GEMS Products SIDE KX delays.

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Andy,  and others regarding the delays in the SIDE KX products for the KX3/PX3 covers.   I am Scott of GEMS Products.  
 Most of you have been keeping up with my web page updates.  Here is a quick summary:
My plastic fabricator was a very talented one man shop and in May of 2015 he contracted Tuberculosis and was hospitalized in grave condition.  This put me into a temporary back order as I awaited his recovery.  But the Health Department came into his shop and quarantined it for 120 days and I was not able to get even my molds out of his shop.  Now it is Sep my fabricator is still unable to return to work, but I get the molds out to a total of 4 shops each of which were unable to produce parts for a reasonable cost.  During this time I had begun to move my parts over to injection molding.  I employed a new fabricator and he built a mold and it took several revisions that did not produce a good part.  Taking my project on a dual track and multiple shops cost 4 months and several thousand dollars.  Now it is late January and I have a viable injection molder who has taken on the project for KX3 and PX3 covers. To create a mold is a 6 week process in the mill and to get it polished out before the first prototype part is made.  Ithen  have to do a modification for fitment issues. back in the mill and polishing for another 4 week time penalty.  Just last week I was able to approve the mold and have it shipped to me.  I am awaiting its delivery in the next 7 or so days.  
So during this tie I have made many web updates to keep folks uptodate.  I have a significant back order on parts and my customers have been nothing short of amazing with their patience.  I thank each of them for this.
Please hang in there the mold is about here and the parts will be made just as soon as I take delivery and can get it set up and running.  The beauty of  injection molding is the speed at which parts can be made. As they come off the machine and are inspected  will be printing shipping labels and getting parts out to you. 
73 Scott AK6Q 
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[Clay Autery]

Not a customer... yet.  But I wanted to take a moment to thank you for
posting this status update to your production issues.  Happy to see you
are close to getting back into production, again.

God Bless and 73s,

______________________
Clay Autery, KY5G
MONTAC Enterprises
[phone]

On 6/22/2016 1:05 PM, Scott Bastian wrote:
> Andy,  and others regarding the delays in the SIDE KX products for the KX3/PX3 covers.   I am Scott of GEMS Products.  
>  Most of you have been keeping up with my web page updates.  Here is a quick summary:
> My plastic fabricator was a very talented one man shop and in May of 2015 he contracted Tuberculosis and was hospitalized in grave condition.  This put me into a temporary back order as I awaited his recovery.  But the Health Department came into his shop and quarantined it for 120 days and I was not able to get even my molds out of his shop.  Now it is Sep my fabricator is still unable to return to work, but I get the molds out to a total of 4 shops each of which were unable to produce parts for a reasonable cost.  During this time I had begun to move my parts over to injection molding.  I employed a new fabricator and he built a mold and it took several revisions that did not produce a good part.  Taking my project on a dual track and multiple shops cost 4 months and several thousand dollars.  Now it is late January and I have a viable injection molder who has taken on the project for KX3 and PX3 covers. To create a mold is a 6 week process in the mill and to get it polis
 hed out before the first prototype part is made.  Ithen  have to do a modification for fitment issues. back in the mill and polishing for another 4 week time penalty.  Just last week I was able to approve the mold and have it shipped to me.  I am awaiting its delivery in the next 7 or so days.  
> So during this tie I have made many web updates to keep folks uptodate.  I have a significant back order on parts and my customers have been nothing short of amazing with their patience.  I thank each of them for this.
> Please hang in there the mold is about here and the parts will be made just as soon as I take delivery and can get it set up and running.  The beauty of  injection molding is the speed at which parts can be made. As they come off the machine and are inspected  will be printing shipping labels and getting parts out to you.
> 73 Scott AK6Q


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[ve3ibw]

I am a customer and it is worth the wait.

Thanks Scott for being so transparent.

regards,
Brian
VE3IBW  (KX3/PX3 Side KX and Cover Owner)

