2 Aug
2009
2 Aug
'09
9:10 a.m.
--- On Sun, 8/2/09, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Most probably made in China by some outfit that also
turns
out all
manner of unrelated items.
it's no secret that many thing (maybe all?) are made in PROC these days. But they can
vary widely in quality. My unit was a piece of junk. Same w/their machine tools (I was
told 10 years ago by an old machinist the quality be getting better...I'd swear on a
bible that if I spoke to the same dude today he'd say exactly the same thing - but you
run your chances when you buy one. Sorry, there's just no argument there. Granted a
few of the smaller garden variety chinese lathes _can_ sometimes represent a bargain (I
hesitate to say *value*). I don't hate them, nor the Chinese people of course, you
just have to be real careful. What I do hate though is Chinese human rights violations.
And the loss of our manufacturing sector. But I digress.
And if Marley gets his chompers on it, I won't get
too
upset.
Hopefully Marley won't get lead poisoning...