[ccanassa]

I usually buy the best tool that I can afford, my reasoing is:

- This forces me to research first, if I am dropping €500 on a new piece of woodworking equiment I want to make sure that's not going to be wasted.

- There is a better market for used expensive tools and they can sell for a even higher price than a new one (I am looking at you Festool Domino)

- I pet my expensive tools. The cheap stuff just get throw around and get lost.

- There is a argument about buying a cheap one first and then once it breaks you get a better one. That doesn't really work for me, several of these cheap tools can last for ages.

- Good tools requires less skill to use; they just do their job. With cheap tools you have to account not only your lack of skill but also deviations introduced by the tool.