Hi David,

As I sed, I was a bit bemused to your intentions in the phone call. I though you were intending to make your own sports Pistons.

As in, designing a new product, building its reputation etc.

Being slow, the penny has now dropped.

your intension was to copy the quarry Pistons exactly, to sell them as slipper Pistons and fill in the gaps. Doing so because I wanted to sell out my new stock.

Yes I want out of new part, and as you know I advertised it. if anyone wanted to buy me out.

When I put the new spares up for sale, the quarry piston patterns were included in the sale. If I wasn't making them, then the next owner could.

Only the owner of the patterns, be it me or the next owner. Will have the rights to sell the Pistons produced from them as quarry engineering slipper Pistons.

Although I can't stop anyone from copying them by design. Please note copycat Pistons should not be sold on, by useing quarry engineerings reputation.

They will be a fake at best.

Perhaps instead of copying the Pistons, the phone call should have been about what I would be charging to use the patterns to make more Pistons.

Think of the Pistons in the same way you would your new steering arms.

Anyone can copy Austins originals.
But you have taken the time to re design them, market them. And build there reputation.
How would you feel if someone took your new design and directly copy it.

As for the reamers, I know you made a double ended reamer. The people who bought the reamer from the thread on the forum, did not want the double ended reamer. They wanted a copy of Austins original. With three cutting faces.

I you want to talk further off the forum about what it will cost to use the quarry piston patterns you are welcome to do so.

Tony.

Location: Huncote on the pig