Yeah, and I don't think it is anyone from this forum, everyone here is always great to work with. And like I said, I will answer questions all day long about anything, but for some reason, from just a few people, when I answer, they want to argue. No idea why. I guess thats the good thing about grizzly and other places, when the people there answer the phone, they really have no idea where the machine is made, so they can't answer the question. I have one right now who thought he was clever and ordered a machine direct from what he thought was one factory that we use. It was just a trading company, they are all over the internet. Did not get even the right machine, and cost him more than it would have from us anyway. And now he thinks that I have some connection where I can get this fixed for him, and says that if I don't help him, he is going to sue me. Sue me for what? It makes me laugh sometimes. So sometimes when I am really busy, it is dealing with the dumb things like that. Gets kind of frustrating.
But like I said though, 99% of people are so good to deal with, I am really lucky to have the kinds of customers that I do. When I grew up, both of my grandfathers were in to this kind of thing, the one who I grew up next door to worked in coal mines since he was 14 years old, and then steel mills after that. He was always working on my toy trains and things like that with me, I think I was 5 the first time I soldered something on a model train. Then I would go home, crash it, and come fix it again. And my other grandfather was a baker, but he was really in to woodworking as a hobby, I remember his basement wood shop in the small cramped space, but it was amazing the kinds of things he would build with the limited budget and space he had. And I was always working on tractors and things like that with my dad. So anytime I get a customer like the one in the above paragraph, I think back on growing up, and many of the other customers I have remind me of that. If only I didn't have to deal with the business end of it, I would be set!
But back to that 1228, yes, I am really excited about this model. I am also having a version of the PM-1127VF built in Taiwan, they are on their way too. But that one is not cheap, its close to the $4000 price. Lots going on here, but I am getting text messages asking where I am at, supposed to be at a memorial day picnic today, I better get going.
