New EZ Smart products?

[Jim Fancher]

Dino, I've held off my order so I could see the new products and pricing. Are they still coming out today?

[Dino Makropoulos]

Dino, I've held off my order so I could see the new products and pricing. Are they still coming out today?

Hi Jim.
Yes. But only for me. ... and only for few more days.
Then you can say hello to .005" (5.000 of an inch) accuracy over 5'-00" long. We're shooting a video the same time to make it eZier for all.
The new EZ stuff are designed to work with all EZ Rails and the pricing is same as usual.
Thanks Jim.

[Dino Makropoulos]

Hi Jim. Hello guys.
Our biggest problem is finding an accurate tape measure to keep up with the extreme accuracy of the Repeater and the EZ.
Not so EZ.
at the last 3 pictures the caliper shows repeat accuracy down .005"
We may start shipping this thing without a tape measure.

http://eurekazone.com/gallery/repeat-ez-smart

yes. I know guys. Commercial posts are prohibited on SMC.
But this is the labor of love.
And the Ez is not about making a better tool. It's all about finding a better way to enjoy our trades and crafts and allow others to find theirs.
Thanks SMC for all the help and for understanding our mission.

YCF Dino



Have your credit card's ready guys.
We need your money to make more EZ Stuff and woodworking better.

[Bill Fields]

Dino is one of us, and we rarely have a Member who has somethng of value.

So, I hope you continue to allow Dino to post.

I have offered my help in marketing the EZGuide products to a wider audience, at no charge to Dino.

Marketing is my area of expertise--not woodworking.

He has not said yes, yet.

THe downside of Dino going mainstream is his prices will have to increase by 30-40% to cover marketing costs.

ALL--please, tell the moderaters how you feel about this unique circumstance.

BILL FIELDS

[Keith Outten]

Bill,

We have always shown Dino some leadway concerning his EZ System. Certainly his system is beneficial to our members including myself since I own one, Dino has also been a major supporter of SawMill Creek and the Freedom Pens Project. Dino and his company have donated many of his systems that were auctioned here and the proceeds were donated to help us fund SMC and the FPP.

Our policy concerning advertising is to protect our community from in-your-face ads that saturate our world these days. Sadly our policy does in fact limit some of our members from sharing items of interest that would be of value to our woodworking community. The loss is usually minimal compared to how much we gain from having a place to gather and share our woodworking knowledge and experience without having to deal with 15 minutes of advertising for each 15 minutes of content. We do evaluate all posts to make sure that our community is not being taken advantage of to make sure the content isn't pure advertising.

By the way, where are you from?

[Ian Barley]

Dino is one of us, and we rarely have a Member who has somethng of value.

Does that mean that the rest of us are wasting our time posting? I would have to say that because his products are not available in my market I find Dino's posts to be of relatively little value to me - certainly compared to many of the other posts on this forum.

ALL--please, tell the moderaters how you feel about this unique circumstance.

BILL FIELDS

For what the opinion is worth - there are manufacturers forums available. I personally think that Dino's posts are overly commercial and have contributed to the excitable aymosphere that has sometimes arisen in posts where members have tried to evaluate competing systems. If he wants to use this forum to publicise his wares he has the opportunity to do it through posts in the manufacturers forums. I also don't see this sitution as particularly unique. There are others who post here who have a commercial interest in the threads that they post to but manage to make their contributions factual and non-partisan - in so doing bringing great value to the forum.

If he wants to make contributions to other discussions which are taking place then I look forward to his input - which will have about the same value as the many other informed and knowledgable contributors whoi visit here.

[Dino Makropoulos]

Does that mean that the rest of us are wasting our time posting? I would have to say that because his products are not available in my market I find Dino's posts to be of relatively little value to me - certainly compared to many of the other posts on this forum.

The Ez is available in UK. You can find it here.
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.co.uk/

[Dino Makropoulos]

Does that mean that the rest of us are wasting our time posting? I would have to say that because his products are not available in my market I find Dino's posts to be of relatively little value to me - certainly compared to many of the other posts on this forum.

