On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:20:00 GMT, FrozenNorth
wrote:

That is the crux of the problem, the company has to move enough product to
cover overheads and show a bottom line. There isn't enough people willing
to spend extra for a quality product to support the facilities to create
that quality. Unfortunately this extends far beyond wood working tools,
but to pretty much everything we need in life, including a nice pair of
warm socks.

The question is, does that extra quality translate into additional
capacity for the tool, does it actually work that much better than an
"inferior" tool to make it worth the additional cost. There comes a
point where miniscule improvements only come at a much more than
miniscule cost. Does it really matter if your table saw top is flat
within a billionth of an inch? Is it worth an extra 20% to get it
that flat?

Most people would say no.