They gotta make everything look good. Even something as utilitarian as a machine tool:
Compare to an American-built lathe of roughly the same vintage and size:
Not that there's anything wrong with the South Bend machine when you look at it strictly as a tool, but you have to admit that the Granziano has far more visual panache.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
que aproveche!
Or something.
Leblond and Daewoo for the win here, folks...
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You are missing the point. Both companies make fine machines, but this thread isn't about that. It's purely about the way Italians always put some thought into the way their products look. For instance, here's a LeBlond lathe:Originally Posted by N8YX
I can't compare a Daewoo because they don't make similar lathes, only CNC machines.
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Somewhere along the way Americans lost the art of making buildings and machines look elegant. If you look at 100+ year old machine and architecture, most of them were items of beauty, with creativity and care put into the way they looked. Now it's just slap shit together and make it functional. Apparently the art hasn't been completely lost in other parts of the world.
actually we dont build anything anymore. machines are built for cheap with no quality in china
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Function over form.
Same reason the 'Crack Ho' was conceived and put in mass production here. Few other countries would have had a ready market for them.
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That's true with the lathe, but not so much with the 1999 Fiat Multipla. Ya can't win em all.They gotta make everything look good. Even something as utilitarian as a machine tool:
Compare to an American-built lathe of roughly the same vintage and size:
Not that there's anything wrong with the South Bend machine when you look at it strictly as a tool, but you have to admit that the Granziano has far more visual panache.
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Point taken. Everyone gets it wrong from time to time.
That model was changed fast too for something more normal looking, was a good car 3 people next to eachother spacious and all that...
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