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   Bear | May 29, 2005 03:52am | #1

   Is it; Buy a cheap tool, cry every time you use it, buy a quality tool, cry once.

   Bear

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   MAVERIK | May 29, 2005 04:31am | #3

   You are right!

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   dukeone | May 29, 2005 04:36am | #4

   I've heard it put: Buy the best and only cry once!

   KDMKenneth Duke Masters
   The Bill of Rights
   December 15 1791
   NRA Endowment Member
   LEAA Life Member
   CRPA Member

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   Peter36 | May 29, 2005 04:20am | #2

   Buy once and cry once?

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   Midnight | May 29, 2005 04:54am | #5

   if ya buy cheap, you'll pay dear....

   Mike Wallace

   Stay safe....Have fun

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   philip | May 29, 2005 10:42am | #7

   Mike (old china)
   It sounds to me as if you bought a very cheap and nasty planer and/or jointeronce upon a time and you have been crying ever since....Either that or you did not spend more than 5 minutes learning to set it up and use it.
   Sorry, couldn't resist that one.
   I promise not to take the mickey any more (from you)

   Edited 5/29/2005 4:04 am ET by mookaroid

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   Midnight | May 29, 2005 10:45pm | #11

   It sounds to me as if you bought a very cheap and nasty planer and/or jointeronce upon a time and you have been crying ever since....

   yupp... Stanley #7 and a #5... 'orrible things.... my L-N's more than make up for them though if ye ken fit I mean...Mike Wallace

   Stay safe....Have fun

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   philip | May 29, 2005 11:01pm | #12

   Hello Mike,
   Iken fit ye mean ahboot the #5,#7 and others-but I was referring to your comment in another post about having tried the powered version (woodmuncher).Still, dinnae worrie y'self laddie.
   Seriously, I have only got Stanleys,Records and a #607 Bedrock as you may have seen and they "get me there".I would dearly like to have a choice of L/n's or Clifton -can get them here but I need to make some money first.If I stop winding you up will you send me one as a present?
   I also have Jim Kingshot's book which decribes in detail how to make a Norris type- I have the ability and equipment to do it, so it could happen.
   Keep well-sounds as though you have some holiday time coming up?

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   Midnight | May 29, 2005 11:30pm | #15

   but I was referring to your comment in another post about having tried the powered version (woodmuncher).

   I kint fit ye meant about the wood munchers.. I was just jerkin yer chain... The munchers I bought were on a par with DeWalt stuff, I just grew tired of their limitations and "baggage".

   When I started out with the hand planes, I bought Stanley on the strength of that's what my dad bought in his day; talk about an eye opener. The conversion to L-N's came about after I grew tired of the Stanleys literally bouncing off some iron hard elm, grain tha tthe L-N's subsequently breezed through... I canna afford reial and error tool purchaces; L-N have never let me down; buy once and rely on them.

   If I stop winding you up will you send me one as a present?

   Now why would ya wanna make it harder t jerk yer chain...??? Too easy perhaps..??  ;)

   I also have Jim Kingshot's book which decribes in detail how to make a Norris type- I have the ability and equipment to do it, so it could happen.

   I haven't read the book myself, but if memory serves I've heard mention of there being some errors in the book; keep yer eyes open if you're going that way...

   I must confess a hankering for an infill or two myself; one of these days I'll get one for behaving myself.. Ahem..

    

    Mike Wallace

   Stay safe....Have fun

2. 
   chills1994 | May 30, 2005 05:58am | #16

   hey eddie,

   yep, that's what i was looking for, the Ruskin quote.

   Thank you,

   Chills

4. 
   eddiefromAustralia | May 29, 2005 07:28am | #6

   Here's a few, chills

   I think that the one you're looking for is:

    

    "It's unwise to pay too much, but it's unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do."  Ruskin

    

   I typed in price and goods into google, and this one came up too.

   Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods
   http://www.bartleby.com/66/54/2454.html

    

   Do not be penny wise and pound foolish, remember the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

    

    
   "There is hardly anything in the world that some men cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

   It's unwise to pay too much, but it's more unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much you lose a little money, that's all.

   When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do.

   The common law of business prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it's well to add something for the risk you take. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."

   John Ruskin - Poet and Writer (1819 ~ 1900)

    

   Cheers,

   eddie

5. 
   shopteacher | May 29, 2005 02:00pm | #8

   The motto of the E.C. Simmons Hardware Company (Keen Kutter tools) was:

   "The Recollection of QUALITY Remains

   Long After the PRICE is Forgotten."

   E. C. Simmons c1930

6. 
   Dustmight | May 29, 2005 02:40pm | #9

   The most expensive tools you can buy are the ones you buy twice...

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   mudman | May 29, 2005 05:55pm | #10

   Lo que cuesta barato, sale caro.

   A Mexican phrase (may also be common in other latin cultures) that is roughlytranslated into "That which is bought cheep, leaves expensive" The sentiment in Spanish is a little more profound than the English translation.

   Also there is "Pay me now, or pay me later"

   Mikeplease excuse my spelling.

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   WillGeorge | May 29, 2005 11:12pm | #14

   A Mexican phrase (may also be common in other latin cultures) that is roughlytranslated into "That which is bought cheep, leaves expensive" The sentiment in Spanish is a little more profound than the English translation.

   Like Cra# in Egnlish?

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   mudman | May 30, 2005 06:34am | #17

   Thats Funny. I never thought of it that way.... But it is a posible connotation. I'll ask my helper.

   Mikeplease excuse my spelling.

1. 
   Daggs | May 31, 2005 07:21pm | #18

   Quality, on-time, price.

   Pick any two.

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   WillGeorge | May 29, 2005 11:11pm | #13

   The most expensive tools you can buy are the ones you buy twice...

   What if I use them ALOT?