I’ve got as far as the payment fields for Digi-Key and the parts will be shipped from the US. Is there a British company I can use instead?

I went ahead with the Digi-Key order. The other British site won’t have then for another 9 days.

43 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

@SergeyPe, would you mind posting a topic with details of the various parts that will probably need replacing over the lifetime of the Fulcrum yoke?

OK, excellent idea! I'll put it together tomorrow.

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I went ahead with the Digi-Key order. The other British site won’t have then for another 9 days.

I'd expect that most of the smaller British companies would be sourcing the parts from the same big guys like Mouser or Digi-Key- it's probably cheaper than investing in their own local stocks... 

Edited October 29, 20232 yr by SergeyPe

A surprising phone call at lunchtime. It was Chris. I won't go into what we discussed but he's offered to drive down to me at the weekend and fix the broken switch. My order was dispatched this morning so I should have the parts by the weekend,

I've asked Chris to post something here. Hopefully he will.

36 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I've asked Chris to post something here. Hopefully he will.

Thanks for asking. I hope he can find the energy and courage to do so. If he isn't able to post here himself yet I hope he allows you to relay some messages.
When you see him please tell him we wish him all the best (at least I do) and hope he will someday be able to pick up where he left off.

43 minutes ago, orchestra_nl said:

When you see him please tell him we wish him all the best (at least I do) and hope he will someday be able to pick up where he left off.

Please convey the same wishes and hope from me as well.

As promised Chris arrived at my house this morning and replaced the stuck button. He also replaced the other button on the same side as it wasn’t responding to every action.

We discussed the future of the company but I’ll leave Chris to announce that. He has confirmed he has a viable plan for the future and it sounds good to me.

@SergeyPe, I’m very grateful for your help in identifying the replacement parts. Up and running again. 👍

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

We discussed the future of the company but I’ll leave Chris to announce that. He has confirmed he has a viable plan for the future and it sounds good to me.

Thanks Ray, that's encouraging to hear.

Al

15 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I’m very grateful for your help in identifying the replacement parts. Up and running again. 👍

Great, Ray! You are more than welcome😀. I'm also happy to hear that Chris is active with the recovery plans; he really deserves every bit of success in that!

I’ve also just had the red button failure - it’s stuck in the down position.  This is the second time this has happened to me - first time was a few months after purchase and Chris sent me a new yoke handle to replace the broken one.  Now, a year or so later, that replacement handle red button has also failed.  
 

Noted the instructions above about fixing the issue.  I am not able to do that but I have a friend who might be able to do the replacement thing.  
 

Question, does the replacement button switch need to be the type mentioned in earlier posts or could any similar-sized button that fits in the yoke be used instead?  We’re here in New Zealand so don’t know if those button switches are available here.

Thanks

John

 

1 hour ago, Johnwag said:

Question, does the replacement button switch need to be the type mentioned in earlier posts or could any similar-sized button that fits in the yoke be used instead?  We’re here in New Zealand so don’t know if those button switches are available here.

Any similar-sized button will do, providing that it's of a momentary-switch type.

2 hours ago, Johnwag said:

I’ve also just had the red button failure - it’s stuck in the down position.  This is the second time this has happened to me - first time was a few months after purchase and Chris sent me a new yoke handle to replace the broken one.  Now, a year or so later, that replacement handle red button has also failed.  
 

Noted the instructions above about fixing the issue.  I am not able to do that but I have a friend who might be able to do the replacement thing.  
 

Question, does the replacement button switch need to be the type mentioned in earlier posts or could any similar-sized button that fits in the yoke be used instead?  We’re here in New Zealand so don’t know if those button switches are available here.

Thanks

John

 

Hi John, please contact me via [email protected] and I will send you some. 

Chris

Thanks for the replies.  I’ll send you an email to support thanks Chris.

John

 

Finally, one of the push buttons stuck.
I ordered a C&K 8125 switch from a supplier in Taobao and successfully replaced the defective one in the yoke. As mentioned by some other users, the feel of this new one is a little bit different. The travel is slightly shorter.

Here is the link of a photo of the two switches. The one on the left hand side is the C&K replacement while another one is the original defective switch.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/L422uVuYQCuFwy_NhvdAQQ.j6n7jjFYYqtkxLCM4CSMrr