Rockler Visit

Lee Michaels · 2009-07-16T02:16:15+00:00

I had some business near the local Rockler store today and dropped in for a visit. I haven't been in there for awhile. A lot more tools there now.When I walked in the door, therre was the big, new Delta table saw. It looked nice and cost about $3,300. What was most interesting to me was a signt hat screamed out, "New Unisaw BUILT IN AMERICA!"I thought that was interesting that US manufacture was considered a marketing point. Also, I didn't know that they still built saws here. I thought they went offshore. I wonder if they finally figured out that many people weren't going to buy a chinese copy of a unisaw.Another interesting display was the Festools. Talk about getting tool envy. I saw the Festool sliding miter saw. I looked at the price and it said $130. I thought that this could not be right. I looked closer and someone had bent the little sign showing the price. I straightened it out and it said $1300. OK, that is more like it. Obviously somebody's idea of a joke. I was about to buy it even if I already had a miter saw.Another thing that became obvious looking at the Festool catalog. You can spend a $1,000 or more for a basic tool. Then you can spend $20,000 for accessories and consumables! They getcha coming and going.I drooled a little more, grabbed a catalog and went to my next appointment. Gotta go eat now. My honey is making up some of her world famous barbecued chicken pizza..

Jul 16, 2009 101 Replies

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Mark & Juanita 16 years ago

Sounds like the guy who took over GM as CEO (before Obama [who doesn't want to run the car companies] fired him.

He made the comment that he came to GM expecting to run a car company. When he got there, he realized he was running a pension plan that built cars.

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Jack Stein 16 years ago

scritch wrote: Want to live and work in

Not quite yet!

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