VPI MOTOR PULLEY ??

Hey Bob,

Did not realize that you had moved from Wilmington.  Hope things are going well for you in Montana.

I share the same thoughts about location bob,
I was born in climate similar to Green Bay WI.

I'm not tired of you guys, I get a lot of good ideas from you all.....I just wish that parts were a call away and not requiring me to go on the inter-net and do business......I'm not real good with computers so sometime my results aren't good......I did make some working pulleys and I'm making some knobs for one of the tube amps I build.....The pulley was quite easy to make out of a 1'' piece of brass rod.....My little lathe is quite small (6') but is quite accurate.....Its easy to tune the pulley in if you make it a little large and trim it ever so fine .....and keep checking the speed......Autospec

Bob posted his phone number.  No interweb needed.  Glad the 6 foot lathe was less of a bother than the telephone or a couple of website clicks.  You have to forgive me for being a bit skeptical of your story.  I'd rather buy a 6' metal working lathe, move it into position and the bed it in properly, source the brass rod, source the cutting bits and cutting fluids, machine it, drill and tap for two setscrews, measure and machine the radius for a round belt.  You are willing to do that rather than pick up the telephone?

I hear what you are saying but just a little hard for us mere mortals to wrap our minds around that claim.  

autospec, While I don't know the complete story, I certainly understand the motivation that one uses to just "do it themselves"!

I have had varying results with VPI in the past. The main phrase, "varying results", is something that really should not be an issue from a 40 year old company.

They are NOT proactive when any sort of issue comes up regarding a product that has, for one reason or another, had a manufacturing issue or has been discontinued after 6 months in production......They should have some sort of database in place that can email folks that have "registered products" to automatically inform them of an issue. This is the least they should do. Instead, they rely on the loyal customers to email their own stories into their website.

I wish I could run a business this way and feel good about it!