How to tell if a guide rail is made in the US or Europe?

[Administrator_JSVN]

I needed to track down an answer on this. Because we have some remaining inventory of the German-made guide rails, none of the US ones have started shipping yet.

You'll be able to identify whether you have a German or US guide rail in two ways:
1. The packaging will say either "Made in USA" or "Made in Germany".
2. The packaging will include either the US address in Lebanon, Indiana or the German address in Wendlingen.

I don't believe there will be any marking on the guide rails themselves.

 

[Klemm]

I needed to track down an answer on this. Because we have some remaining inventory of the German-made guide rails, none of the US ones have started shipping yet.

You'll be able to identify whether you have a German or US guide rail in two ways:
1. The packaging will say either "Made in USA" or "Made in Germany".
2. The packaging will include either the US address in Lebanon, Indiana or the German address in Wendlingen.

I don't believe there will be any marking on the guide rails themselves.

- thanks much for clarifying - that will help us.
What is the first ship date to dealers from US production?

Hans

 

[Cheese]

The packaging will say either "Made in USA" or "Made in Germany".

I don't believe there will be any marking on the guide rails themselves.

Why not just have USA printed on the rail label? Seems pretty simple and pretty easy. You just need to order some new labels. [big grin]

Besides, after the packaging has been discarded, the USA label would still allow for positive identification for years to come and by then there will certainly be a worldly mix of rails in the US.

 

[Holmz]

You guys really think tolerances could be that far off? Hmmm.

They're becoming renowned for having lower tolerances.

 

[peter halle]

You guys really think tolerances could be that far off? Hmmm.

They're becoming renowned for having lower tolerances.

Purely opinionated.

Peter Halle - Moderator

 

[Holmz]

You're correct Peter - many countries have been exhibiting it, and my attempts at humour are usually pretty weak.

 

[rst]

In ancient times, 15-20 years ago, , skilled machinists made the extrusion molds using extremely precise optics and precision machining to produce by hand, the molds used in the aluminum extruding process.  That process has been replaced (at the expense of those skilled machinists) by CNC machining process' that essentially produce the exactly same piece as many times as the the mold holds up to wear.  Do some pieces occasionally not meet specs...hell yah, just like the pieces you produce are not absolutely identical.  DOO DOO occurs...and Festool usually replaces those non conforming pieces with no fuss.  Not sure about you but I reside in the real world where despite the best effort of business sometimes crap occurs.  The real judgement of a business is how they react.