[Heathkit] Heathkit Manuals

[Garey Barrell]

Pete -

I guess I didn't make myself clear enough.

I know  _WHY_  they did it, but it doesn't make it any less
of a pain in the #(%^ when you find (at last!) that original
manual you have been looking for.   Then you open it up, and
NO schematic!!   Wall size schematics are nice when you're
building it, but useless when they become separated from the
manual!  The wall size pictorials aren't critical if they're
lost.  It would have been nice if they had printed a
schematic, even "mice type" (although how much more could a
single foldout cost)?   I guess they never considered that
the "Illustration Booklet" might actually get separated from
the manual 20 years later....

I know, just buy your  _EXCELLENT_  manual copies and I
won't have to worry about it..  Right!?!  :-)

Your efforts (and quality) are appreciated, although I don't
expect the income will allow you to retire to the Greek
Isles or even Ft. Lauderdale any time soon!

By the way, did you ever find that IP-22 manual I asked you
about a few years back?

73, Garey - K4OAH
Atlanta


manualman at juno.com wrote:
> Probably the same reason they didn't bind the "Illustration Booklet" into
> the manual. Having a manual with all the same size sheets, and not having
> any foldouts, lowers the cost of printing and collating the manual and it
> can be done all in one shot. The "old way" requires a foldout to be
> printed, folded and cut (or vice versa), and inserted. This step adds
> cost to the manual plus it sometimes complicates manual page changes
> later. The easier way is to pull all the major pictorials out and print
> and fold them in a vehicle called the "Illustration Booklet". Some have
> the schematic in the booklet but, on large schematics for some of the
> test, audio, and ham equipment, they were printed, folded, and inserted
> as a separate item. And then there are the models that have separate
> operating and assembly manuals and/or a service manual; but that's
> another story.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> www.manualman.com
>
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:40:45 -0400 Garey Barrell <k4oah at mindspring.com>
> writes:
>
>>I'd like to get my hands on the guy at Heath who decided
>>that it would be a good idea to put the schematic for a
>>piece of equipment in the "Illustration Booklet" instead of
>>binding into the manual!   Grrrrrrr.!
>>
>>It was probably one of the "bean counters", figuring they
>>could save $ 0.03 per kit.
>>
>>73, Garey - K4OAH
>>Atlanta
>

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