a piece on my table saw broke and I decided that I will not spend money on Jet tools again. Too many little things have broken on the two shop tools I have that are made by Jet.
I've made a replacement piece for the latest breakage from wood and so far it seems to be fine the original part is broken into about 10 pieces a crappy cast aluminum part which was exactly the wrong material for this application
I can't do that for the other stuff and have just had to fudge it
for example the quick-adjust handle on the lathe tool rest is stripped. the handle is spring loaded so you can pull it out, rotate it then tighten/loosen in a better position. well that crappy aluminum was a really bad choice as it stripped out and I did not abuse this handle I was always careful to pull it all the way out then rotate and made sure it was seated again then tighten/loosen
I bought a plastic knob and that works ok, but not as much leverage as the original handle
also the nut on the lathe tool rest that attaches under the bedway was a flattened nut with a nylon ring. the nylon gave way and the tool rest could not be adequately tightened to the bedway replaced it with a plain old nut and so far so good
all these little things add up to sour me on Jet they may have reduced the cost to pass on the savings to me but now i lose and they lose
a lose-lose situation or mutually assured disappointment