---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Yup, For the record they have pledged to keep the=20 Porter Cable line a journeyman tool line. Time will tell. Andrew At 10:44 PM 9/5/2005, you wrote: >And did you know that Porter Cable is now owned by Black and Decker? > >Greg > > >At 04:30 PM 9/5/2005, you wrote: >>Having come to this profession from heavy=20 >>fine-carpentry (timber and log-frame), I can=20 >>testify to the futility of buying cheap=20 >>throw-away tools. They cost more, not=20 >>including your wasted time. My Milwaukee=20 >>journeyman tools outlasted=20 >>penny-smart-dollar-foolish employees tools=20 >>easily ten to one. They are also cheaply=20 >>re-buildable. Milwaukee is only now beginning=20 >>to build cheap tools, think two tiers for them=20 >>as well as Bosch, Porter-Cable, Makita (maybe=20 >>three tiers for makita) etc. Dewalt was born=20 >>when Black & Decker had ruined its own rep.,=20 >>now Dewalt is sliding and B&D is being=20 >>re-introduced. They're counting on the=20 >>retirement of all the old carmudgeons who remember their slide from grace. >>Be careful about buying a cheap tool for only=20 >>one job, it might not make it to the end of the job. >> >>Andrew >> >>At 11:13 AM 9/5/2005, you wrote: >>>Gordon Stelter said: "I use cheapo crap drills, or great old ones from= yard >>>sales or the used tool store. I see no need to spend >>>hundreds on something, then subject it to this >>>punishment. >>> Gordon, >>>Ya done riled the "Tool Cap'n" with that one.=20 >>>Your above statement, has some validity, but=20 >>>it's kinda like buying Fords. You've been=20 >>>buying them for years, 'cause ya really likes=20 >>>em'. Why else would you buy so many of them?!!!<G> >>>I say: Never Buy a Cheap Tool, unless it's a=20 >>>one time thingee and you do not anticipate=20 >>>EVER doing that job again. Yeah, like that's going to happen!!! Sheesh! >>>As for the Yard Sale thingee; sometimes you=20 >>>can get some really nice, high quality tools=20 >>>that way. Most of my Chisels are from that=20 >>>sort of thing. They beat the current chisels,=20 >>>available, hands down, every time! Of course,=20 >>>you do need to be able to spot "Quality". >>>Regards, >>>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. >>>Captain, Tool Police >>>Squares R I > >Greg Newell >Greg's piano Fort=E9 >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e3/d7/8f/f6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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