BRIANBUSBY

ok here goes i own one of the companies that manufacture for howard i have done work for the film industry for over 30 years. so i do have some idea what is wanted. i'm sorry if i took your comments out of the ment context. i do agree on some levels the person who makes a component of any kind would be accountable for what is made but making things light / strong and movable and then anodised can be a hard concept to try for. i have known howard for many years and have been through many ups and downs with him and when i saw the engineering being critised i saw red. as i cant be accountable for how a unit is used out in the field i cant answer your question does every body tighten locking screws with the same preasure , i get many units sent to me of various manufacture for repair it never ceases to amaze me how some people can damage equipment and it never seems the same faults so a lot of human error can come into the equation. problems are addresed when faults appear but on any new product how can you predict what will happen out in the field. brian

alec im not beaing cyrptic just truthfull. the comment you made about tolerances is correct the tighter the limit the more it costs. why do you think f1 ( nascar ) cars cost so much to make brian

I'm assuming you are a machinist for MK-V. no you assume wrong

"had a distinct lack of quality control in regard to machining and tolerances" this is an insult to the machinists who strided very hard to make what was designed i'm sorry to have to post this but as one of these people i feel insulted beyond belief that once again blame the worker not the designer who may i add at this point did his best to redress the problems when they arose. brian

I FELT I NEEDED TO SAY SOMETHING TO HOWARD THIS IS A COPY OF THE EMAIL I SENT HIM I HAVE NO AXE TO GRIND WITH ANYBODY BUT FEEL FREE TO HAVE A GO AT ME WATER OF A DUCKS BACK hi mate just read your post on the muppet forum well said and to the point just one word comes to mind jellocy you did it they dont have the ability to accept sucsess so bitch about it. brian

jason have you nothing more to say bud or cant you ???? brian

try taking the bearings to a local watch/clock maker and asking them to put them in their ultra sonic cleaner then re oil them with a fine watch/clock oil brian

HI FOR THE MINI 35 TRY SKARDA ON 020 7734 7776 BRIAN

HI ALL PLEASE NOTE PLAYING WITH CARBON FIBRE IS NOT A GOOD THING. YOU NEED SPECIAL BONDONG AGENTS TO CLEAN USE ACITONE DO NOT USE ANY POWER TOOLS AS CARBON IS A GOOD CONDUCTOR AND ANY DUST CAN FLASH BACK. ALSO IT CAN SHATTER. !!!!!! LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS BRIAN

rob in my experance of repairing these make sure when you re assemble this you clean all the holes and polish the pin and add a coating of a teflon based grease failing that a small ammount of vasaline to act as a water repelant also check to see if the pin is bent and all the holes line up. if in doubt i would be happy to look at it for you. brian busby

robin most people at that time of night are in bed !! i,m impressed you can get your head around import taxes or is it as good as a bed time story. british tax laws zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz brian