"larry g" wrote in message
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It looks to me like a fiddly machine to run. Why put the Y axis
adjustment
on the back of the machine? Or in other words why put the main machine
between the operator and the adjustment and what he's trying to see to
adjust? It's MY prejudice but the Swiss machines that I have had to keep
running are not built with ergonomics in mind, and they take a lot of
adjusting to keep them going. Its a different mind set I guess. We have
assembly lines custom made in Chicago and Switzerland. The Chicago
machine
does with ten parts what the Swiss machine does with 35 small parts. The
Swiss machines are constantly needing attention to keep running, while the
Chicago machine just keeps rolling along.

That's the Swiss/German engineering mindset (which I otherwise admire),
which says, "Never use two parts to do a job when three parts will do."

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Ed Huntress