Originally Posted by
squirtdad
What I find a bit disturbing is how fast parts/groups are obsolete and you can't get replacments without going to fleabay or having some luck. You can get parts for older cars no problem, but try getting 9 speed ultegra replacements
Oh yeah, SRAM makes those...
I dunno. It just p****s me off, the quality of product I'm expected to do good work with these days. Tools especially. Mind you, it's slowly getting better. For a while, say 1995-2005, it seemed like there were NO good tools available anywhere except for Snap-On. That's the period of time I became convinced that in a lot of ways, things really *were* better in the old days. My favorite tool, for instance, is a 1953 DeWalt GH Radial Arm saw. 1-1/2 HP (Big damn horse!), switchable 110/220, I've had a 12" blade on it ripping 8/4 old-growth Southern Yellow Pine and it never even whimpered. It does scare the holy Hannah out of me, I call it Professor McGiggles. And of course I have an Electrolux, I currently have it hooked up to my old metal (American-made, pre-B&D) deWalt randm-orbit sander for dust collection. I like it a lot even if it's hard to find bags for it.
But you can't get 531 anymore. That will probably always bug me.