Hatsan barrel switch - if it ain't broke, fix it good...?

[Leaded]

No offense intended, and no I’m not saying that. It just doesn’t make sense that liability would be the reason for not selling one trigger blade (edge) but selling the other (Quattro).

[mikeyb]

No offense intended, and no I’m not saying that. It just doesn’t make sense that liability would be the reason for not selling one trigger blade (edge) but selling the other (Quattro).

No offense taken It was a valid question.
Edge blade does have extra parts and that increases the risk of improper assembly and installation.
In this bats hit crazy world of "it's not MY fault" and rampant litigation to blame anyone/everyone ELSE, I do think liability could be at least a partial factor.

[Kragman1]

Well, Darn.

Darn & Heck.

I was thinking for $5-ish per blade I would buy 10 or so and donate them if I could get 2 back straightened.

I think what we need now is an "inside man", a sympathizer who works there or "knows a guy" that can make this happen.   lol!

[mikeyb]

Well, Darn.

Darn & Heck.

I was thinking for $5-ish per blade I would buy 10 or so and donate them if I could get 2 back straightened.

I think what we need now is an "inside man", a sympathizer who works there or "knows a guy" that can make this happen.   lol!

I used to work at a US company designing and manufacturing products consisting of injection molded plastic housings, plastic optics, metal formed parts, and complex electronic circuit boards. You would not believe the low cost of these parts when made in China and shipped here for final assembly "made in USA(?)". A progressive die stamped metal part like the Edge trigger blade should cost less than $0.45 each once the initial tooling is paid for.

I recently needed ~1.5" Teflon ball valve seats for work (brewery). Requested the OEM replacement seals over a year ago but our US rep just can't get the correct rebuild kits for these Italian made (expensive) ball valves. Even when available the kit prices are high at ~$80 for 2 Teflon seats and a common o-ring. I got tired of waiting and contacted a factory in China. Sent them my own CAD drawing of the part and in 3 months (mostly Holiday delays) had perfect "copy" Teflon seats in hand for under $2 each. Found the common o-rings on Amazon for about 3 cents each.

I'll look into doing the same thing with a stamped steel parts factory in China to make "copies" of Edge blade (minus the crazy hook). It can't hurt to ask for a quote. No promises on time frame since it will take at least a couple weeks for me to create a proper drawing.

Rant On...
I know there are some folks who don't like buying anything from China. I'm NOT one of them. The manufacturers and their employees in China take as much pride in their work as we do here in the US. If you provide GOOD DRAWINGS and have open communications, you can get excellent quality parts made there. In my experience  "junk" parts happen when some bean counter here sees the lower prices over there and wants those parts made from a "napkin sketch". The resulting parts match the sketch, but usually don't work because the sketch didn't include proper material specs, dimensions, or tolerances.  Junk IN = Junk OUT.
Rant Off

Sorry

[Lt. Dan]

Well, Darn.

Darn & Heck.

I was thinking for $5-ish per blade I would buy 10 or so and donate them if I could get 2 back straightened.

I think what we need now is an "inside man", a sympathizer who works there or "knows a guy" that can make this happen.   lol!

I used to work at a US company designing and manufacturing products consisting of injection molded plastic housings, plastic optics, metal formed parts, and complex electronic circuit boards. You would not believe the low cost of these parts when made in China and shipped here for final assembly "made in USA(?)". A progressive die stamped metal part like the Edge trigger blade should cost less than $0.45 each once the initial tooling is paid for.

I recently needed ~1.5" Teflon ball valve seats for work (brewery). Requested the OEM replacement seals over a year ago but our US rep just can't get the correct rebuild kits for these Italian made (expensive) ball valves. Even when available the kit prices are high at ~$80 for 2 Teflon seats and a common o-ring. I got tired of waiting and contacted a factory in China. Sent them my own CAD drawing of the part and in 3 months (mostly Holiday delays) had perfect "copy" Teflon seats in hand for under $2 each. Found the common o-rings on Amazon for about 3 cents each.

I'll look into doing the same thing with a stamped steel parts factory in China to make "copies" of Edge blade (minus the crazy hook). It can't hurt to ask for a quote. No promises on time frame since it will take at least a couple weeks for me to create a proper drawing.

Rant On...
I know there are some folks who don't like buying anything from China. I'm NOT one of them. The manufacturers and their employees in China take as much pride in their work as we do here in the US. If you provide GOOD DRAWINGS and have open communications, you can get excellent quality parts made there. In my experience  "junk" parts happen when some bean counter here sees the lower prices over there and wants those parts made from a "napkin sketch". The resulting parts match the sketch, but usually don't work because the sketch didn't include proper material specs, dimensions, or tolerances.  Junk IN = Junk OUT.
Rant Off

Sorry

Bravo Mike, well written.  I agree 100%. My nephew lived in China 20 years, now he's living in Thailand and he has talked about the quality products the Chinese can turn out.

The "cheap" Chinese made products in the US are exactly what our manufacturers or corporations have asked for.  Our US corporations only want high profits not quality.

[Kragman1]

Mike, if you have info for the dimensions you need, etc I can make them into a manufacturing drawing that will be language independent.
We will need to know what locational & size tolerances are allowabke though, or make some educated guesses.
I assume that the very best thing would be to send them a sample trigger if you have a straightened one.