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AndyWarne:
Regarding the unanswered question about the manufacturer. I am happy to supply details to a third-party as has been suggested, but not sure this would achieve anything since any person I would trust would probably not be accepted by the "second party".

Some more thoughts on this whole issue for what they are worth:
The manufacturer offered us either a threaded version with nut, or a version without threads, retained by a C-clamp. It was a toss-up, I was slightly worried about the nut coming loose. Eventually went with the threaded version after testing.

So now, the question is, should I have gone with the C-clamp version? Maybe I should and this would have avoided the "copying" accusation.
But, hold on, Randy accused me of "adopting one of his concepts". So that infers that there would have been no difference in his accusations, depending on which "concept" he actually means.
The "concept" cant be the spinner itself, the rear-mouted flyheel or the high resolution encoder as these all pre-date the TT2 (the second two appearing on the original Spintrak).
So I am thinking that any compact design I were to have launched would have attracted the same accusation because the "concept" is compactness.
There was in fact no way I was going to sell anything other than a compact spinner once the compact encoders became available. As I mentioned earlier, the compact encoders were NOT available when we were planning the original SpinTrak. I know that for a fact as I did a huge amount of research at that time. They became available shortly after we had ordered the first (and only) batch of those units, and then using anything else would have been crazy, as for one thing they are cheaper.
In fact as soon as they did become available I knew that we would not be ordering any more of the original design. That was even before it went on sale.
Having spotted the Avago HEDR-5420 encoder module which by that time had appeared on the Farnell website I planned to use those in the next version and mentally thought of a compact design, knowing I would not actually be implementing it for possibly a year as the first batch of the original design were still in production. In fact production of that first batch was greatly delayed and so the whole timescale extended.
In the end we didnt use the HEDR-5420 module as the manufacturer already had a complete unit available by that time as I have mentioned before.

It might just be that after this batch is sold (which is going to take some time) we change the order again. We have an OEM manufacturer who plans to use these and if he reports the nut is coming loose then the decision to change will be made.

Nice little Paypal diversion on this thread! In have a really scary Paypal story but I will keep if for a dedicated Paypal thread!

Andy


blind_dado:
Andy,

I am interested in getting the SpinTrak but have a few questions: 1) is the SS styleed knob with the o-rings available?  I didn't see it as an option in the online store.  2) if I get an o-ring knob at Happ, will it fit on the SpinTrack, or are your SS styled knobs a different diameter?  3) is there a performance difference between connecting to a mini-pac and a USB 2.0?  What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different interfaces?

Thanks!

thatitalian:
Do you no what, I am gonna ban all your arses!

Now..... to get admin rights.... maybe I can use paypal??? :laugh2:

bvicarious:
okay, now who's going to put a trackball in a button form factor?

shmokes:
Randy does this to everyone he competes with, including Oscar Controls and Slikstik (and probably others who don't immediately come to mind).  Every time he feels he's been wronged, which is pretty much all the time, he goes all scorched earth, posting hasty insults aimed not only at his competitors, but at anyone who suggests that he ought to chill out.  It's not even always because he thinks his design has been stolen.  Sometimes he craps up a product announcement thread just to go in and rant about why his competing product is better.  It just ain't classy.

The list of people who have vowed to never purchase from him based on nothing but his hot temper and mean attitude is rather long.  It's pretty obvious that he makes consistently great products, and from what I've read he offers great, personal customer service and tech support.  That those facts can be true, yet he has a growing list of people who refuse to shop at GGG speaks volumes.

Stick to research and design, Randy, and hire yourself a public face.  It would do wonders for your business.

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