On 06/10/2014 12:30 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > Is buying a machine like that really worthwhile? >
Socialist design never impressed me; delivered in bad crate even less. My experience with Chinese made lathe was so bad I would never buy from them again. When you see it from close and start using it you see how sloppy is everything. Trouble is they use American names for their products to make you believe it's US made. > After you remove the dents, repaint the machine to cover the damage, > replace the controls etc. > > Why not just build a machine from scratch? > Exactly. Why waste time on fixing what should come in working order in the first place. You can get very good CNC kits made in USA. I was impressed by http://www.cncrouterparts.com at Makerfaire in San Mateo last month. Their kit is simple to assemble, strong to carry heavy loads, you can buy whatever you want and add your own parts as needed or desired. Something worth considering. > If the crating was bad its quite possible that the frame could be > tweaked also. > > I've heard of stories like this a few times. > > Dave -- Rafael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
