Ohhhhh the Gen 8 is here

[MickWrath]

Samyo, do you have any plans to incorporate a metal threaded insert for the vice of any gen series? I have no problems with the machine being plastic my problem lies with the worry I will have the same problem as twice before. Like I stated before I found your customer service excellent, but what's frustrating is I love the swash and cannot bring myself to buy another with the vice as is, sorry homie I just don't trust it. Please tell me the gen 8 has improved upon it somehow...Mick-

[elbo]

Same here...used gen 6's,gen 7's and whips....never had a problem with the vice....

[No Iron Machines]

Cool....finally they go back to produce something serious....

[Sage Oz]

I've personally never had a problems with the vise stripping but I've fixed two that belonged to friends(guess they've got gorilla hands too). Gotta say that the gen6 is an awesome machine!

[chris-in-cali]

I've personally never had a problems with the vise stripping but I've fixed two that belonged to friends(guess they've got gorilla hands too). Gotta say that the gen6 is an awesome machine!

i know...i should have never sold that mother fucker
always found it hit too hard for mag work but damn that thing could line like a beast
for me, the only other rotary that is comparable to it for lining is a dan kubin

[Samyo]

Samyo, do you have any plans to incorporate a metal threaded insert for the vice of any gen series? I have no problems with the machine being plastic my problem lies with the worry I will have the same problem as twice before. Like I stated before I found your customer service excellent, but what's frustrating is I love the swash and cannot bring myself to buy another with the vice as is, sorry homie I just don't trust it. Please tell me the gen 8 has improved upon it somehow...Mick-

Thanks for the post Mick ... mate not at this stage, the issues of stripped & broken vices is actually quite rare for the number of machines out there, it was a little more common in the earlier machines, but Craig has since purchased more advanced injection molding equipment and refined the technique. From memory there was only one or two broken vices in the Whips and that was an early test batch of the purple ones. Since then I have not seen seen one.

Changing to a smaller nut on the tube vice also helped, some of the early Gen6's had a really big circular nut on them and it was easy to over tighten ... As I said in the earlier post, I think some folk were used to have to really crank up the tube vices but with the Swashdrive you don't have to, the combination of the different metals and the polymer holds the tube quite tight without a lot of pressure.

If you have a body that you have stripped out sent me a mail, I am happy to send you out a replacement ... hit me up at [email protected] ...

[MickWrath]

Thanks for the response Samyo, it's good to hear that it was an earlier issue that was addressed, it turned me off from the machines altogether despite me wanting another gen and a whip. I will take your word and give one a go if I can find one in trade here and if she holds up I will most definitely purchase this Gen 8. Mick!!

[peter clements]

If the tube vice issue has been properly addressed as it seems to have,then I'm interested.I've yet to try a Swash ,so that'd be nice.It'll have to be a trade though as the amount of machines I'm starting to acumulate is getting ridiculous......again.

[MickWrath]

Samyo, I have a whip coming in trade now...giving the swash's another go! If she works out I will be making good on the gen 8 purchase. Thanks for making your voice heard to my concerns it means a lot to me. Mick-

[vsprotoss]

Looking forward to what everyone has to say about it. I like how these whips just keep coming out in new generations hehe.