On Wed, 15 Apr 2015 05:52:51 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:31:06 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

Harbor Fright Down Grades Quality Again


I opened up the box to make sure
everything was there, and noticed the head didn't look right. I checked
further and found it doesn't have an MT2 taper anymore. Its got that stupid
fixed BT16 spindle taper instead. The one that is on the smaller cheaper
drill presses. Just to be double sure I looked at the manual. Yep. They
downgraded the unit a LOT and didn't lower the price.


What does that have to do with quality? They downgraded the features,
but that does not mean the quality of the product is affected at all.
You have the terms confused.

Quality has to do with tolerances, grades of material, proper
assembly.

What you have is a lesser featured product.

Also, don't be confused by a company that touts they are ISO9000
certified. That does not mean them make a good product. It meant if
they make a crappy product, they will all be equally crappy and they
have the process to assure it. .

+1

....and a process to produce an even crappier product in the future.
;-)