So HF had these little mini lathes on sale a couple weeks ago for $370 and a 15% off coupon in a flyer I got in the mail, so the whole deal was like $300 or so. I had been looking at them and doing a bit of research on these things and mini-mills. Turns out all these things from different vendors are made in the same factory, spray painted different colors, and might have some minor feature twiddling, but they are all basically the same units. A buddy has a mini-mill from some other vendor, HF sells the same thing, and I saw one at a wholesale tool place the other day under yet another name, that was exactly the same unit. They also had some bigger lathes and some large knee mills, exactly the same as the HF and Grizzly, etc offerings. For casual use, these are reasonable deals. Would I like an American or Euro unit, or even Japanese or Taiwanese? Sure, but the price of those is pretty high, and they don't really have the low-end causal use tools, and I am not building aircraft or space shuttles. Once I move up then I'll look at the better stuff, but the Reds have the low-end covered.
--R Alex Chamberlain wrote: > On Jan 3, 2008 12:13 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Oh yes - and they should rename Harbor Freight to "The Chinese Prison >> Labor Outlet Store". >> >> > > I rationalize shopping at Harbor Freight by the fact that most of the kinds > of things they sell are made in China no matter where you buy them, so I > might as well buy the cheapest in hopes of lining the pockets of the fat cat > who profits on the prisoners' labor a little less. > > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo et al. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
