Carbon Fiber Products
I had posted up about a few custom B8 sets we’ve been working on and we finally got the first one wrapped up. I’m really happy with how it turned out and can’t wait to get some pictures back of it installed.
I hope to have the other custom B8 sets finished by the end of the week.
You can compare these new 20oz shots to some older 11oz 2×2 twill B8 sets we made a few months ago.
It only took 216 hours, 4 guys, 2 cranes, and a bunch of dirt but we are back up and running. I’ll be spending the next few days updating customers on their orders and trying to get caught up. I’ll be working overtime for the next week or two trying to get all outstanding orders up to speed, so feel free to email me (matt@ocarbon.com) if you have any questions or concerns about the status of your order.
Once again a big thanks goes out to all my customers that have been very supportive and understanding through this difficulty. It is appreciated more than you know.
I came to the shop this morning after being told everything would be up and running by noon. I arrived to find the hole filled up, but no one working on restoring power.
After a few phone calls and several hours, a crew finally showed up.
It would take two cranes to lift the concrete block and get the transformer back in place.
After four hours of steady work in 110F degree heat, they finally had everything back in place and the power back on.
I would learn from the crew afterwards that the plumbers responsible for the water main break had done a spotty job on repairing the pipes. It had taken several attempts which is why the hole was not filled up until yesterday. Had the pipes been fixed properly the first time, I would have had service resorted in 2 days. Having the break happen right before a major holiday weekend didn’t help speed anything up either, but at least it is finally fixed.
Total estimated repair bill: $18,000 (thankfully I don’t have to pay for it).
Just wanted to make a quick blog post to give everyone a heads up on why I’ve been so hard to get a hold of this week.
I went out to lunch a few days ago and when I returned, the street was completely flooded with muddy water. After a little investigation, I found the source of the problem. It seemed as if there as a broken pipe at the rear of the shop.
I called the property manager and he sent some plumbers out to take a look. As you can see from the photo, the break is right underneath the power transformer for the building. None of the plumbers wanted to shut off the water until the power company came to shut off the power to make sure no one would get shocked. Unfortunately the power company didn’t make it out to the site for several hours, so the water just flowed and flowed.
With the water finally shut off, it was determined that the water main from the fire sprinkler system was the culprit. It is located directly inside of the corner of the building where the break had occurred.
From there once the water had settled, a sinkhole started to form. You can see that the transformer is already leaning into the hole a bit. At this point, I was told the hole would be filled and the transformer would be propped up and everything would be good to go in a day or so.
I returned to the shop this morning hoping everything would be back up and running, only to find that the sinkhole is now HUGE, the transformer has been removed, and I still don’t have any water or power in the shop.
I have no idea when this will be fixed, but until it is I will still be tough to get a hold of. I hope this will get fixed quickly, however at it’s current pace I suspect it will be at least another day or two.
If you’re waiting on an order or need a status update, I’ll do my best to keep you up to date but I legally I’m not allowed to be at the shop until the fire system is back up and running because of the flammable nature of the materials we work with. So I can’t ship finished orders or complete nearly finished orders until I get the okay from the fire department.
Feel free to email me at matt@ocarbon.com if you have any questions.
