just got these back from the engraver

[fatcashdaddy]

@elbo: yeah the machine is very cheap now. I think I paid 40USD for mine quite a while ago
@bluerocker: mine is stock but I do want to beef it up with a higher quality motor. but I'm going to wait until this one gives out. It is a copy of a stigma bizarre V1, a machine that stigma no longer produces, I believe...

I don't endorse the mantis in any way. Quality control in chinese products are always an issue. I may have just gotten lucky and got a decent one, others may not have been so lucky. Also, I don't use this machine on a day to day basis so I can't say how well it would hold up over time. I have alot of machines and I rotate the machines I use so no one machine gets used everyday
( This public service announcement was posted in a feable attempt to appease the haters and cyberbullies who feel it is their duty to dictate to other artists just what equipment they should be using in their own practice and is directed at the sheeple who listen to them. free thinkers, do what you feel is best for you....discretion is advised )

[gangstajay]

I had 2 of those machine also.. I gave one to tatu richie and the other to mike my old boss to help break them into rotary's. hey slick they are alot heavier then the stealth I believe they are made from steel not alum. the screw only adjust the stroke length not a damper. so it has no give.. the one's I had ran very well... I took the little spring off of mine cuz the rubber bands kept getting stuck in it. but for a knock off it ran just fine. hey fat cash the new look is dope

[ckjr]

wow I want to do mine

[bluerocker]

many thanks for ya reply mate, good to know

[OwlsDen]

I don't endorse the mantis in any way. Quality control in chinese products are always an issue. I may have just gotten lucky and got a decent one, others may not have been so lucky. Also, I don't use this machine on a day to day basis so I can't say how well it would hold up over time. I have alot of machines and I rotate the machines I use so no one machine gets used everyday
( This public service announcement was posted in a feable attempt to appease the haters and cyberbullies who feel it is their duty to dictate to other artists just what equipment they should be using in their own practice and is directed at the sheeple who listen to them. free thinkers, do what you feel is best for you....discretion is advised )

I wanted to thank you for this post, with more than a button click. I feel i have ben hasty to judge at times, in consideration to copies. I have thought i should re-asses my outlook on copies. I still don't like rip offs of current machines, but if something is no longer made ( Ala Bizarre 1 ) then why should we judge a similar machine. I only use this as a reference as i don't know if the copy came out when they still made the machine or not. So if it works for you, and you got a good deal on it that is great. The fact that you went out of your way and made it beautiful is awesome.