Defective electric motors

I'd be interested to know who was the dealer and who were the manufacturers he was talking about. He is painting a very large country and two pretty big islands with a very broad brush.

All normal motors are made by a number of international companies -- except for special purpose motors such as the one on the DVR. They are just about all standard and interchangable -- especially if you are talking about the 3-phase motors found in any machine with a variable speed drive.

One minor problem -- the mountings you see most often in the US are either a standard base mount or what is known as a 'c' face. In the international market, the 'd' flange is more common than the 'c' face. That is a minor problem and the US is odd man out here -- the 'd' flange is a better system.

I'm part of the Stubby owners group on Yahoo, there are something over 175 members of the group and I know of NO motor failures. The motors in our machines are all built by international companies (several different ones) and they all have sales representatives in the US. I would guess that no motors are built in Australia or New Zealand.

Are you sure that your dealer/importer is telling you the whole story? And, what is he trying to sell you in place of the several really nice machines made down there?

Bill

Denis Marier wrote: (clip) It is hard to believe that after paying from $5,000.00-$10,000.00 one is stuck with a warranty problem causing down time. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ And, what production wood lathe hits a $10,000 price tag?

Hey Leo. Keep in mind that Denis hails from Canada-eh. So his $10k translates to, what? $17.99?

"Owen Lowe" wrote: Hey Leo. Keep in mind that Denis hails from Canada-eh. So his $10k translates to, what? $17.99? ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Q: How do you spell Canada? A: C, eh? N, eh? D, eh?