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I have been searching for a milling machine to satisfy my desire to delve further into shaping metal ( I now have a Emco/maeir Compact 8 that I have owned for perhaps 20 years) i have researched the web and have decided that I must have a Seig SX4 soon to hit these shores late Winter-early Spring.2011.
My problem is that there are more than a few companies that will handle this machine but each of them Buys from Seig at a †Price point†that is determined by qualityâ€. There appears to be several versions of the same machine as sold by Seig to importers/retailers that are divided up by Quality or , Lack there-of†and I am looking for a guide to which importers /retailers here in the USA buy the best quality that Seig is capable of getting from its local manufacturers in China.
Harbor freight, Grizzley, Little machine Shop, Lath master and many more will, likely, all offer the SX4 but they will all differ in quality and price.
How do i decide who is offering the best quality ??? for that specific machine model
The SX4 encompases all the features I feel I will need and is a size I can handle in my shop, but I am looking for a top quality example of that model...I fully realize it will not be the cheapest, nor would Ii expect it to be. But I cannot buy a "Pig in a Poke" My nature won't allow it,
Please give me any recomendations you can and I will check them out and be, forever, in your debt
thanks
Joe
My problem is that there are more than a few companies that will handle this machine but each of them Buys from Seig at a †Price point†that is determined by qualityâ€. There appears to be several versions of the same machine as sold by Seig to importers/retailers that are divided up by Quality or , Lack there-of†and I am looking for a guide to which importers /retailers here in the USA buy the best quality that Seig is capable of getting from its local manufacturers in China.
Harbor freight, Grizzley, Little machine Shop, Lath master and many more will, likely, all offer the SX4 but they will all differ in quality and price.
How do i decide who is offering the best quality ??? for that specific machine model
The SX4 encompases all the features I feel I will need and is a size I can handle in my shop, but I am looking for a top quality example of that model...I fully realize it will not be the cheapest, nor would Ii expect it to be. But I cannot buy a "Pig in a Poke" My nature won't allow it,
Please give me any recomendations you can and I will check them out and be, forever, in your debt
thanks
Joe