), the Neptune stocking situation has seemed better – but looking today I note that it’s back into “pre-order” territory at a number of retailers. Just recently, it had been in stock. If you’re ready to order, I’d call around to local retailers, e.g. if you have a Rockler in your vicinity, to see if they have stock on hand. Rockler nominally sells these via drop shipping on the website, but individual stores may have stock.
Thanks. I'm not looking to buy until late this year or early next. At least 8 months from now. I'm taking this time to look at a few options and more than likely will sell input when I'm closer to pulling the trigger. I'm also saving up now so that i can easily make the purchase for it and the accessories I'll need (chucks and such).I think “standard practice” is perhaps too strong(**), but Teknatool/Nova does seem to have had some challenges keeping up with demand one way or another. The Nebula seems to be hit most regularly. Skimming retailers periodically (since I’m also been planning on, now waiting for, my Nebula for some time
(**) By which I mean: I doubt that Teknatool has any desire to keep customers hanging. They’ll be losing business over that, period. It’s one thing for a tiny business (e.g. some woodworking tool makers) to do small batch production… but that doesn’t seem to be Teknatool’s scale at this point.
On FB, there is a page titled Teknatool Owners. There you can contact a person named Rich Bolduc...he's a teknatool employee and was patient with me keeping me apprized of where my lathe was every step of the way last year. That said...who really knows what's happening with shipping relative to the trade wars and added fees. All I can say is good luck...
Ouch! Especially if they have had your money for some months already. Something is obviously astray in their production and/or supply line, and transparency seems lacking. Add the unsettled conditions of international trade. I'm happy not to be looking for a lathe. I was astounded to see the price for a PM 2020 -- apparently more the current sale price for a 3520?!?
@Phil Hamel the KMS in Coquitlam has one in stock.
That one is 3160 miles from me one way. Don't think the price of gas at 20 mpg will be cheap enough. Think I'll wait. Albeit not happy about it. Lol!
I think you can find diagrams for most nova DVRs in the manuals on the nova web site
See the exploded diagrams in the lathe manuals, e.g. this one from the Nebula manual, which clearly shows direct drive, no belts. For quick reference, the relevant parts are "1.2: 120mm Stator" and "1.4: Rotor Assembly".
Yes, I should think so. It could be that they end up bought or restructured , and continue onwards. But I think best case scenario is another major delivery delay. Also, I notes from the Teknatool Owners FB forum that the employee contact there posted that they're no longer with the company as of earlier this week. I gather that there were layoffs.
How? Isn't he an unsecured creditor?
Realistically, I expect this is the boat that all of us in the current pre-order round are in. However, it can't hurt to ask and the details probably lie somewhere in the specific retail vendor's policies, etc.
Actually, if you placed the order and they actually take the money (that is, charge your account) then by federal law, they have 30 days to deliver the product you paid for, unless you agree to an alternate date. On the other hand if all they did was place an "Auth" on your card, (meaning they didn't actually charge you yet) then they don't have to worry about delivery dates. (They'll process payment when they're ready to ship.)
Thanks, that's all helpful. At least in my case, the lathe order was explicitly called out as a "Pre-order" on the retailer's website when I placed it. And they did take the money – if it was just a CC auth, then the whole question would be rendered moot, naturally.
That would depend. He pre-ordered through acme tools, not teknatool. So the sales agreement is with a business still in operation
