Another part fatigue failure on 3-1/2 year-old chinese mill

[slow-poke]

Not to poo poo PM (seems everyone talks highly of them), but I was a bit surprised how cheap my buddies PM mill felt when I used in briefly about a week ago. My mill is not exactly high on the totem pole, old Busy Bee made in Taiwan 8x30 knee mill but after using both, my mill feels like a tank compared to a Yugo.

 

[yota]

none of the Busy Bees I've seen online are very big machines. my machine is 1100 lbs with the base. doesn't compare with most knee mills though.

 

[slow-poke]

none of the Busy Bees I've seen online are very big machines. my machine is 1100 lbs with the base. doesn't compare with most knee mills though.

The PM machine I tried was definitely smaller than yours. I would guess 400-500 lbs. max, not sure what model it was.

 

[talvare]

"the machine does what I need it to do as far as removing metal though."

That's the bottom line. I'm glad it's doing the job and hope that it continues to do so without any further issues.
Also, nice job repairing those handles.
Ted