WheatCues
Banned
response to hightowers equip.
By all means I'm not knocking chris's efforts and equipment as far as to say its not for anyone... I'm just very busy and use my model b for more commercial applications then just a few basic repairs here and there. but out of fairness, I had his little toy one he first marketed back in the late 80's early 90's so I havent had the opportunity to view his new and improved models....
But I do believe in first impressions especially in the "Business" world and considering the price of the typical lathe... I usually dont give a second chance to the same company whom I was dissatisfied with initially...
Once again I'm not bad mouthing Chris hightower, just wasnt happy at the fact that there was virtually zero accuracy in the machine due to its flimsy design, and lack of power, even for the basic of repairs....
I researched Joe Porpers Equip. and at that point and time it was simply the best on the market, and 16 yrs. later he still is leading the competition with several models to choose from. I am only offering my personal and extensive experience with these products and are not in any way receiving perks or monetary rewards for advertising porper lathes, only that they are what they are... "the best" and his service is above and beyond any I have ever encountered regardless of what you purchase... cases, tooling, cues, equip. etc.
By all means its you who has to buy it and use it, just remember one important aspect of it all, the machine will need replacement parts eventually and the quality of the machine will determine how soon, so please do your research, not only on the product but the longevity of the company and the cost of the replacent parts as well as the future service...
I personally have several thousand hours logged into porpers model b and this was originally the model "a" refitted and upgraded to the "b" several months later, so 16yrs it's been and its still running like a champ with the same motors and saddle, tailstock, spindle, etc.. only replacement parts i have had to get is a couple of worm gears for the saddle and 1 set of I/O boards to run the motors.... boards are very INEXPENSIVE and extremely reliable and well built, but of course everything wears out... Joe knows me very well and feel free to ask about my machine and he will be delighted to show his exitement to know his machines are out perforning the competition on consistency and reliablilty from his own genius design and tenacity to make a great product.
Good luck and enjoy.... it's a very rewarding craft and profession for those who have the passion !
Once again I hope the info is useful, and Chris, don't take offense we all have to begin somewhere and thats the beauty of improving on our mistakes and learning from our accomplishments.....
- Eddie
By all means I'm not knocking chris's efforts and equipment as far as to say its not for anyone... I'm just very busy and use my model b for more commercial applications then just a few basic repairs here and there. but out of fairness, I had his little toy one he first marketed back in the late 80's early 90's so I havent had the opportunity to view his new and improved models....
But I do believe in first impressions especially in the "Business" world and considering the price of the typical lathe... I usually dont give a second chance to the same company whom I was dissatisfied with initially...
Once again I'm not bad mouthing Chris hightower, just wasnt happy at the fact that there was virtually zero accuracy in the machine due to its flimsy design, and lack of power, even for the basic of repairs....
I researched Joe Porpers Equip. and at that point and time it was simply the best on the market, and 16 yrs. later he still is leading the competition with several models to choose from. I am only offering my personal and extensive experience with these products and are not in any way receiving perks or monetary rewards for advertising porper lathes, only that they are what they are... "the best" and his service is above and beyond any I have ever encountered regardless of what you purchase... cases, tooling, cues, equip. etc.
By all means its you who has to buy it and use it, just remember one important aspect of it all, the machine will need replacement parts eventually and the quality of the machine will determine how soon, so please do your research, not only on the product but the longevity of the company and the cost of the replacent parts as well as the future service...
I personally have several thousand hours logged into porpers model b and this was originally the model "a" refitted and upgraded to the "b" several months later, so 16yrs it's been and its still running like a champ with the same motors and saddle, tailstock, spindle, etc.. only replacement parts i have had to get is a couple of worm gears for the saddle and 1 set of I/O boards to run the motors.... boards are very INEXPENSIVE and extremely reliable and well built, but of course everything wears out... Joe knows me very well and feel free to ask about my machine and he will be delighted to show his exitement to know his machines are out perforning the competition on consistency and reliablilty from his own genius design and tenacity to make a great product.
Good luck and enjoy.... it's a very rewarding craft and profession for those who have the passion !
Once again I hope the info is useful, and Chris, don't take offense we all have to begin somewhere and thats the beauty of improving on our mistakes and learning from our accomplishments.....
- Eddie
