Hi all not sure if any have had these problems with the recent Korber Roundhouse Issue, but after getting my kit last week I have found several deficiencies in the kit I received. And was wondering if this is an anomaly or just the way it is. Let me proceed.
1.) The plans I received were undersized when taped along the reference lines as instructed, the plans only equaled 24" when the plans indicated that they should measure 29". As a result I had to go to Staples and have new plans resized and printed at my expense. Not cool it was $40.00 and after spending nearly $300.00 for the kit it does not seem right. My e-mail to Steve was answered promptly but he did not assume responsibility or offer any compensation for this additional cost I incurred.
2.) Although the castings are good, crisp and deep there was in my opinion an excessive amount of flash on several of the pieces the windows were filled in completely and required several hours of work with a razor saw to open them up. Don't get me wrong I dont expect a shake and bake kit, but this seemed a bit much to me especially at the price.
3.) There were missing pieces and some were broken when opening the kit. Steve was prompt in sending me replacements and they arrived without incident. The broken pieces happen can't control how the package gets abused during shipment, however the missing pieces are just plain carelessness in Q.C. and are IMHO unacceptable.
4.) Some of the strip lumber included in the kit is not cut to the proper length I am very meticulous and before placing and gluing each piece I measured every piece against the parts list length and in the case of many of the pieces they were off by 1/16 of an inch this may not seem like a lot but it added up on a few of the structual supports to be an 1/8 or 5/16 of an inch. This is 6"-9" in scale and would show if not corrected. I was forced to make filler pieces to make up the gaps and keep everything true. Again not beyond my abilities but I should not have to do this amount of extra work on a fresh kit out of the box due to someone not accounting for the blade kerf or being careless when making the cuts.
I am not really expecting any resolution from Steve but wish to inform the Forum membership of my experience and see if anyone else has had the same issues or concerns.
