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Posted by Ugo Grassi (Member # 139) on March 06, 2004, 07:00 AM:

Dear friends,
one of my friends is the owner of a factory able to make industrial machines. He has the tools to make a clone of the GS1200 original claw! Next month we start with the first prototype: we want to use the modern technologies to obtain a stronger iron for the pins!
When the little production will start, you'll find the claws on ebay!
Do you think there is a market for it? The price will be not expensive, less the price of the last original spare parts.

Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on March 06, 2004, 09:34 AM:

Wow Ugo thats amazing, great stuff, hope I manage to get a GS one day and at least with this sort of effort they will keep going for years.
I`d say looking at the excellant gate material that will never wear out at all.
Well done, hope it pans out well.
best Mark.

Posted by David Park (Member # 123) on March 06, 2004, 11:20 AM:

I have a Eumig with a broken claw and I understand that might be a common problem caused by changing the format gate with claw in wrong possition. Might be a consideration for your friend to produce as well.
If these do become available how difficult to change?
( Sort of how many spanners as per Haynes car manuals.)

Posted by Tony Milman (Member # 7) on March 08, 2004, 01:09 AM:

IHad the same problem with a Eumig but found a repairer who had a jig to produce a new one. It was not expensive (circa £20 I think)and the company was

Sprockets - 01823 672050

I did not realise at the time that it was necessary to retract the claw before changing formats (didn't even know what a claw was then!)

Tony

Posted by John Clancy (Member # 49) on March 08, 2004, 02:21 AM:

Put me down for one Ugo. Just send it through with an invoice!!!

Posted by Tony Milman (Member # 7) on March 08, 2004, 01:22 PM:

Ugo,

probably cost me more to get that very very nice man Mr Elmo to show me how to fit it but sounds like a great idea!

Tony

p.s. If he wants to be paid in Scotch it would be cheaper to come over to Italy!

Posted by Ugo Grassi (Member # 139) on March 09, 2004, 05:18 AM:

Hi friends,
about the other projectors I think it's not a good idea to make a clone of their claws. It's easy to find, for example, a cheaper old Eumig and to get from it the claw for a 938 or 940 (I hope are the same). About the Elmo machines, the claws are equals in every model. So it's possible to get the claw from a low budget model to mount it in a GS1200 or an ST1200. The problem is that for every Elmo machine you have to pay not less than 150/200 euro.
And now the problem: how to change the claw?
At first: you pay to me a ticket fly... [Big Grin]

Better: you study the service manual for the GS1200. Under the guide of this book it's easy - really - to understand how the change the claw (and a lot of others works).

Ugo

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on March 09, 2004, 04:10 PM:

Ugo

Perhaps you should set up a claw replacement clinic at the BFCC [Smile]

that way all the money you get changing claws would pay for your ticket over.

Come to think of it you could team up with Kev', he could do a quick service [rub down with an oily rag, that sort of thing] and between you we could have the worlds first travelling Elmo service station [Cool]

Trouble is, all us Elmo owners would be booked into Ealing General by the end of the day for Hernia surgery. [Roll Eyes]

Mike

ps. put me down for a claw when they go into production!

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