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has lead to this attitude of people thinking that all tools need to be robust beyond their intended purpose
To be fair to AvE, he pretty much always points out when a cheap tool is more than adequate for home gamers even when it's not up to full time use, and he doesn't pretend that you actually get that much more tool for your money with pro kit
His knowledge is good, his method of semi destructive disassembly can be a bit annoying though.
Lots of people quote his tear down of the festool railsaw, yet ignore the fact that he ragged it apart, then complained it didn’t run well when put back together.
Also, there’s not much to be gained from pointing out that a heavy duty tool is built better than something designed for light duties. Obviously a hilti monster combi drill will be better built than a cheap 10.8v drill designed for putting cabinets together. Which has lead to this attitude of people thinking that all tools need to be robust beyond their intended purpose.
Or put another way - while ave’s criticisms of many tools are valid from his engineering perspective, they’re not that helpful when compared to the amount of skilled end users that don’t experience his predicted failings.