Got Steel? Somebody Hoed my lathe!!!!

[winchmaster]

Hello guys,
For those who don't know me I'm from California and have fished westcoast stripers for way over thirty years. I usaully hang out at another certain website but thought you all would be interested on what's going on. In March I ordered a Jet Lathe, great price, great company ect. Well today I sit 53 days later still waiting for the lathe I ordered. I had talked to the distributor about 30 days and was told that the factory had notified them that it had been backordered.
I e-mailed and called the distribitorSmith-Hamilton (Southern-tool ) last night and asked a what the F is up and just now I got a call from the vice president of Walter Meyer Holding Company. This is the company that owns and produces all the Jet equipment and a lot of all the steel products out there. What he told me is that right now there is a raw steel shortage! It is almost impossible to find steel to manufacture products. I talked to Mr. Floyd for almost an hour and got some lesson on the steel business. Suffice to say if your planning on buying anything made of steel. BUY IT NOW as prices on consumer goods wmade with stell is going to skyrocket.
So my next date of production is June 6 to late for me to make stuff, and the thousands of dollars I spent on other tools and material will sit till after the fishing season is over. Just thought you'd all be interested on what's going on.