re: Cost of tools

Jeff, back in the days when much of my equipment was Craftsman, I used to joke about having bought a couple thousand dollars in Sears products using a Sears card, though I didn’t have one.

I pointed out to people they could get whatever they wanted for as little as $10.00 a month. All they had to do was, buy me the tool(s) I wanted using their Sears card.

My first joiner was a 4" Craftsman. I used it a week or two and quickly figured out I needed a 6". A few weeks of that and I understood why I needed a long bed six inch. Then. . . . .