Just finished and the peoples choice award went to the Quadra Bench..
No accounting for peoples taste!! Well done to him though.
Pete
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Just finished and the peoples choice award went to the Quadra Bench..
No accounting for peoples taste!! Well done to him though.
Pete
You're kidding! Does that mean there are more woodworkers out there than we thought, or did most of them think it was an exercise machine or something?
It's a bit of a shame really that they voted for an invention that helps you burn electrons, rather than something that saves energy or water. Says a lot about us really....
No, the woodworkers probably wouldn't have voted for it. Everyone else was sucked in by it's whizzbangness.Quote:
Does that mean there are more woodworkers out
Yes, it's damned inconvienient to think about these things.Quote:
It's a bit of a shame really that they voted for an invention that helps you burn electrons, rather than something that saves energy or water. Says a lot about us really...
The way the masses are kept happy is to get them to buy new toys. Consume, consume.
I missed that episode of New inventors. Did they give an indicative price for that thing? Looks like it will cost heaps!
Pretty soon 'Ozito' will come up with their version for less than $200:D
Zelk
$6,000 apparently...Quote:
Originally Posted by Wood Butcher
Obviously price and commercial viability have no place in the judging criterea.
They would not have been woodworkers who voted for it, just people who thought it looked like a good idea. Obviously the whizzbangness got them in.
I'm with you all. Definitely not voted by real woodies. I was surprised when I saw that. For 6 big ones one can buy many good quality dedicated machines. (and have change for lots of beer)
cheers,
conwood
Hanner has a shipment of 1000 on its way from China to Bunny's even as we speak.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by zelk
Yep
delete accuracy, paint orange, reduce the price..;)
I also saw that show. The quadro looked like a table that should be marketed at gynecologists/obstetricians rather than woodies. :D
Les
Oh no
As much as I love inventions that help us all out (I own the orange after all) I cannot see how 6 grand is going to worth it for this thing. After all it's powered by a hand power saw and hand router (just like the orange) and cannot do as much as if I spent that amount on other thinks like:-
HB-10 table saw
6 inch buzzer
12 inch planner
Pedestal drill press
Work bench with bang up vice
Router table
Even then I'd only hit about 4 grand with a bit of shopping around (i.e. Carbatec, Hare & forbes etc). And that's for good kit, not the GMC POC
Ciao,
M.
not a bad analogyQuote:
Originally Posted by lesmeyer
I think in this case the "mother of the invention" was lack of knowledge as to how to safely use a table saw
Must admit my thought was that someone should have shown the inventor the complete Festo catalogue before he got started
for $6k you could set yourself up with the complete Festo Basis system.
ian