Finding a local table manufacturer?

[chrswndhm]

Hey, new to the forum but my shop is under construction and first big ticket item is a plasma table, I live in SC and would prefer to buy a table from somewhere within a few hours drive. Last thing I want is needing a part and having to wait a week. My questions are:

Is there a local manufacturer within my vicinity? Only one I have found is Gorilla Machine out of Asheville, NC

Is this a viable concern to have considering I plan to fill orders through a webpage and don’t want a bad customer service reputation?

Thanks

[RDillon]

JD squared is in eastern TN. Looks like a good product line. May be worth talking to. Doesn't seem to be much in the Mid Atlantic area. I bought from Cutting Edge, out of MN. That's definitely not local! Good luck!

[Carolinapowdercoating]

DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM!! I ordered a machine to expand the business in February, financed it through a bank, he got the money and my deposit and I still haven’t seen the machine. Luckily the bank is going to let me out of the deal but save your time and buy from a reputable company! The company owner who is Christopher Libby told me that he had a heart attack and then 7 strokes which is next to impossible to live through. He told me that he had the heart attack at the end of February, beginning of march. A family member located a picture of him sky diving on the 12th of march.....pretty fast recover for something so severe. I last spoke to him on the 22nd of march and he told me he got out of the hospital 2 days before. The bank and the finance company launched an investigation because he apparently left NC to go to FL. I really hate that I have to type this but what he did was wrong and I don’t want to see it happen to anyone else!

[Tim the Tool Man]

I assume you are referring to JD Squared, as Matt from Cutting Edge has been very helpful and delivered my machine in the time frame stated at purchase.