Thread: Indian or Taiwanese?

Cant speak for rotary tables, but my experience has been that Tiawanese tools are generally much better than Indian tools.

Originally Posted by mark2

Cant speak for rotary tables, but my experience has been that Tiawanese tools are generally much better than Indian tools.

I would buy Taiwanese over Indian any day although i'm sure there are some good quality Indian made tools.

Taiwanese.
The large majority of handtools today eg kingchrome, sidchrome, s&p, force, kc, etc are manufactured in Tiawan.
They make a better quality tool than the indians generally, more educated staff, better steels, better cnc machines.
I have an indian vice at home(was a gift) the jaws are not parallel, out by more that 2 mm from new.

Originally Posted by Jeff

I am after a rotary table for my milling machine and the two choices are an Indian one or a Taiwanese one. The Taiwanese one is a bit dearer, but are they better quality?

Jeff

Jeff, seen a film on industrial progress in India (short), showed 2 Indians with a 12" hacksaw blade (with a little bit of rag around each end), sitting opposite one another, with a 6"x12" RSJ (rolled steel joist/beam) between them, sawing (like you would a log). They were through the top plate and about 2" in to the upright, it had only taken an hour to get that far, so I would go Chinese/Tiawanese, Regards Frank.