The sleds are not yet orderable or ever reservable... I really don't think availability is going to be an issue. Price is not firm but a ballpark is sited somewhere in the thread above. Rob will announce a yahoo store when everything is ready.

Started to punch sleds this past friday but our Strippit machine broke the tool I had to buy specially for the sleds. Nice.

I ordered another tool, so we should be on track to start punching again very soon.

Sorry to hear about the desaster! I hope it didn't set you back for too much! And if it did, I hope you make a nice profit on the sleds! I'll take 2 or three!!

Any news Rob? Just got the new WRX so i'm itching for that black sled so i can get 'er all empegged up! =]

I will find out. The replacements for the tools that broke should have come in late last week.

I have 50 of the connectors for the back. I guess I will be providing a connector and all the pins needed with each sled order.

Will you also have some without connectors? I already have three connectors at home, ready to go into your sleds

Sweet! Now i won't have to bastardize a connector from my home dock. Thanks for the update Rob! I got dibs on the first black sled! =]

I got dibs on the first black sled!

I'm pretty sure they'll all be black. Most of the demand is for black.

I also need a dock for my recently acquired truck, so I am getting pretty impatient as well.

I guess I will put an option to order without connectors.

I also have some of the tuner connectors on order. All you need to make a harness will be wire, RCA connectors (available at any Radio Shack), and minimal soldering skills.

Sweet. Thanks again for doing all this work Rob. Especially sourcing connectors and pins and tuner connectors. You guys who are doing all this extra work for this community have no idea how much it's appreciated.

*three cheers!*

Hip...HIp...Hooray!!!
Hip...HIp...Hooray!!!
Hip...HIp...Hooray!!!

Over 50 sleds punched. Next step is bending, then welding, and finally painting.

What metal are you making them out of?

And, to be terribly annoying, is it possible to modify the bendy things for attachment to the dash, or is there simply an unmodifiable punch?

Raw ones and black ones are made out of different metal. All of these will end up black, but I don't remember what we used at the moment. I will ask the next time I go out to the factory.

Attached is a picture of the punch that broke a couple weeks back. This is the one that we use to make the tabs. As you can see, we just strike the metal a bunch of times in dirrerent directions to make each tab. How would you like it to attach to the dash?

I don't know.

In reality, the one I get from you (hopefully) will be going into a new car , but I had problems with the original one having a lot of tabs but none of them being positioned quite properly. I hadn't had that problem before with other aftermarket stereos I had in that car.

Probably not a big deal.

Looks great. I've been trying to avoid the great summer dash tear up until the black sleds became available, but I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to hold out. Probably about 24 hours after my blutooth car kit gets here.

Matthew

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Probably about 24 hours after my blutooth car kit gets here.

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Ok.... I've got to have a link for that one.

It's a Parrot CK3000. Here's the thread I started. I'll report back once it's installed. UPS Says mine is somewhere between California and Hodgkins, Il.

Matthew

Is it too late to cater for docked ethernet somehow ?

Is it too late to cater for docked ethernet somehow ?

Docked ethernet is easy enough to add yourself. My two docking stations with docked ethernet have been doing great.

Docked ethernet is not really hard to implement as an add-on, but can be a pain in the butt to get right the first time -- and for many of us, the first time is often the only time.

The method used in the home docks can be adapted for sled use -- basically a precision milled wooden block that positions and holds the RJ45 connector in the Right Place. They're easy enough for me to make, now that the design has been figured out, tried, tested, and true.

I could mill up a bunch of blocks, which people could then just glue into their sled's with cables inserted. "Goop" would work well for this, as would a screw through a hole drilled in the sled. I suppose I could also include an integrated cable and female jack to make things even easier -- pretty much the same as I do in the Home Docks.

The only issue is how to get these to people. I suppose a padded mailer envelope and postage would do it. Total (delivered) cost might be around US$15 or so, which is probably pricey.

Cheers

The only issue is how to get these to people. I suppose a padded mailer envelope and postage would do it. Total (delivered) cost might be around US$15 or so, which is probably pricey.

[poor recent college graduate]Or you could post the dimensions and materials you used here and let us do it ourselves! [/poor recent college graduate]

I figure that anyone who could do it themselves doesn't need me to figure out the measurements for them!

Cheers

Measure your thumb width, then post the size in MLTU (Mark Lord Thumb Units).

Would that be before, or after, the hammer incident?

And before, or after the knife incident? Is that what happened? You smashed yourself with the hammer, and tried to trim it back to size?

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would a screw through a hole drilled in the sled.

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This was kinda what I had in mind when i posted.

How about the new sleds have a couple of tapped holes, ready to accept the wooden block ?

Good idea!

How about the new sleds have a couple of tapped holes, ready to accept the wooden block ?

Possible, but not on this batch at least.

And the holes shouldn't actually be tapped.. just drilled.

Easy enough to do oneself, too.

Cheers