Thread: I thought I'd hate it ...

200% agee with David.

Originally Posted by D.W.

I've seen various people buy that thing, even an arborist with a side hobby of woodworking. I've never actually seen anyone using them, though.

Some elements of woodworking are similar to those infomercials about do-all blender. A demonstration is done, it looks interesting, and then when you get it, you realize that you really don't have any interest in making the things that it makes, and it sits.

Bridge city tools are popular with older collectors around here (around here being ohio and pennsylvania), but I've never seen anyone actually using them. It's strange to see them as items that aren't really that old, but showing up at MJD tool auctions anyway.

Collectors seem to like them because they have a lot of the gimmicky stuff that collectible items of current manufacture have, the cold sale "limited item, 1 of ___" kind of thing, and an always new rollout of the next gadget or tool that's of a limited series.

That said, they have been in business for a long time, and when something doesn't make sense to me but it sells well, I say more power to them. That's just a sign that I'm not the target market, but there is an appropriate one. Like many things in the woodworking world.