syil x4

[cropwell]

I know of them quite well. Bad press is greater than good press. There is a recent post on this forum where a new owner can't get his working correctly and no support.

Original post is Syil-X4-Plus-E-stop-issue.

As I understood from the post, that new owner does not own a new one, in fact quite an old one. I know that Syil electronics were not the best as they used Tonman BoB and Drivers at some stage. That is the same control box electronics that a company in Devon sells or used to sell, so they must be crap.

The real problem is that Syil have changed their electronics more often than some engineers change their underpants, so you will only know what is in the box when you look. It also appears that the previous owner of the machine in question has fiddled with the machine, so anything is possible.

Most of the chinese origin machines available originate from Weiss (http://www.weiss.com.cn/), and people like Warco, Axminster, Chester, Amadeal just order them up painted in their particular colours and badged accordingly. It would be interesting, if I had the time, to look at the various websites and make a spreadsheet of the equivalent machines and prices. It probably would show a remarkable coincidence, and who you buy from would be just down to your perception of value and service.

I know that Amadeal have given me good service in supplying parts to allow me to do mods to my lathe, and I cannot imagine that they would shirk on customer service in their Syil dealership role.

Cheers,

Rob