Good grief Joe. You need to talk to my wife to find out if I am a tool cheapskate! I often recommend to others to just shell out the money and get the good stuff and well as pursue that route myself. I didn't know, so I was just asking..... geesh! His website does not make it apparent what might be special about his tooling. The article by Newton Hunt makes that clear. Terry Farrell > Looks interesting, but looks more like $40 worth of tooling and I guess the > promise of some information on how to do it? Am I missing something? $550? > > Terry Farrell > I don't disagree, but before shelling out $550. for something, I think it > is reasonable to look into just what you're getting for that price. It's > not an insignificant amount of money. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > > I'm constantly annoyed by the way a lot of technicians are really > > cheap-skates, who are always carping about how much tools, materials, > > conventions, etc. cost! Sheesh! Onesti's system is a whole lot of bang for > > the buck, IMO. In order to offer something like that to the "masses", > takes > > a lot of work. If you would go to his web site and read his explanation of > > how the tool works and the time it takes to do the job(s), then you'll > have > > a much better feeling for the value of his tools/system. I personally > don't > > have his tool(s), although I can see the true value of the tools, and > > especially the value of his effort(s)! If you ever get the opportunity to > > make a tool and then go through the effort of patenting, marketing and the > > constant effort of making up the tool for each order, you'll quickly > > understand what it takes. A lot of frustration and wasted time is spent in > > such an effort. > > IMO, the cost of our tools, necessary to do what we do, is VERY cheap > > compared to other businesses. If you doubt that, then check out your > > plumber, electrician, machinist, carpet cleaner....the list is endless! A > > quality tool, which I consider Onesti's to be, is cheap at any price. A > > cheap tool, is worthless, no matter how cheap. > > Food for thought, y'all.<G> > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
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