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You are doing really well keeping these fun. Loved this one. Don’t let it get stale!
Great video! As someone who can’t afford to the get the most pricey tools this is quite handy. As an ex power tool repairman the router is a ripoff but of the makita cheaper range “maktec”.
I am loving these videos. You are doing us all a great service…buying the tools we see advertised and testing them so we don’t have to. Thank you. Great stuff.
The turbo plane thing looked terrifying.
Great video and series like this. I wonder if the next one where you will rank the buys, if you rank them before you open just seeing the listing, and then rerank after and see if there is a difference. Keep up the great content!
Good suggestion! Nice twist on the same content.
One error in the video is the Temu handjig is $20.48. It’s actually the saw refills that are $6.48. Temu is deceptive, you need to actually click on the product picture. In your video, it is not clicked so it defaults to the saw refill lower price $6.48. Totally get how this happened though. Temu does this on purpose.
The heat generated by that router is going to cause those plastic clamping parts to fail even sooner.
If it gets hot that quick, I think it will burn out before the plastic breaks!
About the Temu vs. Rockler glue kit: When you do injection molding the molds have a certain number of uses before they are no longer guaranteed to be on spec with the tolerances or surface finish. Sometimes these overdue molds are used beyond their approved lifespan and the resulting products are dumped into a “discard” pile, which someone will sometimes sell off as a no-name copy. This is probably not the case here because an important difference is the debossed Rockler logo.
This COULD be because pre-production molds don’t necessarily have these details added until the prototyping is well and truly over with. The surfaces aren’t polished to the same degree either. Such pre-production molds are also sometimes used for knockoff products after hours. I would hazard a guess that this is what happened here.
Yhea he said it definitely wasn’t from the same factory. Could easily be just cheaper plastics and less quality control etc. I mean Chinese factories do this all the time it’s a chance you take when you use one to save money as they don’t care about American or any other countries patent.
I have that glue kit from Temu just because I was curious. The glue comes off fine even if the surface finish isn’t as nice. Maybe it comes off easier on the Rockler but the Temu one is perfectly fine. Have done a few glue ups already with it and seems to be holding up l
Porter Cable makes a nice pocket hole jig. Another excellent video, I am really digging this series.
Me: I’m going to buy this!
David: immediately guilts me into not doing that
These videos are the best! I was super excited when I saw you have a new video out, David.
I see Temu ads everywhere and keep wondering how they make a profit when they sell things for so cheap while spending so much money on marketing. The fact that they copy patented items pretty much exactly makes me feel very uncomfortable and I don’t think I’ll be supporting them.
That angle grinder disk looked dangerous the moment you took it out of the package. I genuinely expected it to fly apart and nail-bomb half your workshop and brother.
I’ve been waiting for a video like this 😀
The pocket hole jig looks like a direct rip off from Masca Products.
The palm router looks very similar to the Harbor Freight router I bought on sale for $20.
Thanks a bunch for testing them, Dave! 😊
Some of those I probably would get, but just because I can’t get some US brands… You know? (I’m from Brazil.)
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I bought some generic spring clamps from Temu and to be fair they’re fairly decent. Maybe not as good as a high end make, but certainly equal to the cheap diy tools sold in Aldi and Lidl.
This is a great video, thanks! I couldn’t help but feel that the TEMU products are more an indication of what the authentic products actually cost to manufacture and we just pay the inflated price… I agree that they have the R&D costs, and also the quality is far greater in the authentic products… but likely most of these are being made during the night shift in the same factory in China and just shipped to a different buyer. Ultimately the authentic tools are the way to go if you can afford them… but there are good deals out there if you can do some research… just don’t reward the obvious rip off merchants!
The TEMU ad that always gets me are the storage bins. They are so freaking expensive at the big box store. Then I click on the ad, it takes me to the page, then I’m sad because the bins are tiny and not that much cheaper. Thanks for another great video! You should make a prediction on what rank the things will be before you unbox, and see how close you get.
Dave, these videos are so enjoyable. I look forward to them almost as much as your builds. Thanks for always providing great content.
The pocket hole jig looks to be “inspired by” the Massca M1, which is about $100-120, depending on what accessories you get. The Massca is a solid piece of engineering.
Another great video as usual always love your energy and enthusiasm in your videos about everything you do keep up the amazing work.