[Jewelry making - Article 00663] - Re: [Orchid] Otto Frei's Economy Rolling Mill

[Helen Hill]

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>     Yes, Dr. Mac, it's so easy to spend other people's money, isn't
>     it? It seems to me that some had a knee-jerk reaction to (poor)
>     Helen's pride in having a nice little rolling mill for cheap. 

    Thanks for the sentiments John, but my original post wasn't about
    pride in owning a rolling mill - it was more to say "I've got this
    model - is there anyone out there who also has this model and can
    comment on its long term abilities?". 

>     The best chain nose pliers for me are $45 Lindstroms - I'm on my
>     4th pair. The best pliers for Helen are more like $10 and hopefully
>     less. 

    $45 USD doesn't sound a lot to spend on a good pair of pliers - even
    for a beginner - but yes I'm still happily using my five-pairs-of-
    pliers-for-15UKP and the only pair that's never worked is the side
    cutters - the rest are fine. 

>     She (or one like her) doesn't know how to get $45 worth out of a
>     pair of pliers. 

    I'm not quite sure what you mean by this which probably proves you
    right. But even though I'm a beginner, I'm not making complete
    rubbish any more. For sure, my pliers won't last as long as your $45
    dollar Lindstroms, but a pair of box joint pliers that do the job
    surely can't do an awful lot less than a $45 dollar pair - can they?
    They're probably more balanced in the hand, more ergonomically
    inclined so as to not fatigue the hand - they probably have been
    engineered to smaller tolerances but is the difference truly huge on
    just a pair of pliers? 

    Like the rolling mill, when the pliers fail to do their job
    properly, I'll be replacing them with better quality ones as funds
    allow. I too do know the value of quality tools when it comes to my
    Foredom when compared to the Dremel I used to use. There is no
    comparison. And I'm sure that if I could afford a Durston mill, I'd
    be singing its praises too, but as your post is saying, beginners
    usually have to start out on a tight budget so buy what they can
    afford. However, I do think the difference in performance on cheap vs
    expensive/quality differs greatly, depending what tool you're talking
    about. 

Helen
UK
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