You can trust I will let everyone know when I am ready to reveal them. Keep an eye on http://www.bttfstuff.com for updates. - VB >From: Chuck McKnight <gullwingdoors@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [DML] Optima Battery...you want fries with that? >Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:21:22 -0800 (PST) > >Any estimate yet on how much you will charge for the final product? > > Chuck > >Videobob Moseley <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have just revolutionized the best way to replicate the flux parts >in a way that >has never been done before. >I will soon be selling Flux capacitors that are more detailed and close the >original than >have ever been offered before, and ironically cheaper. >There are several people out there who have been building Flux's for years >all using >similar methods. I have figured out a way of doing it that takes all the >hard work out >and speeding up the production and lowing the costs by completely >replicating the parts >using RTV silicone molds and composite injection resin casting. >I am, as we speak making replicas of the original glass tubes and brass >relays that >go inside the Flux. >Past traditional methods used by Bruce C., Doug B., and others were to use >a >1/2" >acrylic rod, drill the center and round the edges to replicate the original >glass vacuum tube >relay. What I have done is make an exact replica mold of one of the relays >out of a clear resin. >I also replicated the brass electro-magnetic base. >The detail is better than any other replica available, the parts look like >the real thing. >Another detail I will keep is the correct spacing of the parts, the correct >lighting, >chase pattern and speed of the lights, and other details that have been >previously >over looked. >I am also working on having the electronic board made as a custom printed >board >that only needs the components soldered on to speed up production. >This simplicity and speed will allow me to lower labor costs and sell them >cheap enough >that anyone would be able to buy one off the shelf and hang it on the wall >or put it >in their DeLorean. >I will be doing this to a lot of the BTTF props. >Just keep an eye on http://www.bttfstuff.com for more! >I also plan to do this for some of the DMC parts out there too! >- VB To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/