To quote a
late friend of mine, and I believe Tony has also said this a
couple of times:
I can't afford cheap tools :)
That sounds like Tony.... and I agree, I don't like cheap tools. Onve
It was me (or I think I actually said 'I am not rich enough to buy cheap
tools' which is much the same thing).
in a while, I'll buy something less expensive if I
know I'm not going to
be using it a lot, and the money would be better used someplace else.
Well, it's partly that the good tool will last longer (and I am likely to
be using it a lot), but also, as here, a cheap tool may well do an
inferior job and may damage the workpiece or some other part of the system.
A trivial example. There are tools to remove the screw-fitted backs on
wristwatches, including the HP01. I bought a genuine 'JAXA' brand one.
Sure it was about 3 times the price of the 'knock offs'. But the tips are
better ground, the holder has less play in it, etc. If a cheap tool
slipped while removing the back of an HP01 and made a nasty scratch on
said back, the time/toruble in trying to remove said scratch would pay
for the JAXA tool many times over.
Or as here, a cheap crimp tool may well not produce a reliable
connection. Now think of having to track down an intermittant fault
that turns out to be due to a bad contact in a cable and you'll see why
I'd rather buy a quality tool in th first place.
-tony