This was designed and built in the USA, that was one of my sticking points. I really liked the Woodland Mills HM130 but despite being a Canadian company, the mill was constructed in the far east. I'm not certain where Wood-mizer gets their steel but it stands to reason it could be domestic.
I started shopping for a mill over 5 years ago and went to the Paul Bunyan show in southern OH in '17 to do more in person research and watch the sawmill shootout.
Previously Wood-mizer's LT10 looked appealing but too small for what I wanted to do, the LT15 was a bit bigger, which is always good, but too expensive to not pay for part of itself and generating income was a long term goal.
Despite taking longer to assemble and disassemble, I prefer floating fasteners to fixed as any gauling or cross threading can be quickly fixed by a new nut and screw.