www.popularwoodworking.com: In the tool world, the basic rule is that quality is expensive. As it should be. Toolmakers worth their salt are performing the same economic function as highly skilled professional woodworkers. They are putting lots of time and energy into creating something useful that will last for generations. So in general, it is cheaper in the long run to buy high-quality tools and take good care of them. Buying lots of terrible tools is one way inexpensive hobbies quickly become expensive ones.
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It kind of goes without saying, right? Cheap is cheap, and not always reliable, and vice versa. However, and as the article points out, that notion, can sometimes be reversed. As I've begun building my collection of tools I've purchased a number of tools that many might consider "cheap". But they have performed as well as I can imagine they would have had I bought a more expensive brand. Now this isn't always true and seems to be quite the opposite when it comes to purchasing saw blades for saws a other accessories for cutting.
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