I know many of you think you can't afford Taiwan built machines as most are better quality now then the Chinese machines. Many new machine factories being built in China are joint ventures with some Taiwan and Japanese builders because the labor rate is less. The last time I was there some Taiwan companies are exploring building plants in Viet Nam and Burma (not the name anymore). I think many of you guys who have older Taiwan imports know the quality. I know several machine importers who have good machines, but as Tom Dou of Acra told me his machines are more expensive then Grizzly. I said in another thread that Grizzly has to have some good machines as they have been in business for a long time.
30 years ago my company was a repair station for Jet. The customer got the service free of charge. They would call us now and then to go and repair a machine. The customer never had to do any major work as it seems you have to do. I also would get a call from MSC and do work for them. The same deal, free of charge to the customer. Once I recall a machine was so bad I recommended they replace it. Doesn't Grizzly offer this, to send a pro out to fix it for you, or just replace this lemon? Or do they expect the buyer to do the repairs? If they do send them a bill for your labor. Here are a few other companies you may want to look at next time you want a better quality machine and better repair service.
http://www.acramachinery.com/ http://www.kentusa.com/ http://www.aceronline.net/acergroup/dealers.htm http://jettools-online.com/?gclid=CPWbwu_XwLgCFUhgMgodmhIANw http://www.mscdirect.com/