John,
Thanks for trying! We appreciate your hard work and time!
Now, who's job was it to see to manufacturing the "John Wallace
Award"??? :-}
Doug in CT

John Rodgers wrote:
> The project is DEAD!
>
> I finally got to see the engineer at Southern Comfort Conversions. Big
> outfit, their facility here is a city block in size, all under one roof.
>
> The engineer there took a look at what I wanted done - the laser
> scanning of the pieces and digitizing of the numbers,, and the
> conversion of the numbers into CNC code for milling of a mold.. He said
> it could be done, but they couldn't do it because of current demands on
> them by the market place. They had to much to do to tie up the manpwoer
> and equipment on such a project. He elaborated, but the bottom line
> was NO!
>
> With that said, I have exhausted all possibilities here. There might be
> a place in Nashville, or Memphis, or Atlanta, but at this time I can't
> devote the time or resources to trying to find someone in those locales
> to take a look.
>
> So, there it is, I'm done.
>
> I want to thank Ryan Alfonso and Kim Brennan and Daniel Stern of Daniel
> Stern Lighting  for their generosity - and patience - in the loan of the
> parts that were to be used in this project. I will be returning the
> parts to them this week.
>
> And lastly, thanks to all you list members for your patience while I
> sought out the possibilities of making this project viable. I just wish
> I had something better to report.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>