"xSoldier" wrote in message
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"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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In article UjHwf.8428$Lh1.5967@trnddc01, "xSoldier"
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Is the problem with the Mini 500 something that can be corrected? Or is
the
design fatally flawed?
Sorry if I jumped in late- I think I missed details of the problem(s).

I have a sick feeling that you're about to be very, very, very sorry
that you asked.

I did not mean to 'stir the pot'. I just did not understand what the
mechanical issue is.



I haven't been around here too long, but from what I've heard. The machine
is a death trap, and the regulars here have lost at least one friend to it.
I can tell you that the people who ran the factory are crooks at best.
One of them comes into my shop every now and then to have a part made for
some customer he is trying to "help".