Originally Posted by
mrgame1988
Ian, the build on these Chinese machines are usually not too bad, its the finishing off that lets them down other than the electronics. A full welded steel frame and solid gantry is always going to be better than an alloy bolted together machine. Its all about the manufacturer, after seeing and dealing with Chinese machines for years now, I have no hesitation to buy the machines and sell them. Failure is usually due to wiring of the components and controller...
You are 100% right, yes I can stock a machine which is straight from china using all Chinese parts, but that cant be sold at the rate of a machine which undergo's upgrades. It all gets down to the customers wallet or if they re financing the machine. We will try to tailor them individually, for example someone might want an offline control system, someone might be happy using mach3 but want servos, we are happy to provide a machine which the customer wants.
You are obviously an older guy and that said with no disrespect either but you know a business needs to profit for it to survive. Why have you come on the attack straight from the get go? I would of thought this would be a welcome thing amongst the Australian community?
The other thing we have and can do for people is fix up there purchased chinese machines.
So I actually found Roger Webb's latest videos "Rolls Royce", he is now promoting software which he uses in his videos which costs $12k (i'm the first to admit i'm not sure if that's USD or AUD) but surely he must know the standard hobby user cant afford that. Now just to clarify, I havn't met or spoken Roger nor am I affiliated to him any way shape or form.