"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Once the newer Sefar panels were available, (from Rex at least if not from Midwest and Nazdar), I was not frustrated. I also have not tried to buy any panels in the last month, if that's the main source of frustration right now. Are folks saying that there aren't any?For those of us who are happy with the product, I take it from what you just said, that you will be contracting the manufacturing of panels for us in the near future. I assume that all of Rex's problems have now been noted and are not to be repeated (a risk increased with bargain priced contractors)Even with only eighteen frames and panels, I don't really want to change systems, especially if it means losing half of my present investment, and perhaps needing new tools and/or equipment to boot, your generous offer notwithstanding.I guess what I and others probably would like is an approximate time line on panel availability. weeks? months?
Yes, there is definitely an update for everyone...First, Shur-Loc has purchased PanelFRAME and RollerPANEL from Rex White. Rex has been retained by Shur-Loc as our primary sales liaison for both product lines. Second, we have worked with various mesh suppliers to decrease the cost of fabrics to the end users (yes, this means cheaper panels for everyone!) and relaunch our economy line of panels. We only had these available in a few mesh counts before now, but with the new deals, we can offer almost everything from an 83 to a 305 in our economy line.Finally, we understand how frustrated everyone is with the PanelFRAME situation. We were approached to help with the situation and are working with our suppliers as quickly as possible to get all the parts and pieces together to manufacture the PanelFRAME panels. Hopefully, we will be back to stocking distributor's shelves in the near future, but for now, we are still waiting on suppliers.Now, with that said, we want to make everyone happy and are going to make a offer to everyone with a PanelFRAME that cannot find supplies to continue using them. Contact us today at (360) 805-4140 or email ron@shurloc.com and we will offer you a $20 credit on each PanelFRAME that you want to trade-in against a Shur-Loc EZ Frame, EZ Angle Conversion Kit or premium fabric panel for your roller frames. We are only running this special offer through 11/19 so call me today to get the deal before it's gone.We know this whole situation has been frustrating for all of you, but we hope this will ease the expense of getting into a frame system that allows you to use any mesh count or thread diameter we offer and will get you a frame system that will provide you years of trouble free operation and quality support from Shur-Loc fabrics.
Wow, this is getting a bit crazy...Just so we can be clear, yes, we will have PanelFRAME fabric panels made from Sefar eMesh just like the fabrics that had replaced the original panels that many experienced size consistency issues etc. with- not mesh usability issues. Keep in mind, this is not a premium mesh line in our standards, but if the replacement fabrics have worked for you, you will have as good - if not better results from the new fabrics. These fabrics will be made 100% in the US, in our facilities with our staff. We do not want to outsource the jobs to China or another overseas country to save a buck or two and sacrifice the quality controls that we have in place here. We also do not want to create a shortage of products that crippled the supply of fabrics. The reason for the delay is to get the parts extruded to make the fabrics takes 6-8 weeks to get online. This deal was made just over 6 weeks ago and the design process began immediately following that agreement. We are expecting to begin shipping fabrics soon as supplies become available.Going back to the OP, this topic began with a user wanting to get a Murakami "S" thread fabric on a PanelFRAME. This is something that will not be offered, at least in the short term, because of pricing and the ability to control the tension of the frames.