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Originally Posted by GaryK
I went to Eastwood's open house in July. While in the car show, I spoke to one of Eastwood's sales guys walking around the show field. They were giving away a free welder that day, so I asked him who's welder they sell. He said they have them privately made for them in China to their specs. That is why you cant find parts for them or a name somewhere. That is all I had to hear to start looking elsewhere for a welder.
Good luck trying to fix yours.
Gary
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That is interesting information alright. Having said that, I can't imagine the Chinese making anything of that nature without copying every nut and bolt from someone else's original design. Of course, that could be anyone from the Russians to the French and everyone in between..
I once worked for a company and was told a story by an Italian Engineer doing some training for us. He said that a company he had worked for in Europe was visited by some Chinese engineers who wanted to view the layout of the engineering lab. He told me that the Chinese guys took out paper, pen, tape measures, etc. and copied every single detail in the room even down to how far the doorknobs were from the edge of the doors, where the wall outlets were,
everything...