[meteorite-list] Park Forest - Too much for us to handle right now
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:06 2004 Message-ID: <057301c2fe56$27f7f7c0$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0570_01C2FE1B.7B66C520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List Members, We were looking forward to a good distraction but Park Forest has proven = to be too much. We are falling way behind on other projects such as = specimen preparation, writing articles, cataloging several collections, = submitting samples for lab studies, trades, major new meteorite web site = development and expedition planning. We will honor the deals we have = with the collectors who expressed an interest in purchasing specimens of = Park Forest from us up to this point in time. All samples we are going = to sell should be prepared by Thursday. =20 In the interest of getting caught up we will have Michael Blood = Meteorites represent Park Forest specimens for us. As everybody knows = Michael is an honest dealer who takes good care of his customers. Do = not get us wrong, Park Forest is neat, the problem is we just do not = enough time to pursue sales of this fantastic new meteorite. We have = personally answered over 300 emails regarding this material, talked = hours on the phone, spent days in the field and have had two saws = running day and night preparing this material.=20 We have worn out 10 blades on our automated Isomet wafering saw at a = cost of $380.00 a blade. We ran out of blade stock for this saw because = we can only get about 20 cuts per blade, then the process becomes too = slow because the blades loose their sharpness. We normally reserve this = saw for thin-section and planetary cuts but the need to cut with alcohol = has forced us to bring this saw online. The other saw we are using that = is set up for alcohol wastes too much material because of the minimal = blade thickness of .018 and needs constant babysitting to make sure the = reservoir does not run dry possibly resulting in an explosion. At least = you will know that the material you purchase from Michael Blood was = properly prepared. One dealer questioned us about our equipment's = capability to perform cuts using alcohol. We will be happy to email = anybody who has doubts a picture of the saws we used to prepare these = specimens. It is too bad we have been put into a position where we = need to defend our preparation practices which were never questioned = until this fall. We were taught by one of the best, AL Lang who = prepares specimens for museums all over the planet in his world class = facilities.=20 Thank you for your patience regarding Park Forest. We are looking = forward to getting caught up on other meteoritic projects if this is a = possibility. Wishing everybody success in their endeavors. Adam Hupe =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0570_01C2FE1B.7B66C520 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List Members,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We were looking forward to a good = distraction but=20 Park Forest has proven to be too much. We are falling way behind = on other=20 projects such as specimen preparation, writing articles, cataloging = several=20 collections, submitting samples for lab studies, trades, major new=20 meteorite web site development and expedition planning. We = will honor=20 the deals we have with the collectors who expressed an = interest in=20 purchasing specimens of Park Forest from us up to this point in time. = All=20 samples we are going to sell should be prepared by Thursday. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the interest of getting caught up we = will have=20 Michael Blood Meteorites represent Park Forest specimens for us. = As=20 everybody knows Michael is an honest dealer who takes good care of his=20 customers. Do not get us wrong, Park Forest is neat, the = problem is=20 we just do not enough time to pursue sales of this fantastic new=20 meteorite. We have personally answered over 300 emails = regarding this=20 material, talked hours on the phone, spent days in the field and have = had two=20 saws running day and night preparing this = material. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We have worn out 10 blades on our = automated Isomet=20 wafering saw at a cost of $380.00 a blade. We ran out of blade = stock for=20 this saw because we can only get about 20 cuts per blade, then the = process=20 becomes too slow because the blades loose their sharpness. We = normally reserve this saw for thin-section and planetary cuts but the = need to=20 cut with alcohol has forced us to bring this saw online. The other = saw we are using that is set up for alcohol wastes too much = material=20 because of the minimal blade thickness of .018 and needs constant = babysitting to=20 make sure the reservoir does not run dry possibly resulting in an=20 explosion. At least you will know that the material you purchase = from=20 Michael Blood was properly prepared. One dealer questioned us = about our=20 equipment's capability to perform cuts using alcohol. We will = be=20 happy to email anybody who has doubts a picture of the saws we used = to=20 prepare these specimens. It is too bad we have been put into = a=20 position where we need to defend our preparation practices which were = never=20 questioned until this fall. We were taught by one of the best, AL = Lang who=20 prepares specimens for museums all over the planet in his world class=20 facilities. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you for your patience regarding = Park=20 Forest. We are looking forward to getting caught up on other = meteoritic=20 projects if this is a possibility.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wishing everybody success in their=20 endeavors.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam Hupe</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0570_01C2FE1B.7B66C520-- Received on Wed 09 Apr 2003 01:09:10 AM PDT |
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