July 4th Holiday Closure

We will be closed on Independance day, July 4th. This means that that day won't be counted toward your turn times. For example, if you have asked for a 48 hour turn time and we receive you kit on the afternoon of the 3rd, your 48 hour clock will start on Thursday, the 5th.

We apologize for any inconvenience and wish you a happy holiday.

Holiday Closing

Hi all. We will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 28th.

This means that Monday won't be counted toward your turn times. For example, if you have asked for a 48 hour turn time and we receive you kit on the afternoon of the Friday, 25th, your 48 hour clock will start on Tuesday, the 29th.

We apologize for any inconvenience and wish you a happy holiday.

Duane Benson
By the way, this is out 100th blog post!

Back to normal

It's still a little slushy around here but everything should be back to normal in terms of delivery schedules today. We do apologize to those of you that had shipments delayed due to weather. Fortunately such disruptions tend to not happen very often and not last very long here in Oregon. But it doesn't take a lot to shut the whole place down.

Now it's time to get back to putting lots of chips on pc boards. First, though, take a look at this YouTube video (<- link takes you to YouTube to watch if your firewall doesn't let you see the embedded version here) to see why we had difficulties getting things in and out.

Still frozen

As of the morning of the 17th, it's still pretty frozen here. The weather folks tell us it should be all cleared up by this afternoon, but maybe not. They also say we may have freezing rain tonight.

We had a few shipments that didn't go out yesterday and there may be a few again today that don't go out due to the weather. As much as we'd like to say that that such things never happen, they do.

We will do our best to get your orders out, but, as is stated in our delivery guarantee:

"We are subject to things outside of our control, like weather, which can cause delays with your receipt of finished product. These kind of delays, as they are out of control, would not be included in the delivery guarantee."

Duane Benson

More snow - Maybe Delays

We are expecting to have some weather related delays today.

As you can see from the photo, the snow has gotten a little deeper - deep enough for a few of us to go out and build a snowman.

We have decided to not send our driver out on the slick roads, so for some of you local customers, there might be a weather-related delay. The US Mail carrier has already been here for delivery, so they are getting around. We haven't seen UPS yet, but hopefully, they will be able to get in and out for delivery and pickup today too.

Right now, it looks like we may have some weather related delays on jobs set to ship out today, both local and distant. We're expecting potential issues with the shippers and there will likely be delays at the airport as well.

It's snowing in Canby!

I know. I know. To most of the country, this amount of snow wouldn't even be noticed. But, this is Oregon. We flinch after three flakes. We like it wet and drippy. This cold and slippery stuff frightens us. Give us some good 40 degree rain.

Not to worry, though. We are working today. I suspect that some of our staff may not make it in (slippery roads, scary white stuff, you know) but there are plenty of folks in the shop assembling boards. Right now, I don't think I can guarantee that the weather won't hold up a job or two but I don't think that it will. I'll put up a new post if we change our minds, get scared, and abandon the office for hot coco and home.

Duane Benson
I need a Latte. Someone please get me a Latte.

Thanksgiving 2006 Closure

We will be closed on November 23rd and 24th. This means that those days won't be counted toward your turn times. For example, if you have asked for a 48 hour turn time and we receive you kit on the afternoon of the 22nd, your 48 hour clock will start on Monday, the 27.

We apologize for any inconvenience and wish you a happy holiday.