[Andre09]

In Response to Todd71, I would have to say that I agree with the points that he is making. His suggestion is that by purchasing a CNC Router or anything else from China, I am a supporter of Human Rights violations and Environmental Destruction.

Indirectly I guess that I am, and for that I put my hand up. I have thought long and hard about buying from China. After seeing a full Sized $120,000 machine from Procam Australia at my previous employment, I can definately say that I would have preferred to keep my money within my own country.

Having said that, I am a hobbyist and more or less just someone working for the "Man", so financially it would be impossible for me to own such a machine. I am motivated to build my own machine, and had I known all the ins and outs of such a build, I probably would have gone down that route.

With the great spoils of American life, I'm not sure that you'd appreciate what it costs people in Australia to purchase things like CNC machinery. We have virtually no Used CNC market, only a handful of manufacturers and even if we were to build our own machines, everything would need to be imported, either from the US or somewhere in Asia.

So, what is a man to do.
I can sit in my lounge room and spend all of my days secluded away, watching documentaries with activists telling me how bad the current state of the world is, so that all hope of a decent life is drained from me, or I can accept that I am participating in a necessary evil by purchasing this machine, and balance things out by never having to buy cheap chinese furniture again, while also contributing to the economy here by helping others do the same, when they buy furniture from me made in Australia, with Australian materials, using a Chinese Machine.

If my venture were to become serious enough to warrant another machine, be assured I would definately pursue either the Australian Route or the Self Build Route. Not because I don't want to deal with the Jinan Quick CNC Company, but because I would be in both a better financial position, and have a greater knowledge base with which to build my own.

It would be interesting to see what would happen if all of the people like me immediately stopped buying chinese. Would the people then be better off ??

In any event, I am here to help people who have an interest in CNC machinery, not to debate the state of the world. Lets turn the subject back to the purpose of this thread.