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That $40 lens spanner wrench that stripped my first helicoid repair vs the $120 one that saved my next three jobs
The cheap one from Amazon left brass shavings everywhere on my Minolta 50mm, but the expensive stainless one from Japan dug right into the grooves on a Nikkor 28mm without slipping, so is it worth paying triple for a tool you might only use a handful of times or do you just budget for the good stuff and hope it lasts?
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jake_torres6824d ago
Totally agree, that Japan stuff just works. My cheap lens spanner turned my Praktica into a glitter bomb.
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chen.adam25d ago
Buy once cry once, that Japan tool paid for itself in no time.
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grace_wright25d ago
Buy once cry once" is exactly what my buddy Tom said after he bought a set of Japanese chisels. He spent like three hundred bucks on them, which seemed insane at the time. But then he used them to build a custom dining table for a client and finished the whole thing in half the time it would've taken with his old tools. The extra money he made from that one job basically paid for the chisels, plus he didn't have to sharpen them every ten minutes. Now he just laughs when people complain about the price and shows them that table.
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