Originally Posted by
Ken Fitzgerald
Ben,
Not everybody has the time, the skill or the desire to restore old machines.
I don't want to learn to pour bearings......I don't want to deal with taking things to a machine shop to have it machined to accept new parts. I don't want to spend days or even weeks or months looking for the replacement part or trying to find a welder who weld cast iron properly.
I would love to buy American NEW but frankly I equiped my entire shop for same price as an 8" Northfield jointer.
Would I like to have tools made in the US or North America? You bet. But the average Joe can't afford them.
That's the bottom line.