Date:         Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:59:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: A 'real' press costs thousands.
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I would have to agree to disagree on the term cheap chinese, mixed with
crap. A very good friend of mine has a brother who now works for a large
chinese aluminum extrusion company. This company uses state of the art
computer controlled equipment that most companies in Canada and the U.S. can
only dream about having. To say the products from China are crap, is a
blanket statement. Perhaps the Harbor Freight tool is chinese, but when I
looked at one last week, it was a well made bolted together piece of
equipment with a standard hyd. jack used to power it. For what you pay, it
is a suitable piece of equipment. I'm sure the quality of the steel is as
good as U.S. or Canuck steel. I own many Craftsman and even Snap-on tools
that are guaranteed for life, but are made in China. Their equipment for
production is much newer than ours in most cases, as our N.A. equipment for
rolling steel and producing iron are relics of the 1920's and 30's when WE
were king of the hill. We rebuilt Germany and Japan after the war with
modern equipment, to the future detriment of ourselves. Perhaps a simplistic
evaluation, but probably quite accurate.
Courtney





> At 10:38 AM 8/20/2008, Roger Sisler wrote...
>>Not in China
>
> He said "real" press, not a CCC (Cheap Chinese Crap) one.
>