“"Batch 3 have started. We're expecting it to take 10 working days, so they should all be on the way by the 23rd. It's not a 'ship in one day' job, as each unit is individually hand finished, inspected, and sealed. We get 15-20 done a day. "”
- unofficial update from Lewis.
Lewis has also communicated to us that sending remaining missing parts from batches 1&2 and completing the outstanding trade-ins from the UH are his 1st priority to complete in the first wave of shipping.
To those guys, thanks for your patience. Part of Batch 2 had suffered machining flaws which caused delay so those components were remachined with batch 3’s: many of which were slated to be part of the trade in kits prior to discovering the machine defects.
There will be a batch 4 but we’re going to try and do some things a bit differently including looking at a different machinist that has a better emphasis on QC inspection before shipping to 7Chambers so that we don’t have those kinds of delays again.
All to say, I believe Lewis is planning to do a progress update as soon as he has the time in between assembling and packing kits but there should be some traction again now after the long wait.
The next period of waiting for kits should be limited to those who ordered the crystal chamber and requested it be sent at the same time as the kit… I believe he’s expecting the rest of the crystal chamber kit parts very soon.