Hi Ian.
I agree with you here. Bill's post was overlly biassed (Pro EZ Dino).
He offer his marketing help to me "without pay" few days back.
To me, no post here is without value. And I learn a lot visiting this forum.
some times from the Pro's and many times from the novice woodworkers.
I'm sure that Bill feels the same way but " in his excitement" he made the mistake that we all do some times


For what the opinion is worth - there are manufacturers forums available. I personally think that Dino's posts are overly commercial and have contributed to the excitable aymosphere that has sometimes arisen in posts where members have tried to evaluate competing systems. If he wants to use this forum to publicise his wares he has the opportunity to do it through posts in the manufacturers forums. I also don't see this sitution as particularly unique. There are others who post here who have a commercial interest in the threads that they post to but manage to make their contributions factual and non-partisan - in so doing bringing great value to the forum.

try my best to make it factual and non partisan. If you go back and review the history of the "excitable atmosphere" you can see how it started .

]About using the Forum to publicise... safety - ease - affortability and versatility (dead wood concept here) ... what you call "ware",
I like to ask something here. If you knew of a better way do you keep it to yourself? Is not that we're making another guide or tablesaw here and we're competing with another Company. Do you have any idea how many accidents we have
in woodworking ?
Do you think that those who don't have the money for safer equipments and the expierience that we have or even the space required for this tools, deserve this? Or we can just tell them, stay out of woodworking?
You're no good for it? or you're out of guts and luck?

Or we find ways and keep them as a big secret?
can you keep this to yourself?
http://eurekazone.com/gallery/step-by-step-SCS


If he wants to make contributions to other discussions which are taking place then I look forward to his input - which will have about the same value as the many other informed and knowledgable contributors whoi visit here.

The problem here is that I will try to use the EZ for everything then I wll be overlly biased

Ian.
Thanks to SMC and to ALL SMC members the EZ and woodworking is safe now.
Thanks.

[russ bransford]

dino, keep posting. seeing what new inventions that are out there is very interesting and informative. with regrets to ian, i think posts from inventors adds insight. in the cases where the emotions run a little warm, the interaction can be informative, if not entertaining at times.
it also causes us all to think about how and why we do things. it's just jigs and fixtures taken to another level.
is there salesmanship involved? always. the biggest selling job is when you sell your wife on the idea that you need a new tool. see, we are all salesmen and inventors at heart. the inventor is not selling as much as he introducing you to his new creation. he just wants you to understand what it can do.
this appears to be dino's drive. he just wants a listening ear. from what i've seen, your eyes and ears will both enjoy, and you will count the benefits on all your fingers.

russ

[Dino Makropoulos]

dino, keep posting. seeing what new inventions that are out there is very interesting and informative. with regrets to ian, i think posts from inventors adds insight. in the cases where the emotions run a little warm, the interaction can be informative, if not entertaining at times.
it also causes us all to think about how and why we do things. it's just jigs and fixtures taken to another level.
is there salesmanship involved? always. the biggest selling job is when you sell your wife on the idea that you need a new tool. see, we are all salesmen and inventors at heart. the inventor is not selling as much as he introducing you to his new creation. he just wants you to understand what it can do.
this appears to be dino's drive. he just wants a listening ear. from what i've seen, your eyes and ears will both enjoy, and you will count the benefits on all your fingers.

russ

thanks russ.
this is for you and all the smcreekers.

http://eurekazone.com/gallery/smart-limit-stops
repeatability and accuracy down to .002
one picture shows the caliper stuck at the same measurement.
and take this as the last hint of...what was in my mind today.
and every day for the last three years.
back to work now. this "thing" is upset.ok!!! the final-last hint.
by the way. i like your "NO CAPITAL LETTER" style.
i copy that in the photo gallery.
enjoy the fifth element of woodworking. the fifth stop.
i need a brake now.
ycf dino