Quote Originally Posted by gn7 View Post
I agree. My point was, that they aren't so much farming the heads out to China, but the heads are no longer labeled as 356T6 virgin, which means they can be any crap recycled alloy, because there is no claim it is any thing but lightweight aluminum. So is a beer can, and widow frames.

As far as prop shafts, is the material REALLY XXXX, or is a "similar material"
Anybody have or seen a cert for the material? Or just taking the word of the person cutting the shafts or his supplier? There are counterfeit DVD and Rolex watches and everything in between. Bogus parts have ended up in jumbo jets. It wouldn't be a stretch to find a bogus shaft in a boat.
Its not that China can't produce the stuff, They can launch a satellite, and shoot it down from a land based missile, and have done both. But the country does have a reputation for looking the other way when it comes to bogus stuff. Counterfeit U.S. money here, and you go to jail. Countereit U.S. money there, and they take your plates away and slap your hand. Counterfeit Chinese money, and they execute you at sunrise.
As someone who is forced by some of my customers to use Molds built in China I can tell you that they don't know shit about Steel or the hardening process. Have I gotten good molds from China. Yep in a few cases. Most though are not. As for Certs that's a total joke. They will cert anything you ask for.

I am dealing with a new program right now that involves 9 molds. 2 of these molds even in pictures are garbage. My Customer does not care. They just say run it. One of the molds has 4 Hydraulic cylinders on it that they swear are off the shelf components. They are not. They went as far a giving us the name of the Mfg. The Mfg. does exist but they tell me they did not make the cylinders. Asked for a serial number. I am still waiting.

China is garbage. They know what we don't know. That we are greedy and gullible and will accept their shit in hopes of saving a little. Their equivalent is not even close.