Miataguy

You are very welcome. Hope you ahve a strong Stomach, i am voting for Thai or Korean next time we go out!

Hey its progress....I spent all weekend tiling a laundry room floor, finally made it out to the wood shop to sand a door and lay out some parts for a book case I want to build.

I think we have found a winner!

High mileage trade ins often don't bring much, you might be better trying to sell her outright....! (ducks from wrench thrown my direction...just kidding bro!) In all seriousness, I was one year ahead of my wife in College. When I was a freshmen, went on a student trip to the middle east and one of the girls on the trip was Kathy, who would be my wife's room mate her freshman year. Gentleman we met during our travels offered us 10 Camels for Kathy and was quite offended when we wouldn't trade her. Would not trade my wife for a Camel....but checked out an Italian band saw at Wood Werks supply here in Columbus last night. Band saw has possibilities....but it wouldn't rub my feet when they got tired from standing on the concrete shop floor. But then again, neither will my wife....!

...and the sad thing is that there have been plenty of good American tool makers who ahve gone the way of the dodo bird before that. Most prized tool in my shop is a large vintage Buffalo Tools Co drill press, probably Pre WWII. Thing is a beast.... If I could buy tools like THAT...I would never look at an Asian tool again...

...there is that reduction in the local stray cat population to consider....

She is...I don't mind joking about wives but...my neighbor is a woodworker also. His wife wants half of the garage for her car in winter, can't blame her we live in Ohio. Live in a neighborhood with attached two car garages.... Every morning I see my wife scrape ice off of her car during winter so I can ahve a full garage workshop...and I am mighty grateful...even more so when she scrapes my windshield for me... She does have a hard time saying no to me in other ways though, which is probably why we have 5 kids....

I can't complain, she has never said no once if we could afford something...and that is in 28 years of marriage....not that I haven't been tempted...!

I absolutely love Asian food....I could live on it 24-7!

They seem like very good products....and from what I hear, fantastic customer service.

Its the when she finds out part that's sort of like running several digits through a table saw....

But yes, 14/12, 14BX, and 14SUV are all Chinese. 14 SUV at least has an American made motor, I think. Crying shame when I can buy an Italian band saw, a French band saw, an Austrian band saw, a German band saw, a Chinese band saw, a Taiwanese band saw....but buying American means something made back when Lydon Johnson was president....

It is Chinese with a Taiwanese made motor....unless you get the LT 18 HD which is four grand....and then its Italian....

...and keeps me married to the Mrs....

Couch and wife are happy at least...!