I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered little
device.
I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others here I
was dubious about the value.
I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same thing.
But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I splurged.
My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that the
GRR ripper required assembling.
It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to have a
Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking price...........
Maybe a patent search was expensive.
Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume pricing.
Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
Max
On 02/24/2012 04:46 PM, Max wrote:
> I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered
> little device.
> I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others
> here I was dubious about the value.
> I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
> consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same thing.
> But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I splurged.
> My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that
> the GRR ripper required assembling.
> It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to
> have a Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking
> price...........
> Maybe a patent search was expensive.
> Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
> Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume pricing.
> Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
>
> Max
>
>
OTOH, there are adjustments that need to be made while using, so knowing
how the thing is put together can't hurt.
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gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill
On 2/24/2012 5:04 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
> On 02/24/2012 04:46 PM, Max wrote:
>> I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered
>> little device.
>> I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others
>> here I was dubious about the value.
>> I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
>> consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same
>> thing.
>> But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I splurged.
>> My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that
>> the GRR ripper required assembling.
>> It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to
>> have a Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking
>> price...........
>> Maybe a patent search was expensive.
>> Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
>> Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume
>> pricing.
>> Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
>
> OTOH, there are adjustments that need to be made while using, so knowing
> how the thing is put together can't hurt.
Well, they did include a nice DVD explaining how everything works so
they get a plus for that. Maybe I'm spoiled from being accustomed to
ready-to-use tools. ;-)
It's the price vs the immediate usefulness of the thing that perturbed me.
Max
"Leon" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On 2/24/2012 5:46 PM, Max wrote:
> I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered
> little device.
> I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others
> here I was dubious about the value.
> I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
> consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same thing.
> But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I splurged.
> My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that
> the GRR ripper required assembling.
> It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to
> have a Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking
> price...........
> Maybe a patent search was expensive.
> Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
> Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume pricing.
> Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
>
> Max
>
>
>Spray a little TopCote/dry lube on the middle sliding section. It will
>slide back and forth much easier.
Good thought. Thanks, Leon
Max
"Steve Turner" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
On 2/24/2012 5:46 PM, Max wrote:
> I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered
> little
> device.
> I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others here
> I
> was dubious about the value.
> I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
> consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same thing.
> But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I splurged.
> My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that the
> GRR
> ripper required assembling.
> It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to have
> a
> Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking price...........
> Maybe a patent search was expensive.
> Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
> Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume pricing.
> Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
>
> Max
>You only bought one? You shoulda bought two. There *will* be a time when
>a GRRripper in each hand is what the job calls for.
Dis be whut I got:
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-Jig-gr200-dvd-hbx2-Grr-ripper-Supreme/dp/B003W2DGB8/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1330226046&sr=1-1
or:
http://tinyurl.com/6rdkrfm
Max (still has two hands)
On 2/24/2012 5:46 PM, Max wrote:
> I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered
> little device.
> I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others
> here I was dubious about the value.
> I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
> consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same thing.
> But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I splurged.
> My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that
> the GRR ripper required assembling.
> It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to
> have a Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking
> price...........
> Maybe a patent search was expensive.
> Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
> Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume pricing.
> Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
>
> Max
>
>
Spray a little TopCote/dry lube on the middle sliding section. It will
slide back and forth much easier.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered little
> device.
> I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others here I
> was dubious about the value.
> I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
> consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same thing.
> But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I splurged.
> My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that the
> GRR ripper required assembling.
> It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to have a
> Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking price...........
Assembling it makes for a larger box which increases the shipping cost.
> Maybe a patent search was expensive.
> Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
> Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume pricing.
> Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
>
> Max
On 2/24/2012 7:18 PM, Max wrote:
> On 2/24/2012 5:04 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
>> On 02/24/2012 04:46 PM, Max wrote:
>>> I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered
>>> little device.
>>> I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others
>>> here I was dubious about the value.
>>> I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
>>> consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same
>>> thing.
>>> But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I
>>> splurged.
>>> My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that
>>> the GRR ripper required assembling.
>>> It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to
>>> have a Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking
>>> price...........
>>> Maybe a patent search was expensive.
>>> Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
>>> Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume
>>> pricing.
>>> Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
>>>
>>> Max
>>>
>>>
>>
>> OTOH, there are adjustments that need to be made while using, so knowing
>> how the thing is put together can't hurt.
>
> Well, they did include a nice DVD explaining how everything works so
> they get a plus for that. Maybe I'm spoiled from being accustomed to
> ready-to-use tools. ;-)
> It's the price vs the immediate usefulness of the thing that perturbed me.
I've had a pair for almost ten years. They're used on every project that
goes out the door.
It takes a while, but once you use them on a couple of tasks that are
made safer and easier because you have them, like when doing non-through
cuts, ripping thin strips for edge banding, controlling parts easier on
the router table, and face jointing on the jointer, you will grow to
appreciate them more.
I would not hesitate to get two more were these to go missing. If they
do nothing else, they give you better control when passing stock over
bits and blades while allowing you to keep your hands out of the danger
zone for those one of kind accidents that weren't supposed to happen,
but do ... and those are the accident's that bite the worst.
AAMOF, both of mine have blade marks on them that would have been on my
fingers instead.
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On 2/24/2012 5:46 PM, Max wrote:
> I finally sprang for one these gizmos and it's a cleverly engineered little
> device.
> I had been eyeing the thing for awhile and just as a number of others here I
> was dubious about the value.
> I'm still dubious. I doubt that it would be terribly complicated or time
> consuming to construct a similar jig that would accomplish the same thing.
> But having received a bit more of a tax refund than expected, I splurged.
> My first disappointment was when I opened the box and discovered that the GRR
> ripper required assembling.
> It would probably have cost the company another 10 cents per unit to have a
> Chinese laborer assemble the gadget but for the asking price...........
> Maybe a patent search was expensive.
> Maybe the engineer was very well paid.
> Maybe they don't sell enough of the thingies to appreciate volume pricing.
> Whatever, I expect to use it in good health. ;-)
>
> Max
You only bought one? You shoulda bought two. There *will* be a time when a
GRRripper in each hand is what the job calls for.
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