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Clay Autery <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Not a customer... yet.  But I wanted to take a moment to thank you for
> posting this status update to your production issues.  Happy to see you
> are close to getting back into production, again.
>
> God Bless and 73s,
>
> ______________________
> Clay Autery, KY5G
> MONTAC Enterprises
> [phone]
>
> On 6/22/2016 1:05 PM, Scott Bastian wrote:
> > Andy,  and others regarding the delays in the SIDE KX products for the
> KX3/PX3 covers.   I am Scott of GEMS Products.
> >  Most of you have been keeping up with my web page updates.  Here is a
> quick summary:
> > My plastic fabricator was a very talented one man shop and in May of
> 2015 he contracted Tuberculosis and was hospitalized in grave condition.
> This put me into a temporary back order as I awaited his recovery.  But the
> Health Department came into his shop and quarantined it for 120 days and I
> was not able to get even my molds out of his shop.  Now it is Sep my
> fabricator is still unable to return to work, but I get the molds out to a
> total of 4 shops each of which were unable to produce parts for a
> reasonable cost.  During this time I had begun to move my parts over to
> injection molding.  I employed a new fabricator and he built a mold and it
> took several revisions that did not produce a good part.  Taking my project
> on a dual track and multiple shops cost 4 months and several thousand
> dollars.  Now it is late January and I have a viable injection molder who
> has taken on the project for KX3 and PX3 covers. To create a mold is a 6
> week process in the mill and to get it polis
>  hed out before the first prototype part is made.  Ithen  have to do a
> modification for fitment issues. back in the mill and polishing for another
> 4 week time penalty.  Just last week I was able to approve the mold and
> have it shipped to me.  I am awaiting its delivery in the next 7 or so days.
> > So during this tie I have made many web updates to keep folks uptodate.
> I have a significant back order on parts and my customers have been nothing
> short of amazing with their patience.  I thank each of them for this.
> > Please hang in there the mold is about here and the parts will be made
> just as soon as I take delivery and can get it set up and running.  The
> beauty of  injection molding is the speed at which parts can be made. As
> they come off the machine and are inspected  will be printing shipping
> labels and getting parts out to you.
> > 73 Scott AK6Q
>
>
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[Robert Nobis - N7RJN]

Scott,

I sure hope you are successful this time.

73,


Bob Nobis - N7RJN
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> On Jun 22, 2016, at 11:05, Scott Bastian <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Andy,  and others regarding the delays in the SIDE KX products for the KX3/PX3 covers.   I am Scott of GEMS Products.  
>  Most of you have been keeping up with my web page updates.  Here is a quick summary:
> My plastic fabricator was a very talented one man shop and in May of 2015 he contracted Tuberculosis and was hospitalized in grave condition.  This put me into a temporary back order as I awaited his recovery.  But the Health Department came into his shop and quarantined it for 120 days and I was not able to get even my molds out of his shop.  Now it is Sep my fabricator is still unable to return to work, but I get the molds out to a total of 4 shops each of which were unable to produce parts for a reasonable cost.  During this time I had begun to move my parts over to injection molding.  I employed a new fabricator and he built a mold and it took several revisions that did not produce a good part.  Taking my project on a dual track and multiple shops cost 4 months and several thousand dollars.  Now it is late January and I have a viable injection molder who has taken on the project for KX3 and PX3 covers. To create a mold is a 6 week process in the mill and to get it polis
 hed out before the first prototype part is made.  Ithen  have to do a modification for fitment issues. back in the mill and polishing for another 4 week time penalty.  Just last week I was able to approve the mold and have it shipped to me.  I am awaiting its delivery in the next 7 or so days.  

> So during this tie I have made many web updates to keep folks uptodate.  I have a significant back order on parts and my customers have been nothing short of amazing with their patience.  I thank each of them for this.
> Please hang in there the mold is about here and the parts will be made just as soon as I take delivery and can get it set up and running.  The beauty of  injection molding is the speed at which parts can be made. As they come off the machine and are inspected  will be printing shipping labels and getting parts out to you.
> 73 Scott AK6Q
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[Bernhard.Horst]

Sorry to hear that Scott...

But its worth waiting for your products..they have been all around Europe with my KX3:-)

73s
Bernie
DL5RDP



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Andy,  and others regarding the delays in the SIDE KX products for the KX3/PX3 covers.   I am Scott of GEMS Products.  
 Most of you have been keeping up with my web page updates.  Here is a quick summary:
My plastic fabricator was a very talented one man shop and in May of 2015 he contracted Tuberculosis and was hospitalized in grave condition.  This put me into a temporary back order as I awaited his recovery.  But the Health Department came into his shop and quarantined it for 120 days and I was not able to get even my molds out of his shop.  Now it is Sep my fabricator is still unable to return to work, but I get the molds out to a total of 4 shops each of which were unable to produce parts for a reasonable cost.  During this time I had begun to move my parts over to injection molding.  I employed a new fabricator and he built a mold and it took several revisions that did not produce a good part.  Taking my project on a dual track and multiple shops cost 4 months and several thousand dollars.  Now it is late January and I have a viable injection molder who has taken on the project for KX3 and PX3 covers. To create a mold is a 6 week process in the mill and to get it polished out before the first prototype part is made.  Ithen  have to do a modification for fitment issues. back in the mill and polishing for another 4 week time penalty.  Just last week I was able to approve the mold and have it shipped to me.  I am awaiting its delivery in the next 7 or so days.  
So during this tie I have made many web updates to keep folks uptodate.  I have a significant back order on parts and my customers have been nothing short of amazing with their patience.  I thank each of them for this.
Please hang in there the mold is about here and the parts will be made just as soon as I take delivery and can get it set up and running.  The beauty of  injection molding is the speed at which parts can be made. As they come off the machine and are inspected  will be printing shipping labels and getting parts out to you. 
73 Scott AK6Q 
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