Bridge City Tool Works DJ-3 is live

[TinyShop]

The Bridge City Tool Works DJ-3 drilling jig is live:
https://bridgecitytools.com/collections/new-tools-launch

 

[TinyShop]

~US$910 delivered for the jig along with the optional miter kit. So much for Bridge City passing along the savings inherent with Made in Taiwan to their customers.

 

[ChuckM]

Made in China as it is manufactured by Harvey.

 

[TinyShop]

Made in China as it is manufactured by Harvey.

Wages are even lower on the mainland. What an insult.

 

[squall_line]

Remember when people were talking about all of the cheap knock-offs of Woodpeckers' tools, which are all made in the USA and thus have to be reverse-engineered from pictures, videos, or a purchased part-in-hand? With these being made in China, I wouldn't be surprised to see counterfeit DJ-3s on the market before the real DJ-3 arrives.

Which is a shame, because it doesn't need to be that way.

 

[ScotF]

They offer lots of sales - every day I am getting notified of something going on a flash sale.

I have had my DJ2 since 2012 and waited patiently for it to be manufactured and delivered and I really enjoy using it - super accurate. The only drawback that this one offers is the bushing lock better into the body of the tool. On mine the set screw can loosen and the bushing comes loose - not often, but is has happened.

All in all I highly recommend this accessory.

 

[Sparktrician]

~US$910 delivered for the jig along with the optional miter kit. So much for Bridge City passing along the savings inherent with Made in Taiwan to their customers.

 

Somebody's got to pay for their new yacht, or is it their new Mercedes?  [mad]

 

[ChuckM]

I believe a merchant is not in the business of passing along savings, if any, to its customers, despite some corporate literature or marketing may word so. Merchants find ways (including outsourcing or moving manufacturing bases to Asia) to reduce costs to stay price-competitive or to increase their profits.

 

[TinyShop]

I was being overtly facetious in an attempt to highlight the absurdity of the whitewashimg argument that is almost always trotted out by manufacturers/corporations to justify offshoring. The argument is revealed as absurd once the transition to a country lacking comparable environmental and labor protections (comparable or better to those of the home country) is complete and the retail price for the product(s) that was offshored remain(s) the same (or, often, goes up!). It's all about increasing profits at the expense of workers and the environment.

The justification "to stay competitive" is nonesense too. This is proven by the existence of comparable manufacturers who don't offshore and end up doing just fine. Festool, for the time being at least, is a good example of this dynamic. So is Woodpeckers. There are examples across all sectors. It's all about how much a given company is willing to exploit.

 

[ChuckM]

The justification "to stay competitive" is nonesense too. This is proven by the existence of comparable manufacturers who don't offshore and end up doing just fine. Festool, for the time being at least, is a good example of this dynamic. So is Woodpeckers. There are examples across all sectors. It's all about how much a given company is willing to exploit.

You're too narrow in how you define competitiveness. Mercedes stays price-competitive with its peers such as Audi, BMW, etc.; Toyota vs Honda, and Lexus vs Acura. It makes sound business sense for a merchant to stay price-competitive against the merchants that are its rivals. How a merchant does that is a different story. Businesses don't operate in a vacuum, and staying competitive (it may be service, price, quality, etc.)  applies to Festool, Woodpeckers. etc.