RIP. Bill Chernoff- Shooting Star DRO

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Rich_Carlstedt
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RIP. Bill Chernoff- Shooting Star DRO

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Just learned the sad news that the founder and great vendor Bill Chernoff passed away 3 weeks ago
Bill was always close to our hobby and had DRO"S for home shop guys back in the 1990's and
would attend Cabin Fever and NAMES shows with his Shooting Star booth.
Even the name of his business expressed his view of brighter things to come
One of the friendliest guys you could ever meet and a big supporter of the home shop
RIP Bill..

Rich

His obituary can be viewed here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obit...rnoff-10144765
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Re: RIP. Bill Chernoff- Shooting Star DRO

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Rich,

A "great vendor" is correct.

I bought and installed one of his DRO's on my lathe. It "died' about 8 years later. My multi-meter showed that the little "wall brick" (transformer) was the problem, so I called Bill to ask about buying another.

"Nonsense" he said. "Send me the "brick" and the display unit too. There might be some unknown defect"... or words to that effect.

So off they went in the mail to Canada, and shortly thereafter a NEW display and brick arrived. NO CHARGE.

Great Guy.
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Rich_Carlstedt wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:05 pm Just learned the sad news that the founder and great vendor Bill Chernoff passed away 3 weeks ago
Bill was always close to our hobby and had DRO"S for home shop guys back in the 1990's and
would attend Cabin Fever and NAMES shows with his Shooting Star booth.
Even the name of his business expressed his view of brighter things to come
One of the friendliest guys you could ever meet and a big supporter of the home shop
RIP Bill..

Rich

His obituary can be viewed here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obit...rnoff-10144765
The obituary link seems to be broken.
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Re: RIP. Bill Chernoff- Shooting Star DRO

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Sorry about that, we'll try again
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituar ... f-10144765

yes Andy, that was the kind of guy he was

Rich
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Wow! Only in his late fifties. So sad.
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Re: RIP. Bill Chernoff- Shooting Star DRO

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Oh, that is really sad news. He was a great man! :c
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Re: RIP. Bill Chernoff- Shooting Star DRO

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For a CBX-3d DRO, Does anyone know what the power supply should be? volts, AC or DC
I lost my power supply in a move to new shop. I can only look for it for so long! thanks
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Shooting Star DRO Power Supply Info

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INPUT: 120VAC at 60Hz and 200mA
OUTPUT: 7.5VAC, 1000mA
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