ScaredyCat":1saite4q said:
I agree custard. I've got fed up with buying cheap stuff that doesn't work, isn't square or whatever. It's especially annoying when you're starting out and have both limited funds and experience.
But what about stuff that isn't cheap and still doesn't work right, isn't square or whatever? Take a batch of common-brand try square, across a broad spectrum of price, and it appears the
majority won't be square. And don't get me started on the QC, or rather lack thereof, on new Sweetheart stuff.
Andy Kev.":1saite4q said:
I'll probably get a verbal kicking for admitting this but I've got one of these:
https://www.axminster.co.uk/bridge-city ... 0mm-104571
How about a hammering (hammer)
Seriously though, at least Bridge City squares actually get used. Far too many of their exquisite 'moving tools' for want of a better term never get shown to the wood. Not really sure what their owners do actually do with them, maybe they just get them out occasionally, fondle them while looking admiringly at the beauty of the mechanism and then return them carefully to their boxes.
murdoch":1saite4q said:
Anyone else noticed that Axminster bridge city are made in China under licence whereas the bridge city website tools are made in small batches in the USA but don’t cost anymore. Feels like Axminster are selling cheaper made Chinese tools but not letting us know there not actually bridge city.
As long as their spec and QC are equivalent I personally wouldn't care where something is made; plenty of good stuff IS made in China, Taiwan, India, and elsewhere that people commonly look down their noses at. (And conversely there is, and long has been, plenty of junk made by both American and British firms.)
But given that these are made in China and not virtually by hand, in small batches, in the US, it does call the pricing into question. And if there's one thing that busts my chops it's seeing stuff for the same number in Sterling as in US$ :evil:
