On 10/20/2010 8:39 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Same here, but I can easily get by with HF (and American-made) tools
for most work. I needed a -good- impactor and have had both Bosch and
Makita now. Both were both necessary and worth it. I'm not retired,
I's just po workin' folk.


has raised the bar quite high. I love a good tool as much as the next
guy, and I could (most of the time) justify buying Festool grade
tools. No tool works harder or smarter than a Festool.

I, too, can appreciate a good tool, but it rankles me to no end that
some toolmakers (Fein, Festool, and others) price theirs 2x to 20x
above the rest.

How does that saying go? "...and the horse
that rode in on them." or something.

My favorite, much more true and to the point:

"You get what your pay for!"

If you run a woodworking business and buy a Festool TS75 for $500. In
five years time it will have been instrumental in making you a minimum
of $200k. It has cost you thus far $4/month for unparalleled utility and
reliability.

In another five, and ten, after that, it was paid for and you're still
using a tool that has a lifetime of use left in it.

Try that with your HF tool ...

I have an Omer nailer, and a HF nailer of the same ilk ... vast
difference in cost/quality, but one is disposable and the other will be
working for my grandkids kids and won't leave me stranded on a job site
200 miles from the shop.

Your choice ... If wwing is a hobby, of course your YMWV.

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