Thread: Manufacturers defect on new dovo?

daflorc, I'm no expert on pinning but I have tightened quite a few. In my experience wood is more resilient than celluloid. Not sure about acrylic. You can crack a celluloid scale in a heartbeat if you go too far and that is what the vintage stuff was made of.

As for quality control, I worked in a factory briefly in my younger days and they paid piece work. IOW, you didn't get paid by the hour but by the total amount you produced. I don't know if that is the situation in Germany but my guess is Dovo wants to increase productivity as much as they want to maintain quality. The two kind of go together. Just IMHO.

I'm sure Dovo, like any company, would like to have high quality and high productivity. that can be a problem when you are making fine instruments.

There are a rare few companies (certain custom woodcrafting and granite companies, for instance) that have high quality, the best, no matter what. They're not as productive, but they're always in demand for their fine craftsmanship. the only problem is, you are going to pay out the nose for it.

I read somewhere:
There are three ways to do work: Fast, Cheap and Good. Pick two:

If you want something Fast and Good, it won't be Cheap.

If you want something Good and Cheap, it won't be Fast

If you want something Cheap and Fast, it won't be Good.