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From: "Michael D. Callahan" <micallahan@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
References: <list-2626345@logan.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mill Drill and Lathe
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:52:30 -0500
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"I consider any tool I buy at Harbor Freight to be incomplete.  The first
thing to do is take it apart and true up all the pieces and then put it
back togther, using shim or new holes where necessary."

    Yup, I agree Ernest. I have heard some of the machine tool hobbyists
refer to the import machine as "kits". You get it, take it apart, line it
up, make new parts to replace some lousy stuff, put it all back together,
and you end up with a pretty good machine. They wouldn't last a week in a
production shop, but they are fine for home shop work.
    The Jet stuff seems a little above average, especially compared to the
Harbor-Freight machines. The Grizzly folks make out like their machines are
specially made JUST for them, although they might look EXACTLY like the
other import machines... yeah right. I can tell from the pics that their
9x20 is made from EXACTLY the same drawings as my Jet. The Jets are, as Dale
pointed out, made in Tiawan (at least they used tO be, don't know about
now), but quality-wise, Chinese vs Tiawanese, this seems to make little
difference. It's just nowhere near the quality of the US machines that are
50yrs old.  Mike C.