On 2/2/2012 2:07 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:


"Leon" lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in message
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On 2/2/2012 7:20 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:


If you are a hobbyist, the price will look high unless you appreciate
quality and a tool that will last.


A tool that will last? Hell Leon, I figured out the secret to buying
tools
that will last a long time ago - cheap tools that last. All I have to
do is
tell my wife "I should never have bought this cheap POS - as soon as it
burns out, I'm just going to spend the money on a good one..."

Sure 'nuff... once those words are uttered the damned POS refuses to
die.


Damn I have always danced around that fact and never realized what it
all meant.

I had to garage sale my PC detail sander to actually get rid of it in
a reasonably responsible way.

Three comments;

First; I know exactly what is meant about a crap tool that won't die.
Why is it when you have a tool you want to die, it lives forever? And a
tool you want to live, it dies? Sorta like some people I can think of...

It might be because we actually avoid using it and can clearly remember
the hell we had with it when we used it last.


Second; I had a couple of the PC sanders. After using them for a day or
two, may hand would go numb. Particularly that vertical finish sander.
They may have been state of the art at one time, but they did not like
my hands! Porter Cable became irrelevant years ago. Good Riddance!

I had the ones that worked. The Old SpeedBloc and the original right
angle ROS. The SpeedBloc did not vibrate too much but man that thing
would raise a cloud of dust. I remember going from the SpeedBloc to the
Festool Finish sander and thinking the Festool sander was not doing any
thing. I had to learn/remember that the vac was collecting all of the
dust. I used the dust as my indicator of progress when using the SpeedBloc





Third; I can't help but wonder, where does the guy who buys Leon's tools
at a garage sale fit in the hierarchy of woodworkers? I know that Leon
is at the top of the pecking order. I guess this guy is about half way
between Festool and Sears Craftsman.

That PC detail sander, 556 PC biscuit cutter, no not the 557, the Delta
scroll saw, my old Ryobi AP10 planer and my Craftsman jointer all got
scooped up at once.