tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post7172902880181336271..comments2023-06-30T07:27:29.362-07:00Comments on can't we just get along ?: Other handsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-36529934423486191552015-11-16T20:44:19.984-08:002015-11-16T20:44:19.984-08:00You go!!! It's really a pain to have people wh...You go!!! It's really a pain to have people who just waste your time and energy with service that doesn't work for you. Has anyone else had the experience of getting it all done, only to find that you just can't rely on the other guys and girls in your life? I think we all get what you're saying, swiggco!<br /><br /><a href="https://badgeranodisinguk.wordpress.com/2015/07/04/anodise-aluminium-for-environmentally-stable-architectural-functions/" rel="nofollow">Bernice Parsons @ Badger Anodising</a>Bernice Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10315652284445470436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-91920994008847750152015-02-13T15:36:03.207-08:002015-02-13T15:36:03.207-08:00This happens on an outsourced production level as ...This happens on an outsourced production level as well. Less direct control and even more stress. I have had my powder coater make sure they document frames they receive with filled dents from the frame fabricator. It should be noted that said fabricator never admitted fills until I called them out. Powder come back with voids, flakes of other color and then the hours I spend reworking, facing and sanding areas that should have been masked. Yes I provided full masking diagrams, photo examples of proper finish and verified their prior experience. The powder coater not only has the ability to dent frames, but they can completely crush them. <br /><br />After that there is the strip and re-coat for screw ups in application. At least 1/2 of the forks getting rework came back with the steerers covered in corrosion pits. What should I expect the fork blades to look like? These as well as some of the associated frames will end up as display fixtures for the shop space.<br /><br />On a fabrication level I am still having to reface most bearing faces as well as frame and fork wheel alignment issues. All of this was included to be finished by the fabricator as part of the deliverable. They say they "took care of it prior to welding". If I was getting a finished frame for Taiwan pricing I might understand, but at prices approaching $1k/frame and fork, this has me re-assessing my sanity <br /><br />At the end of the last production run I lost the ability to sell at least 20% or the frames in good conscience. So much for that "Made in the USA" work ethic taking care of QC, or even promised QC processes and outcomes from contractors.<br /><br />Rob - Ocean Air CyclesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02419165252351073857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-36020835657340534602015-02-09T09:57:31.332-08:002015-02-09T09:57:31.332-08:00I am feeling this right nowI am feeling this right nowsteve garrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448562354452027948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-48792020448353578742015-02-08T17:34:39.197-08:002015-02-08T17:34:39.197-08:00Great insight into what goes on in the background ...Great insight into what goes on in the background when a custom frame is built.<br /><br />I'll testify that you DO stand behind your work even when your powdercoater makes a mistake. Thanks for taking care of my frame.Peter W. Polackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970552290444681455noreply@blogger.com