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Pre-Sale Over August 7, 2010/Shipping August 8, 2010!

glaros — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:44:53 +0000

We will begin our shipping process within two weeks from today, July 23, 2010!!! We were able to confirm this morning that the metal reinforcements would be finished in time to begin shipping August 8, 2010. We will start shipping sooner if we receive them earlier. The price for our SKS Bullpup Kit will be going to the retail price August 8. The Front Tri-rail Mount Option/Accessory will be $24 and the Extended Magazine Release Lever Accessory for detachable magazines will be $18 and will not be included with the stock kits after August 7, but will be offered separately.

We will be posting an assembly video and close-up pictures the first of this next week.

Update 7-7-10

glaros — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:49:41 +0000

Great news! All of the Zytel parts have been run and they look great. The inserts are just about completed. We are scheduled to pick up our metal parts, which are having a black oxide finish applied, this coming Monday 7-12-10. The only metal part we have not received is a metal reinforcement which we can install at the end of our assembly process. We plan on beginning the assembly process this coming Tuesday, 7-13-10. It looks promising that we will be able to announce our two week count down ending our pre-sale by 7-16-10. This announcement would also mean that shipping would begin the day after our pre-sale ends. As a reminder, we will ship according to order date. We will keep you informed as to the month we are currently processing under “Latest News” on our home page. Assembly video coming soon.

Production Update 6-25-10

glaros — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:44:48 +0000

As you know, our molder told us that they were supposed to run our 6th and final part of the stock kit this past week. As a result of the machinist’s hospital stay, he was backed up with other jobs, as well as ours. However they were able to start on the 6th and final run today. They are well into the run and it looks like they will be finished Tuesday 6-29-10 with our order. Inserting has begun and we expect that to be completed soon.

Production Update 6-15-10

glaros — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:12:12 +0000

The receiver cover is slated to be run today or Wednesday. This was scheduled to be completed last week. The Director of Operations (who takes care of the company’s machining needs) was rushed to the hospital last Wednesday. He had heart attack-like symptoms, but tests revealed that he had massive amounts of ulcers. Around 40 ulcers that were severe and 13 that were bleeding. The good news is he doing well and will fully recover. He returned to work today and he is working on reconfiguring our jig to run the upper rear receiver cover. As a result of pricing confusion, the parts that need to have inserts were never taken to the other shop. The pricing issue was resolved today and they have assured us the parts will be delivered either today or Wednesday.

For new users, our latest update regarding shipping is:
http://sgworks.com/preliminary-run-this-monday-4-12-10/

One To Go

glaros — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:54:56 +0000

Our molder told us they will finish running the main housing mold (the 5th of six parts) this Monday, June 7, 2010. They will then start set up to run the final mold. They are scheduled to take the parts that need inserting to the shop this Monday. The shop doing the inserts say they need about a week turn around time to get set up with part supports. The actual inserting operation will go quickly.

For new users, our latest update regarding shipping is:
http://sgworks.com/preliminary-run-this-monday-4-12-10/

Four Down, Two To Go

glaros — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:53:33 +0000

Today we had another update meeting with our molder. They will be finished tomorrow 5-26-10 with 4 out of the 6 mold runs. Some of the gates and certain parts of the mold had to be polished up better after they began the full scale run, which set back the projected completion times. The jig, which is designed to work on both the main housing as well as the upper receiver cover is almost completed. They are waiting on some lock levers which will lock down the part in the position it needs to remain in. They should arrive any day now. They fully expect to begin running one of the final two molds by Tuesday, June 1st.

On another note, it looks like we are going to have another shop install the inserts. Our molder has never had to heat stake inserts in material as hard as our stock parts before. Without the right machine, it is taking three times longer to insert than anticipated. They have already dropped off sample parts today and should have the answers we need in a day or two. This will help speed up the inserting process.

As our policy has always been for the pre-sale, if the wait becomes an issue for any reason, please contact us for a full refund.

For new users, our latest update regarding shipping is:
http://sgworks.com/preliminary-run-this-monday-4-12-10/

Two Down, Four To Go

glaros — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:06:46 +0000

Our molder has completed the runs on two of six parts. The Friday third shift was scheduled to set up the 3rd mold to begin the run Monday 5-17-10. It seems to be taking two days to run the parts per mold. Some of the inserting is able to be done between cycles which will help save time in the long run. The jigs for the final 2 molds are well on their way to completion.

For new users, our latest update regarding shipping is:
http://sgworks.com/preliminary-run-this-monday-4-12-10/

Production Starting This Monday 5-10-10

glaros — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:26:39 +0000

The meeting we had with our molder this past Monday was very productive. We determined what kind of jigs we will need to correct the initial cooling issues of two of the parts. Our molder believes the jigs should be done by the first part of this coming week. It was confirmed today that the material for our first run will be in house this Friday 5-7-10. Tomorrow (Thurs.) our molder is beginning a third shift which will enable our molds, that don’t require jigs, to begin to be run Monday morning. To be clear, all of the molds will not be run on Monday morning. This process will take several days. We will have a better idea of how long this process will take after the first day or two. After the parts are produced, several of the parts will require inserts. Once completed, we will have to get the parts to our shop where the final bit of assembly and packaging will take place. We are getting very close to our final count down before shipping starts, which will end our 25% discount and 2 free accessories offer. Please refer to our earlier posts regarding any shipping questions.

Preliminary Runs Completed Today!

glaros — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:44:33 +0000

It took our molder one day longer than expected, but everything looks great. We are meeting with our molder first thing Monday morning in order to expedite the building/completion of the jigs. Our molder has informed us that the material for our first run should arrive within a week. We hope to have a date when production will start very soon. Please read our other posts further down to see our shipping process for pre-sales. We know this has been a long journey for many of you. We really appreciate your patience. We are very close!

Preliminary Update #2 4-22-10

glaros — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:53:06 +0000

We were very disappointed to find out that our molder failed to meet the agreed upon schedule that we were given. We had a heart to heart with the owner on Tuesday and he had an in-house meeting with all the employees on what his expectations are for our job. Fortunately, the delay had nothing to do with our tooling, it was a couple of in-house issues. The owner was apologetic and renewed his commitment to stick with the new schedule. As of today, they have completed three of the molds and will complete the rest of the preliminary runs by Wednesday morning 4-28-10. Their words-not ours. We are talking with them daily to stay up to date with the progress. It has been confirmed that we will indeed need to have several jigs built to ensure the upper rear housing keeps its proper shape during the initial cooling process.

We recommend potential customers new to this site read our last couple of posts on our “Latest News”. We discuss the two accessories we are including in the kit as a thank you for your support and patience, as we work to bring you an affordable, effective stock.