http://www.channelcomp.com/SJ5780-3MTM-BumponTM-Protective-Products-SJ5780-… http://www.tgoldkamp.com/3m-153-bumpon-153-protective-products-sj5780-black… http://www.tgoldkamp.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=sj5023 On 10/12/15, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote: -- Chris Halarewich

Ah, I think I see the problem. They sell the ones they stock in small quantities. The ones with the huge minimum order quantities are non-stocked variants that they would need to special order from 3M, and even 3M might not stock those variants on the shelves. So a big minimum order would be needed for 3M to fire up the machines for a production run. I didn't research the part numbers you are looking for carefully before making my suggestion. Sorry about that! For example, the SJ5780 is a metric size. Looking at Digi-Key, Mouser and McMaster-Carr, it looks like inch sizes are much more commonly stocked here in the US. You may have a much shorter search if you might be satisfied with similar functional replacements rather than exact ones. But maybe you'll get lucky, and somebody will point out that the ones you want are common variants in some other region, and you just need to order from an overseas Digi-Key equivalent? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Chuck, If I skip the 3M portion requirement the I and have found replacements for reasonable price and quantity here: http://www.bumperspecialties.com/. I am not sure if it is a patent issue or what but the 3M parts are much less tapered. Specifically while both the 3M and the clones had a 0.81"x0.81" base the top of the feet are much smaller on the clones. The 3M parts are 0.563"x0.563"while the clones are 0.400"x0.400". The original parts had the 0.563" top base measurement. If I cannot find the 3M in reasonable quantity then I will go with the clone close match. -Ali

Chris, Thanks but the minimum order on those is 1000 at least. -Ali