Definition Of Cheap
I’ve heard it said that only rich men can afford to buy cheap tools.
There very well may be some truth to that, but try convincing my wife. While she’s really supportive of my hobby (I make things for her too), she’s as much of a hawk on the bottom line costs of things as I am. In this current global recession we’re both starting to really tighten the belts up even more. That’s not a bad thing.
But this statement that only rich men can afford cheap tools… For some reason, it irks me. I suppose my problem with the statement is that it relies upon the definition of ‘cheap’ so heavily. Certainly most anyone can afford inexpensive tools, but cheap tools or tools that are poorly constructed, poorly engineered, or fail at their primary tasks you’ll be buying time and time again. If you substitute the word shoddy for cheap in the old wise axiom, then I whole-heatedly agree.
So I suppose I need to clarify a position. Woodworking on the Cheap is more about getting quality results without much outlay of cash. We’re all working wood inexpensively, or inexpensive woodworking. Maybe I should have picked that as a name.