IHL

Hi The black t-nuts that are used by all, have a black-oxide finish on them. The t-nuts start out being steel (not sure if they are galvanized or not). Process is similar to gun blueing. Most common size is 8 x 32. The most economical way to do it is in bulk.

Ryan Thanks for your response. You indeed have it very wrong about patents expiring allowing everyone to jump aboard. The Chinese were making those machines while the patents were still valid. The Chinese do not adhere to patents and are certainly not going to wait 17-21 years for them to expire. The companies that hold the patents would pretty much have to file patent protection in every single country in the world to protect their patents. Cost prohibitive to do and enforce. A case in question, a USA company held numerous Patents on a certain application. A company from S.E.Asia made the same product and shipped it to the USA and started to sell it. The USA company took foreign company to court and won. Said product is still made by foreign Co and is still sold outside the USA as American Co only has patent rights in the USA. Like i said, viscious cycle. take care

Evening Folks What everybody has forgot is Juki and Adler etc, have spent big $ in R&D developing their machines and that is built into the price. All the other yahoo's buy one of their machines and tell China to copy it and their price reflects it. You would not be paying what you are right now if they had to develope their own machines. Show me what they did differently, sure they painted it a different color. Here is the kicker. China sends you the perfect backwards engineered sewing machine and then you order a 1000 of them only to find out that there are 990 bad on the water. All the customers have to deal with bad machines. It becomes a vicsious circle. What is sad is, eventually the big companies close their doors as nobody is buying their machines. This has happened time and time again and then you really have to work with sh&t because those Chinese companys do not have a R&D dept, all they have ever done is copied other machines. I own eighteen name brand machines and would not do it any other way.

I have the following assorted threads for sale. 2 x spools (Mast Harness Hardware) # 346 Brown Double Bonded Nylon 2lbs 3oz total $ 13.00 per pound plus shipping 4 x spools (Mast Harness Hardware) # 346 Black Double Bonded Nylon 4lbs 7oz total $ 13.00 per pound plus shipping 1 x spool (Weaver Leather) # 277 White Double Bonded Nylon 1lbs 3oz $ 12.00 plus shipping

I have the following thead for sale. 6 x Spools (John Howard Co) size 6 cord White Bonded Nylon Thread. Spools range from 13oz to 15oz. $ 12.00 per pound plus shipping. If you want it all $ 65.00 including shipping.

I Have a total of 14lbs 2oz of A.H. Rice #138 Soft Black Polyester Thread for sale that are on 12 spools. Spools range from 1lbs 1oz to 1lbs 7ozs. I do not require this thread anymore. $ 12.00 per pound plus shipping. If you want all of it $ 170.00 including shipping.