On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> In reality that's what the 6106's are, and I should have been more precise about
> the way I described them. The ones that I have were shipped with a front face
> that fit a full-height slot. The BASF 6106 doc's I've had since '82 or so are
> out on my carport where I put them one time when my basement was suffering from
> excess water. Some years have elapsed since then, however, since the water
> comes back more frequently than the urge to put things away.
If the few dozen that we got in the late 70s, when they first came out
were representative, then do not put them in the wet location, as that
would be water pollution.
> I may actually find them again, if that might help. I'm sure the spec doesn't
> call for a mallet, however. I think the Europeans developed a furniture door
> closure similar to what this drive uses, i.e. push to close, push to open. I
> have it on a number of my Scandinavian furniture pieces.
If the few dozen that we got in the late 70s, when they first came out
were representative, the door was the least of the problems and worked OK,
but performance of the drive would be IMPROVED if the door were operated a
few hundred times with a very large sledge. Once the door could no longer
be opened, the majority of the problems with the drive would be likely to
cease.
They were, indeed, a SA400 substitute. But whoever was in charge of their
production quality control needs to be dipped in molten iron.
EVERY BASF drive that we sold had to be replaced. In contrast, very few
of the MPI drives had problems.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 12:08:12 BST