At first I was hesitant about buying one. Let’s face it $1,000.00 is not a lot of money but it isn’t beer money either. We had always made a winged cut and sink leads with very little cost. But, this machine takes the labor and the skill out of the equation. We can put any one of our guys on putting in sink leads with this system and not have to worry about them going through. Make a saw cut o speed up the process and save the life of the bit. One cut and it speeds up the time tremendously. This tool is definitely worth the expense.
Important note: This system does not work as well on saturnia and marble. The stone has a tendency to chip out. We still use the machine but we use sink leads instead of the bolts.