On 2007-04-11 10:32:41 +0100, Owain said:

The Medway Handyman wrote:
True enough, if I found a potential client wanting a good machine I
could earn a margin, but there is a perception problem peculiar to
HPC's. A jigsaw, for example can be bought for £20 and a really good
one could cost £100 - 5 times the price.
With HPC's you can buy one for £40 but a really good one would cost
£500 - over 12 times the price.

I'm sure Mr Hall could find a really good jigsaw at £240 :-)

Owain

Well.... the Festool is in that range.

Bosch blue, which is almost as good is around half of that.