It could just be built sturdy with a lot of steel (and not much aluminum or other lighter metals). Coming from china that makes sense (steel is cheap over there).<div><br></div><div>It is HUGE though. it's 2M x 1.5M x 1M in size... I've seen laser printers and such smaller than that that weigh 500lb so it's not that far out of the ordinary. Also the weight may be "shipping weight" and not the actual unit weight (as I would imagine something that large probably comes fairly heavily packaged)</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Bruce <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@faintfuzzies.ca">lists@faintfuzzies.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On November 22, 2011 01:09:54 AM Darcy Whyte wrote:<br>
> Why does this weigh 900lb?<br>
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> Just a little curious. I'm supposing they have some cast parts?<br>
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> <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/CNC-Laser-Engrave-Acrylic-Cutting-Machine-1400x900-" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/CNC-Laser-Engrave-Acrylic-Cutting-Machine-1400x900-</a><br>
> mm-/120485325284?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c0d7c29e4#ht_2702wt_952<br>
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</div></div>Maybe it is made of and iron lead alloy? ;-) or it is a typo?<br>
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