Michael Koblic wrote:
Ha! The economics of tools is something I only started appreciating the last
two years.
Canadian Tire is very funny like that. They have obviously acquired a boat
load of various tools they have difficulty shifting. Even heavy discounts
(4-1/2" angle grinder for less than $20) do not seem to help. Then they
start inventing all kinds of gimmicks to sell the stuff - in the case of the
said grinder they made a stand for it to make it into a quasi-chop saw. I
doubt that they sold many.

They have produced a "cutting tool" which is like nothing else. It also does
not sell as judging by the on-going discounts. I had a look at it - it was
quite useless!

There are quite a few other examples.

I sort of looked at the tile saw last time it went on sale (I was cutting
stones at one stage) but dismissed it as my grinder did the same job with a
diamond blade - dry!

To be fair, they do sell some very good stuff and they have a liberal return
policy.

Thanks for the tip.


I have a version of the mini chop saw mounted on the end of the bench.
It's handy for cutting off bolts and all thread type stuff.

You get a square cut and less time gets spent chasing after the small
pieces you just cut off and sent flying into that pile of oily rags!!!

--
Steve W.