norlander
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I'd be put off the GYS by the very poor duty cycle. Even if you don't expect to be trying to do more than it's capable of, I'm a believer in not running machines at or very close to their limit. Get a machine with a duty cycle that's twice as good and logically it'll be better made and won't die as readily as it'll be running within it's comfortable capabilities.
duty cycle at what ambient temperature?-no-I dunno what that is all about, but I think its something like a cars 0-60 time-done with a 9 stone soaking wet driver on grippy track tarmac against a 0-60 time with a normal weight driver on your everyday road surface.
Motorbike manufacturers quote horsepower-some quote it at the drive sprocket, some quote it at the rear wheel.
90 BHP at the rear wheel, 110 BHP at the drive sprocket.
MPG of new cars,material cutting thickness of plasma cutters etc etc.
I reckon its time for a poll-who has tripped the duty cycle on their machine and how often.
Day in day out production machines on repetition work is one thing, but offer it up, tack it, tap it square, stitch it to keep it square, shift it to do the next one, change rods etc often leaves a margin in the duty cycle.