Steve,

C'est l'vie. Maybe I did get the wrong guy -- but he said what we
have is old, 12 years or so, and they don't make them anymore. The
same part is now solid brass.

Oh well. Maybe I'll get lucky on the list yet! Thanks anyway.

Phil

>Phil,
>         I used to have the same problem. Every time we moved the equipment
>one of the plastic "arms" or valve bodies would get broken!!  Although it
>seems to me it was Kinetics or Newport that had the "cheap" plastic bodies.
>Last July I had to replace one "broken" by movers and the manufacturer just
>sent me the parts at no cost, saying , "these things break all the
>time!"     Maybe you just didn't talk to the right person. The newer TMC's
>have a fairly robust metal arm and valve assembly.
>Good luck, I wish I had my box of old parts, but they went to Chicago with
>my previous employer last year.
>Regards,
>Steve
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm looking for a part no longer available from the manufacturer. We
>>have a TMC Micro-g air table, and one of the black plastic parts that
>>holds together the leveling valve (at the ends of the table) has
>>broken.
>>
>>I can't get one of these from TMC anymore -- the whole valve kit has
>>to be bought for $120, and the bloody things were special-made for
>>TMC.
>>
>>Does anyone perchance have any of these things that they no longer need?
>>
>>Thanks to all.
>>
>>Phil
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>>}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{
>>Philip Oshel
>>Supervisor, AMFSC and BBPIC microscopy facilities
>>Department of Animal Sciences
>>University of Wisconsin
>>1675 Observatory Drive
>>Madison,  WI  53706 - 1284
>>voice: (608) 263-4162
>>fax: (608) 262-5157 (dept. fax)
>
>Steve Limbach
>Assistant Instrumentation Innovator/Researcher
>Electrical and Computer Engineering
>Center for Bioelectronic Interfaces
>1423 Engineering Hall
>1415 Engineering Drive
>Madison, WI 53706-1691
>Phone: 608 165-5732
>FAX:    608 262-1267
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