Have you ever seen something that seemed to good to be true? For instance, a Japanese Ryoba saw for TWENTY DOLLARS! I've used saws like this before, in other woodworker's shops. I'd seen ones that cost over $200 and some that were around $100 (usually made somewhere other than Japan). I use a lot of dowels in my furniture building, also plugs to cover the places I have to put in screws. So when I saw this, I thought it would be a cheap piece of junk that would be dull after cutting a couple dowels and rake angles so off it would take 20 minutes to cut off a 1/2" dowel.