Very common with Indian equipment -Chinese is getting better, but I've seen some really nasty stuff. You can generally at least double the life of a lot of their stuff by simply dissassembling, cleaning, lubricating and adjusting it before first use.
Did you buy one?
Try $1700. PM2800B is on sale right now for $1399 on Amazon. $1399 on E-bay too. $1462 at Toolbarn. Advertized as "US Made Tools" GotGreatTools has it for $1152.
Agreed, that's the ideal way to go about it, but -most- people can (and do) use many facets of the machines without knowing how they work or how to go about repairing them. That's why you, Gunner, and I have made our livelihoods repairing others' machines of all sorts.
It's an affliction. Visiting a mold shop some years ago, where they had around 10 new EDMs, I talked with the owner about EDM power supplies and how they work. The year before I had done some board-level repairs on a Sodick at the nuclear bomb-fuse plant in Rocky Flats, because our Japanese engineers weren't allowed in.
Anyway, the owner of that shop chuckled and said he really never bothered with how they work. I was appalled. Then he drove me to lunch in his new Mercedes 500 SE. Nice car. I drove home in my 10-year-old Mazda.
Gunner and Larry should have a personal appreciation of what that was all about.
Yes, that's all a part of the delegation of authority in the business world. Some owners see it all as a zero-sum game: the more you get your hands dirty, the more you neglect "ownership", boardroom or other "management" related duties.
(and vice versa)
It's economics. Why repair your equipment when you can hire a Larry or a Gunner, both of whom are content to drive pickup trucks rather than M-B 500-series?
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