Mike:
I am OK with how you deal with me, hell doctors beat me up every day...why not you!
The new IPC locks are so much better they need very little babysitting.
1. Test them by sliding them all the way down the shaft until the lock is past the tooling, slide the lock off and replace it back on the "Starting End" and slide it to the first tooled section or first click.
2. You can protect the lock using the the U-Shaped wire or by covering it with rubber tubing but the new locks are much less likely to accidentally move during fabrication.
3. The IPC tools all need to be modified to accommidate the larger size of the lock by simply grinding it out, we modify ours before sending them out but I was late in telling Space Maintainers to do so. Also advise your accounts they can use a ligature director if they don't want to purchase the tool.
And I must agree with you....
Space Maintainers or Great Lakes seems very little interested in selling the IPCs.
I think part of this is that the original version had failure issues, locks slipped once in a while but the fact that any of them failed worried them?
I am going to create an IPC kit that will include all the parts needed to make the 2008 Distalizer, the 3-Way Distalizer and the IPC E-Arch. It will also include a DVD on how to make all the appliances as well as a booklet of instructions. I will sell these kits directly as well as to SML and GL, you might still need to get the IPCs from GL or SML but I will personally support the product with the accessories, information and training.
This will be my summer project with my son Nick...like I have any spare time????!!!
Mike:
You are correct in stating the product has no support, I will change this.
Regards,
Don
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