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[Arthur Brown]

Wasp hardware looks to be easily developed into a UK model. It's the wasp software that makes it special! Starts, pastes layers without peaking at the poles then stops when the layers are complete.

Don't know what the duty will be, but VAT will be added by HMRC before it will arrive with you.

[Mumbles]

I forget about the currently poor conversion rate. 1000 pounds is probably pretty close. I seem to remember a friend paying $1800, but I don't know if that was shipping and all, or if he got the extra goodies or anything.

[StephF]

So, let me get this straight. Shipping of plastic hemispheres from the US was too expensive, so you bought an $1800 machine, and had it shipped over? For that price you could have gotten a mountain of plastic hemispheres from Plasticos Gamon in Spain. They're higher quality than the stuff available here.

I've never actually found any way of ordering from Gamon, there's not a lot of help on their website.

[cooperman435]

I found them a little hard to deal with at first but persevered and got there in the end and since then haven't had any problems. I think it helps once you've already had business with them when you reorder.

[StephF]

I found them a little hard to deal with at first but persevered and got there in the end and since then haven't had any problems. I think it helps once you've already had business with them when you reorder.

A point of interest, I had an e-mail exchange from Antonio Gamon of Gamon Plasticos in Spain.
He says they are intending to add an English translation to their website soon.

[sasman]

it should be landing on my door step on monday / tuesday so ill be able to tell if vat has been added (iv been told its been labelled as a gift so fingers crossed (worse case i'm vat registered so i could claim it back elsewhere )

the price i got included postage and paypal fees but they did give us a free tape dispenser and since the wasp only come to 22lbs i was told they would fill it up to 50lbs in shells and tape ect to get me going. so fingers crossed.

im sure the device could be made in the uk far less but the software must have had lot of time, money and experience to develop it but who knows (iv seen visco machines made of knex toy sets (now that's ingenious

Hi

Did you ever get your wasp pasting machine ? If you did can you tell us about it please.. I am intrested in using the machine to make the entire shell casing ...

I have seen jim post some picture on pyrobin on how to make a former.. then wrap the former in cling film then paste gummed paper tape until the right thickness is produced...I would like to know how much it costs per shell..

Thanks


Rob