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PERHAPS I CAN MAKE READ RINGS FOR YOU ....

Updated 8 Feb 2010

I make read rings as a hobby for my own projects and also for other Finnish projects. I make in some amount of read rings also for foreign projects, because I am interested to develop different types read rings. It gives to me also resources and production volume to find best read ring materials. I prefer to help new exiting research projects, because I have very limited possibilities (time) to engrave the plates and roll the rings.

I prefer to make only the engraved plates and leave the rolling to the projects (it is easy , look at rolling ). You can easily make the rolling tools, but I can deliver ones, if needed. I make the rings using a mixture of two fonts (Aeronaut and DIN). Have a look at fonts and the comments about them in how-to-read-pages. You are free to choose the materials, but I do not recommend ABS. 

The price of read ring plates and rings depends on the size and the material of the rings and the time of order and delivery. I do not like making rings during my own ringing season (May-July). You must note that I have no possibility to store special materials (colours). The delivery time for some good materials can be 4-6 weeks and the minimum delivery can be 10 sheets (size 1200 x 600 mm). 

Note that I am not making rings for business, but only for scientific projects. My production is very limited, because I want to ring myself and keep the production under VAT-limits. That means that I can produce only about 10 000 rings/plates in a year. I use that “profit” to my own gull research and to develop of rings. My priorities are the projects, which produce comments from the functionality of the read rings. I like also to help new project to start. I am avoiding to produce rings during my own field season May-July. I have produced actually all Finnish read rings i.e. >30 000 rings/plates. I bit more I have made for tens of different projects into Europe.  

The prices in Euro of  read rings for scientific projects.

Inner dia

Plates

Rings

Some material options

Example usages

>3mm

0.5

ask

? 0.5mm or 0.8mm ABS/PMMA

Passerines, small waders

>6mm

0.5

1.0

0.8mm ABS/PMMA + 1.0mm PMMA

Small gulls, waders

>8mm

0.6

1.2

1.0mm PMMA + 1.6mm PMMA/PVC

Large  gulls and waders

>12mm

0.7

1.3

1.6mm PMMA/PVC

Herons, geese, cormorants

>20mm

0.8

1.4

1.6mm PMMA/PVC

Large birds

>30mm

ask

ask

1.6 or 3.0mm PMMA/PVC

Neck rings

Notes

Prices are for cheap materials like ABS and PVC. Add 0.1 euro for good materials (PMMA). Add 0.2 euro for the best material (3ply-1.0mm PMMA), which is an expensive special no stock material just made for me.

For new design add 10 euro and a set of samples add 10 euro. For difficult check codes add 0.1 euro. Small batches (<100 ones) add 10 euro. Tools for rolling cost 20 euro and special opening pliers 10 euro and Bison glue 4 euro/tube. Normal postage is 10 euro. Accepted orders before December gives a discount -10%. For late orders add extra: in April +10% and in May +20%. No deliveries in June-July.

You are free to make an inquiry  .. 

Risto Juvaste 
Viljakaari 4
80510 Onttola
Finland

tel. +358-13-801293
mobile +358-50-3676167

email: :rr(ä)juvaste.fi