Yes, they have always been an importer. Long before they got much into
woodworking, they had a line of imported metalworking machinery. Some models
of their bandsaws weren't bad but most were junk. Their milling machines
were garbage, through and through.

"Silvan" wrote in message
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AFAIK, JET has *always* been an importer. Am I wrong about that old time
Wreckers? Seems they came onto the scene with imported copies of Delta
tools, and they've always been an importer, rather than a manufacturer.