When it's not exactly Made in the USA - Hoback

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Blues said:
I can't get this image of Para at the keyboard out of my head...

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At least he has light...
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But what about my opponents?
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SimplyMinded said:
Even the newly posted chart is misleading. He has stuff listed as "USA/China" but after this debacle I have no doubt if just one fastener was made in the USA he'd list it that way rather than "China/USA".
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who knows? except hoback. it could also be some made in China fully, some made in America? he made mention of some made here in America some made elsewhere due to high demand and he couldn't keep up.

we'll likely never know as hoback doesn't want to clear the air anymore......
 
The_Iron_Joe said:
Hey! I resemble that remark!!

... though I am not under any illusions that my poor 770 could pump out anything near what I'd call "massive fulltime production" on its own.
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Lots of hobby people use them, nothing wrong with them per se. Just they aren't really made for the accuracy, repeatability, rigidity of the machines that shops who machine full time do. Mori, mazak, some brothers, just to name a few.
 
It feels like we may have reached the point where it's necessary to post the QTRMSTR elite operator museum slash state-of-the-art knife factory shed...

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Quartermaster factory

I got an email from Knifecenter this morning about their sale on Quartermaster. They advertise these knives as Made in USA. Since they're an Authorized Dealer certainly they must know the factory address ...
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shinyedges said:
Lots of hobby people use them, nothing wrong with them per se. Just they aren't really made for the accuracy, repeatability, rigidity of the machines that shops who machine full time do. Mori, mazak, some brothers, just to name a few.
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Oh, absolutely not. I've been plenty pleased with how my knives have been turning out, but I've certainly had to find out what works and what doesn't on it, and manage my expectations accordingly when designing / planning. I've yet to try milling titanium on it, but after seeing how others fare with it I find it very hard to believe that this would be the sole tool of choice for someone in Hoback's position...
 
Dadpool said:
It feels like we may have reached the point where it's necessary to post the QTRMSTR elite operator museum slash state-of-the-art knife factory shed.

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Originally shared here:

Quartermaster factory

I got an email from Knifecenter this morning about their sale on Quartermaster. They advertise these knives as Made in USA. Since they're an Authorized Dealer certainly they must know the factory address ...
www.bladeforums.com www.bladeforums.com
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How much you want to bet these to would defend qtrmstr 🤣
 
The_Iron_Joe said:
Oh, absolutely not. I've been plenty pleased with how my knives have been turning out, but I've certainly had to find out what works and what doesn't on it, and manage my expectations accordingly when designing / planning. I've yet to try milling titanium on it, but after seeing how others fare with it I find it very hard to believe that this would be the sole tool of choice for someone in Hoback's position...
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With an r8 taper and 1.5hp it will need to go even slower than usual at lighter passes. I wonder which tormach he has, some of them are like .75hp. We're talking weed eaters have more power. For doing small batch light material removal it's perfectly fine. Nothing wrong with it. Don't mean to crap on your parade my friend.
 
Quiet said:
Man, this thread is a riot! 🤣🤣
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I just... wow.

Without reviewing it again to code each post, I'm counting one seriously diminished diminished knife operation, three retail shops shat upon, two /ignored users, and approximately 56 pages of some of the most tone-deaf nonsense I've seen since the OJ trial. All in two days.

You folks got game.
 
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