Things made in China can be very good or so bad that a sledge hammer
cracks it's face on the first strike.

There needs to be a quality control and receiving inspection between
China and the customer to filter out the bad.

My personal anecdotes turned into seat of the pant statistics:
1) Jet 95% good, 5% crap
2) Enco 90% good, 10% crap
3) Grizzly 40% lousy, 50% crap
4) Harbor Freight 20% good, 80% crap

As a result:
1) I love my Jet tools
2) I buy all the time from Enco while throwing out 10% of what they ship
3) Grizzly catalog goes straight into the recycling bin
4) If I am a passenger in a car that stops at HF, I wait in the car.

Exceptions:
Randy Ketchum, a great gunsmith and machinist, just got a small sander
for $19.95 from HF and uses it all the time. Sometimes people win at the
horse track too.



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Accidental creation should not be taught as a fact.
Intelligent creation should not be banned from teachings as
unconstitutional.