From: M21605@mwvm.mitre.org
Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
Subject: Re: BANDSAW INFO REQUIRED
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:35:25 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102

In article <3778@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>
clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
 
>
>In article <16854D761.M21605@mwvm.mitre.org> M21605@mwvm.mitre.org writes:
>>In article <3760@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>
>>clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
>>>       What you think is "reverse engineered" is often
>>>the very same tool off the very same assembly line - differing only in paint
>>>job or minor details like type of power switch.  Now, Delta may be doing
>>>*some* Q/A, and selecting the better quality ones, but that doesn't necessarily
>>>mean that any off-brand unit you see is a Delta reject - it could just as easily
>>>be a unit surplus to Delta's ordering level.
>
>>>Rexon is one of the largest companies, and a lot of its tools end up with
>>>Delta nameplates.  I have a Rexon scroll-saw, and the only difference between
>>>it and the Delta is paint job and nameplate.
>
>>>Chris Lewis; clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca; Phone: Canada 613 832-0541
>                                                  ^^^^^^
>>True, Delta does put there name on Tiawanese trash, but even Powermatic is
>>marketing a junk line now.
>
>On the contrary, many of the Taiwanese-made tools are perfectly good.
>Certainly most of them are on the low end of the price scale, but if you're
>looking for less-then-commercial use, or use well within their capabilities
>they're perfectly fine.
>
>While an Excalibur scroll saw would have been really great, my Rexon works
>perfectly fine doing the things I want it to do.  And costs less than 1/5th
>of an Excalibur.  I had a choice between not doing it at all (at no
>benefit to my countrymen), or doing it with an off-shore unit.
>
>A General table saw would also have been nice, but even a used one was
>*way* out of my price range.
>
>>    I should add for the record, the Delta 14" is US made and
>>the castings are done in Wisconsin.  Most of Delta's US made tools use
>>Brazilian castings made using tropical rainforest wood for the coking
>>process.  If you are like me, you might want to check with the factory
>>on the origin of the castings on the product you are considering before
>>unknowingly helping to defoliate the rainforest and unemploy our countrymen.
>
>On the other hand, tools made in the US frequently use electricity from
>coal-fired power stations in their manufacture, which is acidifying *our*
>lakes.
>
>Do you really think I care that much about employing *your* countrymen?
>
>Idiot.  "Made in America" might as well be "Made in Taiwan" as far
>as I'm concerned.
>--
>Chris Lewis; clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca; Phone: Canada 613 832-0541
>Psroff 3.0 info: psroff-request@ferret.ocunix.on.ca
>Ferret list: ferret-request@ferret.ocunix.on.ca
    If you are in the habit of doing second class work, then second class
 tools are more than adequate.  Enjoy your fine Tiawanese tools on those
 long, cold winters up north, and more power to you.  As to calling me an
 idiot, thanks!  In this place where I work, we need to be brought down to
 earth from time to time.  It's refreshing.  Cheers!
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