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If I can shed a bit of light on the AG curly spoked wheel issue…..

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There has been an availability issue for some time now and despite it not needing a massive amount of time to fix it doesn’t seem to be getting to the top of the to do list.?? The problem is that the latest batch of axles bought in, whilst in spec, were at the max diameter of acceptable. These worked with many of the wheels in the range but it would seem the pin in the mould that determines the axle hole in the curly spoke wheels is at the minimum end of the spec. In most of the wheels this sort of thing isn’t a problem, it just makes them a tighter fit on the axle. The curly spoke doesn’t have much of a boss in the middle and it instead tends to split.? The fix is a slightly larger pin in the mould. Not a long job but also clearly not seen as a priority.

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I do have some in stock – mostly the larger ones I think. I would try nagging Colin for the bulk order I have had in for nearly two years now but then, awkwardly, he’d want paying which with EDM Models closed at the moment I don’t have the money for.

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On the health front. After a couple of dodgy weeks dealing with infections and blood balances made more complicated by Covid19 I am now on the mend. [came out of hospital with a cough caused by the anaesthetic then gets an infection in the surgery causing a fever – well you can guess the conclusion the GP jumped to].? I am getting a bit better everyday and getting frustrated and what I can’t do. It’ll be a couple of weeks yet before I re-open EDM Models and make our website live again [the boss won’t let me jeopardise my recovery by doing it too soon] but my limited potterings at the moment are making some moves towards that day. I will add counting up the curly spokes and making sure they are on the website to the to do list

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Paul Martin

EDM Models

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On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 03:46 AM, Peter Tarver wrote:

Hopefully won't be TOO long before we're allowed to play up there again.

Indeed Pete. Cabin fever setting in badly here. A Saturday afternoon pottering about in Minffordd Yard would be most welcome.?

C.