bigblockbanshee Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) So I've been trying to sell my drag Pingel with 3/8" NPT inlet and when no one nibbled I decided to keep and use it. I went to order the adapter plate/mount from Pingel for it at $26. I was kinda surprised that it was that much to start with but I needed one so I commenced to pay for it when I found out that Pingel not only wanted the 26 bones for the part but they wanted another 14 for shipping. I'm pretty sure you could ship a hundred or more in a small flat rate box for $5 so pricing one at $14 was ridiculous and absurd. I decided to draw up plans for my own custom one and show it off. I got the piece back from the machine shop Monday and it's perfect . Just a little gasket material and teflon and it's ready to go! Edited March 5, 2011 by bigblockbanshee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06specialedition Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Hell ya, that works just as good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ban99 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Very nice, you should sell them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasJeff Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 I agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUILDER Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Just curious what did the machine shop charge you to mill that block out for you?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblockbanshee Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 As far as selling them goes, this was kinda a weird deal where I bought the Pingel and the guy said it would come with the plate and turned out it didn't. It's inlet is 3/8 NPT which is, I think, the larger size versus the normal 1/4 NPT that the ones for specific applications are. So as I said above when no one showed any interest in it I decided to create a drawing for my own which leads me into the cost issue. Technically this was the prototype so to speak and since I created the drawing myself it was free to me from the machine shop across campus. I really couldn't say how much they, or I, would charge to have a bunch made to sell or what kind of copyright/patent infringement would occur if I did. The problem here is the only reason I had my own made is because the dude I bought it from left out the plate. Otherwise by the time you buy your own Pingel without a plate and buy one of these you're approaching the cost of what you could buy the whole Pingel kit for. But on the lighter side of things, if anyone is interested in one I guess just pm me and I'll see what I can do. I will guarantee though that it will not be $40 shipped like Pingel wants. Btw thanks for the compliments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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