from Aloris. I've been given the option of cancelling my order. Wish it was expediting the order, instead.
I could make the backplate, and the boring bar holder. Made a boring bar holder out of 7075 on my mini-lathe, suppose I could make one out of steel for the G0602.
Never made a backplate before. The backplate has a boss on it that sticks out about 13.5mm, so a regular backplate isn't thick enough for the zero set chuck. Figure I need a 2" long slice of 5" cast iron to make the backplate. Speedy Metals has a 2" long slice of grey cast iron 40 at $53 + shipping. Durabar is priced at $8.33/inch if you buy 6 feet. Can neither afford nor move 6 feet of Durabar. The Shars machined backplate was $62 + shipping, but no ETA. From a cost and labor perspective, it makes sense to buy rather than make, but there's no backplates to buy.
Wasn't expecting so much trouble sourcing finished goods. Anyone else having similar issues?