[Telenator]

OK, I've been on and off the road a few times over the past few weeks and not around too much. I have procured enough magent rod to make a set of pickups. The future of this material is however sketchy at best. It really is a simple matter of mixing the proper ratio of sintered metals together and rolling it but doing a run as small as mine is not something anyone seems to be interested. I have talked to some sintered metals companies who would consider a $50,000 order but are otherwise not interested. I got mine made up through a friend in the business who had a heck of a time just getting this done. It's not difficult to do, it's just a matter of quantity.

There are a few other materials I'm checking out with very similar properties that should do the job, perhaps even better than cunife. I have a few requests out there for "engineering samples" and hope to get some of these materials soon.

Either way, we're looking at another month or so before I'll have any more progress to report. It's busy season at my job and it's difficult devoting too much time to this right now. Just wanted to give you guys a quick update.