On Wed, 7 May 2014 08:08:34 -0400, you wrote: >On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Stuart Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Don't disparage the Chinese machines. >> >I didn't disparage all Chinese machines, just the smallest lathes. I'm >sure there is plenty to disparage about some of the larger machines as >well. They could certainly do better, but at the price point they are >shipping these things at, they don't bother. Understandable since they >still need to make money. Machine tool makers elsewhere would refuse to >take your money for such a thing, but that leaves some of us casting >Gingery designs in our backyard. Pick your poison.
That's not strictly true in the case of mass produced machines for export markets - the Chinese make a product to a price defined by the customer - by customer I mean the likes of Grizzly, Harbor Freight etc. The basics of a machine may be the same as supplied to many customers but the quality can vary hugely from one to another for the "same" item. Not just paint colour, but finish standards and in some cases materials used, depending on how much they are prepared to pay per unit. The blame for crap quality lies with greedy distributors and tight wad end users - the Chinese are simply doing what they were asked to. If they don't the Indians, Koreans or someone else will ;) Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity • Requirements for releasing software faster • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
