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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 00:48:08 JST minute

   CNC manufacturer (hubs) messed up and after delays, sent us a load of unusable aluminum parts for the standalone keyboards. we have to go through everything now and document and try to get the money back, and remanufacture them in another place in parallel

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 01:02:45 JST minute

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     • Matt Venn

     @matthewvenn well, not hubs dot com after this one

   • Matt Venn (matthewvenn@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 01:02:46 JST Matt Venn

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     @mntmn wah. Got any recommendations for alu CNC milling and anodizing? I 'm about to get about 20 small parts made

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 01:03:15 JST minute

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     • Matt Venn

     @matthewvenn in the past we worked with Shandong Jiepurui Model Technology Co., Ltd

   • Oktawian Chojnacki :mastodon: (oktawian@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 01:03:34 JST Oktawian Chojnacki :mastodon:

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     @mntmn 😣 ouch

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 02:13:11 JST minute

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     • Matt Venn
     • Timon 🛠

     @matthewvenn i guess by @timonsku :D

   • Matt Venn (matthewvenn@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 02:13:13 JST Matt Venn

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     @mntmn I've been recommended https://runzemetal.m.en.alibaba.com/index.html

   • Ben Zanin (gnomon@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 09:29:49 JST Ben Zanin

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     @mntmn ah hell man, sorry

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 01:45:29 JST minute

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     update: hubs agreed to fix the situation, but we have to send everything back to them first. sigh

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 02:05:04 JST minute

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     • Matt Venn
     • Splinux :mastodon:

     @splinux @matthewvenn what do you mean by "them"? not the bad ones in those pictures. we had previous parts, like MNT Reform laptop case parts, machined by JPR who are based in Jinan, Shandong, and we were mostly happy with them.

   • Splinux :mastodon: (splinux@mastodon.uno)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 02:05:05 JST Splinux :mastodon:

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     • Matt Venn

     @mntmn @matthewvenn you have them made in Shandong?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 03:10:02 JST minute

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     • Matt Venn
     • Splinux :mastodon:

     @splinux @matthewvenn it would be possible to do CNC parts in europe nowadays but the price would be around double. for MNT Reform i think the case parts alone would be around 500 EUR at least, and this is for 50 MOQ

   • Splinux :mastodon: (splinux@mastodon.uno)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 03:10:03 JST Splinux :mastodon:

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     • Matt Venn

     @mntmn @matthewvenn understand. In my mind it was all German made. Of course, this is ridiculous in hindsight, especially because I live in China and I should know better some easier components have no competitive price elsewhere.