The party is over!!! In Chatsworth anyway...

[Scott_bob]

It's about time, I say. What about you?

[Neal]

Now that I not longer work at Fadal let me say, "WOW, scottbob doesn't like Fadal. WHO CARES!"

Neal

[underthetire]

Although I like the fact the machines were US, It was also a bad thing. It showed how the US makes inferior products. I hope Hurco is next, they have the US name with cheap taiwan machines. At least HAAS is still a decent reliable low end machine.

[DareBee]

WTH?
FADAL is a great machine for the money.

[daking]

Originally Posted by underthetire Although I like the fact the machines were US, It was also a bad thing. It showed how the US makes inferior products. I hope Hurco is next, they have the US name with cheap taiwan machines. At least HAAS is still a decent reliable low end machine.

So just for reference why not let us know what you can buy for the same price as a Fadal that is so much better. And don't tell me Haas because I have one of those as well and it's not.

[carbidecraters]

Originally Posted by Scott_bob It's about time, I say. What about you?

Go pound sand you troll

[scadvice]

[Techman]

Whether you think Fadal was the best thing since sliced bread or one of the cheapest machines on the market makes no difference. Fadal and Haas have a niche in the machine tool market and neither would stack up to a high end machine in quality or price. The real tragedy is one less manufacturing firm in the US. At the rate that we are loosing manufacturing jobs in the US we should be breaking out in a cold sweat.
Techman

[Bwana Don]

The unraveling of American Manufacturing is not something I celebrate. Mining, Manufacturing, and Agriculture are three ways a country builds wealth. We are losng one of those three legs. All will suffer except a few on Wall Street and in Congress.

Maybe I should rejoice in the fact that GM went bankrupt because I drive a Ford truck. I'm smarter than you because I bought a Ford and you own a Chevy.

I get to work faster now, because when I drive by the GM Techcenter there's no traffic. That's a real plus for me, and that's all that really matters me.

How can anyone that works in Manufacturing take joy in more lost American jobs? Detroit will not recover from this, and it breaks my heart. I hope California recovers, my state won't.

[IN2GLAMISGIRL]

Bwana Don Nice perspective, Well said!

[Haas_Apps]

I really recommend reading "When the machine stopped: A cautionary tale from industrial america"

[egw]

SO you are celebrating that a Solid American made machine and the people that put them together are out of business?

I don't think much of you sir.

We have 6 Fadals, we employ 14 people and we Love our Fadals. Are we making parts for the shuttle? no. We do work on parts for guns and work from solid models.

If my Fadal has a problem (which by the way is not very often) a Nice man from Mid Atlantic CNC is on my shop floor the next am. Parts are almost always on the floor at the same time if needed.

There are aftermarket parts for our Fadals supported by several companies also.

Celebrating anothers downfall? Perhaps a look in the merrior is in order.

We are proud to make parts in the US on Machines made and supported in the US.
and we have jobs. Not something everyone else is fortunate to have.

Perhaps you should ask the other 5 Billion on the planet that did not sleep in a bed, or have a roof over there head or a good meal how it is? we may well join them at this rate.

geo

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