China welding machines
That’s not true. Has nothing to do with not being able to afford something. I’m not paying THREE TIMES more for something that a bunch of fools think is USA made.
They may be assembled here but you can bet your *** not one part of any of the electronics is USA made. Not one.
Keep telling yourself this **** is made here. Big difference between made is USA and assembled in USA.
Whew- well, as someone that went to china a manufactured stuff in China- there can be a real world of difference in brands. Why? An analogy of a typical western manufacturer headed to china "I have this table I want made, costs us 1000 to make in the USA, can you make the same table "-- Chinese manufacturer "well, yes, we can make that exact table for 600 dollars"- - American businessman "well, I only want to pay 400 for it"- Chinese guy "well, I can make it look the same but it won't be as good quality for 400"- American guy "fine, make that one, and I will blame it on poor chinese quality control"
SOOO- my point being- if the company, such as miller, Honda, Lincoln, Ryobi- whoever- specs the tool/part to the specs they want- it can be pretty close to any Euro-American level part- after all, America builds those factories.
So, sometimes, paying 2-3 times more for a properly spec'd part, you can get what you pay for.
I was also in the TTI factory- they make Craftsman, Dewalt, Ryobi etc- and each one has a different quality level than the other due to quality control specs demanded by TTI for the different brands.
Craftsman, at thier best- never manufactured a single tool- ever. They spec'd their tools to different manufacturers.
So, to some degree, you do get what you paid for.
