Bessey KliKlamp CAUTION

[djeddy]

Manufacturers/retailers are required to honour a minimum statutory warranty on their goods; many offer a longer warranty for competitive reasons. They are not required to sell spare parts, nor are they even obligated to offer repair services (but if they do offer those services, there are requirements around them). They can if they wish copyright their parts designs to prevent exactly the sort of activities being discussed in this thread but most don't bother unless the duplicate is offered in competition.

[arose62]

That 3D printer purchase is looking more and more like a thing I need to finalise.....

C'mon WoodPixel,
that's at least 2 threads off the top of my head where you've said that 😁
Just do it! You can make replacement Triton parts, painters' pyramids, custom clips and mounts, dust hose adapters, gauges, Aldi trolley releases, jigs...

You know you need one, so I hereby give you the permission you are seeking!

BTW, they are pretty quiet, fascinating to watch (at least initially), and don't make much mess, so they can live inside.

[fletty]

Thanks dj’,
The plan, should it work out, is to produce a modified design (removal of the stress concentration point where all manufacturer’s examples have so far broken), to use a different UV stabilised material and to produce them in a different colour. I’ve kept the manufacturers advice that they will not supply spare parts and my advice to them that I will make a replacement as the clamp in its entirety is no longer fit for purpose. I haven’t yet confirmed a 3D printer but the plan is to ‘print’ in batches of 10 to get a reasonable quantity discount and then sell privately on the basis that “all sales are for replacement of broken original items”. I haven’t yet worked out what I’ll do when the ‘World’ realises that these are a superior product ?

[crowie]

Yes Alan, I want to see the 3D printer job please... they are fascinating machines... Cheers, Peter

[woodPixel]

C'mon WoodPixel,
that's at least 2 threads off the top of my head where you've said that 
Just do it! You can make replacement Triton parts, painters' pyramids, custom clips and mounts, dust hose adapters, gauges, Aldi trolley releases, jigs...

You know you need one, so I hereby give you the permission you are seeking!

BTW, they are pretty quiet, fascinating to watch (at least initially), and don't make much mess, so they can live inside.

Two? I thought it more like five

Its absolutely on. Today, with the morning coffee I talked with SWMBO and Factory Slave (a.k.a "Son") about it all. About taking the biz up a notch or eight.

The printer is now... I'm sure you'd be pleased... On The Books.

Factory Slave is a graduate of AIE (Academy Interactive Entertainment) and is a 3D animation guru, so this is pretty close to what he wants to do (other than sleep in, drink all my grog and eat all the food). He absolutely does not want to work as a grunt, so is keen to work within my biz. Excellent

Fletty did call past once, as did CParks, and discuss a good many things with me. The gears have ground slowly, but it look like "a thing" now....

So, Id imagine its just a matter of getting a list of things people might want together and testing that out.... I'll start another thread

[Sawdust Maker]

Manufacturers/retailers are required to honour a minimum statutory warranty on their goods; many offer a longer warranty for competitive reasons. They are not required to sell spare parts, nor are they even obligated to offer repair services (but if they do offer those services, there are requirements around them). They can if they wish copyright their parts designs to prevent exactly the sort of activities being discussed in this thread but most don't bother unless the duplicate is offered in competition.

Sorry I'll have to disagree

copy and paste from the ACCC website:

"Manufacturers and importers guarantee that their goods:

• are of acceptable quality
• have been accurately described
• satisfy any manufacturer’s express warranty
• have spare parts and repair facilities reasonably available for a reasonable period of time, unless the consumer is advised otherwise."

and given these clamps are still being sold in Australia. I'd suggest that the reasonable period of time has not elapsed
and I also have a few of these clamps and I've never been informed that I can't get spare parts

wabsite address:
https://www.accc.gov.au/business/tre...ts-obligations

[Chris Parks]

I must admit to having been thinking more and more about a 3D printer. I hapen to know where there is a fairly upmarket printer sitting and doing nothing because it needs a few repairs, mmmmm, tempting. WP and I did discuss the possibilities a few years ago, we envisaged being able to print files sent from elsewhere as part of a project I was then involved in but has been mothballed since for a whole lot of reasons.

[djeddy]

Sorry I'll have to disagree

copy and paste from the ACCC website:

"Manufacturers and importers guarantee that their goods:

• are of acceptable quality
• have been accurately described
• satisfy any manufacturer’s express warranty
• have spare parts and repair facilities reasonably available for a reasonable period of time, unless the consumer is advised otherwise."

and given these clamps are still being sold in Australia. I'd suggest that the reasonable period of time has not elapsed
and I also have a few of these clamps and I've never been informed that I can't get spare parts

wabsite address:
https://www.accc.gov.au/business/tre...ts-obligations

I'm afraid it's not that simple, since otherwise companies like Ozito or GMC could not do business in Australia (for very long). They maintain a replace-in-whole policy and carry no spare parts or repair facilities, yet they can (and do) trade and did/have done so for some time. Of course I don't know why GMC disappeared, it might have been in response to ACCC pursuit but I thought it was just good old trade conditions. Does anyone know for sure?

[Lappa]

Hmmm I bought a spare reversing switch for my Ozito hammer drill from Ozito via Bunnings. I actually rang Ozito to see if they had spares in stock and they said YES..

[woodPixel]

Geez, everyone is narky on the forum tonight. Must be the full moon.

Just to add to the lunacy, I received a notice today directly from Prusa himself releasing a NEW resin printer: https://www.prusaprinters.org/introd...y-josef-prusa/

This is pretty whiz bang, it can print accurately to 0.01mm

You read that right... 0.01mm

Nice!

[woodPixel]

This service prints metals and high strength plastics: https://www.shapeways.com/

[fletty]

The Kingdom fights back! Needed by members of the forum, programmed by another and now, printed by another.....

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Many thanks to Josh, Chris and Drew. My role in this is to try VERY HARD to break this prototype and to wait impatiently for the 6 I have ordered?

[qwertyu]

Wow good job. Interested to know what material, infil pattern and % was used.

Is the stl freely available? I dont have this clamp but would be good to have it on file if I ever get the clamp.

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[aldav]

I think that the secret to using these successfully is to pull the handle to release the pressure on the ratchet mechanism BEFORE you pull the trigger to disengage the clamp. Nice job on the part printing, Chris and Drew did the printing?

[Chris Parks]

Guilty as charged your Honour! I provided the CC, Drew supplied the IT expertise.