Hi All,
I just got off the phone with my machinist and here's where we are with the pieces. They are in final stages of polishing before plating. He's been working tons of overtime (60 hours/week) and has hasn't had as much free time as he had hoped. The pieces are completely cut and drilled (he said it took about 15 minutes per string slot to cut them cuz he had to do them by hand. Yikes!) So, he hopes to have them all polished up by Sunday and off to the platers Monday. He said I could call Monday to see if he got them done and sent out. Once the plater gets them, it only takes 3-4 days to get them back and I can ship 'em out.
My apologies for the time it's taken. We are getting a very good deal on these as he's putting an hour or more into each one of them with hand cutting, drilling and polishing. I'm sure glad we aren't paying the same rate as his usual customers! He also said he's really glad he didn't have to do 50 or 100 of them! This will probably be the last run for quite some time.
Thanks again for your patience. We are definitely in the home stretch.
Bill