On Nov 22, 11:53*am, mac davis wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:02:22 -0800, "DGDevin" wrote:
cm wrote:

I stopped at a HF store yesterday to look at the Fein MM type tool
they are selling. They didn't have any in stock, but they did have
the Tormek copy on the shelf. I was a little surprised how cheesy it
looked even for a HF tool. I would love to hear continued reviews.

cm

The price with the coupon is attractive, but by now I've learned that
cheaper isn't always a better deal. *Sometimes paying more is cheaper in the
long run, and I have to think something made in Germany is probably built to
higher standards than a similar item made in China.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/10-W...der-Kit/T10010

Well, spend what you want, but I don't think where it's made has as much impact
as HOW it's made..

I'm sure that there are no places in Germany making cheap tools, though..

As the owner of a shop full of mostly chi-wan-ese tools, mostly Jet lathes, I'm
impressed with a good tool, and don't really care where it's made..


Absolutely. I know a shop in Toronto (my ex-in-laws) which uses metal
lathes for ultra precision work, stuff like gyro parts and other
insanely super small, and some big, accurate pieces. Those guys
wanted, waited, ordered their lathes from a company in China, LONG
before (late '70's) the big Chinowanese influx of big iron.
They wanted THOSE lathes. And I tell you, if Rolex ever made a lathe,
it would look like those. Seldom does one see anything of that
quality. I was assured that the price of those things had nothing to
do with the selection process, as they cost a lot more than your
Euromerican type stuff. Them Chinowanese buggers DO know how to. It's
just that their customers (usually marketing schmucks from the
Americandian companies with their fancy ass-wipe MBA's) make them work
to a price, hence the crap.

Case in point and an example I use often is the Ridgid 2610 6" ROS. It
WAS made in Germany by Metabo for Ridgid. Then they 'upgraded' it to a
2611 made in China. Suffice it to say, not a change for the better.
All for the sake of a buck.