New Inventors

[Doughboy]

Just finished and the peoples choice award went to the Quadra Bench..

No accounting for peoples taste!! Well done to him though.

Pete

[silentC]

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....

[Grunt]

Does that mean there are more woodworkers out

No, the woodworkers probably wouldn't have voted for it. Everyone else was sucked in by it's whizzbangness.

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...

Yes, it's damned inconvienient to think about these things.

The way the masses are kept happy is to get them to buy new toys. Consume, consume.

[Wood Butcher]

I missed that episode of New inventors. Did they give an indicative price for that thing? Looks like it will cost heaps!

[zelk]

Pretty soon 'Ozito' will come up with their version for less than $200
Zelk

[silentC]

I missed that episode of New inventors. Did they give an indicative price for that thing? Looks like it will cost heaps!

$6,000 apparently...

[Gumby]

Obviously price and commercial viability have no place in the judging criterea.

[David L]

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.

[conwood]

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

[AlexS]

Pretty soon 'Ozito' will come up with their version for less than $200
Zelk

Hanner has a shipment of 1000 on its way from China to Bunny's even as we speak.

[dazzler]

Yep

delete accuracy, paint orange, reduce the price..

[lesmeyer]

I also saw that show. The quadro looked like a table that should be marketed at gynecologists/obstetricians rather than woodies.
Les

[Wongo]

Oh no

[martink]

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.

[ian]

I also saw that show. The quadro looked like a table that should be marketed at gynecologists/obstetricians rather than woodies.
Les

not a bad analogy

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