Heck I will guarantee I can do a template in half the time is anyone with a sticks. Not only that but I will also guarantee my top fits better. The down side to the lt-55 is the darn thing is to accurate. If you build wall to wall tops the with the measurment it gives you... well the darn thing wond fit. A 20 circle will not fit inside a 20" circle.

The point is everyone does things there own way and its obviously the way that they are comfortable with and hopfully the it makes them money. Thats fine. But in no way ever ever ever will sticking a job be better than digital. And thats the way the cookie crumbles.

Who started this darn topic anyway....hmmmm must have been Andy

Templating with a FARO Digital Template System for almost 3 years. It shows the entire job on a laptop and you can show and see all cabinet face frame and wall scribes as well as put in your overhangs which you can show your customer. Extremely fast and accurate. Export to autocad and send to CNC. We also stick template FHBS after new top is installed.

[QUOTE]Owen! wrote
Without doubt a skilled craftsman can be good using any tool. And everyone likes different tools for different reasons. But I don't see too many people building houses with hand saws, planing boards with chisels, or drilling holes with a hand drill. Not much market for that. This is a tech age and Hi-Tech gets more done, faster and better.

How many of us still use a typewriter instead of a wordprocessor? Or a clothesline instead of a dryer? Microwave anyone? My phone takes pictures of job sites, sends them by email, surfs the internet, warns me my next appointment is in an hour, shows me how to get there, displays dopler radar of the local weather, and plays hundreds of songs through my car stereo. And everyone on this site is using internet and enjoying free worldwide instantaneous communications, a concept I couldn't even conceive of when I built my first top. The fact is there are too many benefits to staying current with technology. And if you don't stay with it, you fall behind.. while your competition gets ahead. And if you don't fix little glitches in your tripod your competition gets an edge, and people write nasty little notes on the internet for the whole world to read. Such is life. Aint' it fun?

So to each his own. As for me, I am so glad we went digital, and am so glad I could do it for <$10k with the LT55! And a 10 minute template.. Wow! That's really hard to beat. And besides faster and easier, we market the fact that we do digital templates. People love it. They believe in technology. It inspires confidence and respect. We've owned the Laser for less than a year and already the number of new accounts we've landed and additional business we've attracted has already paid for the system. It's one of the best decisions we could've made. Thanks Gordon. Next we're on the hunt for hi-tech tripods.[/QUOTE]

WOW! Thanks Owen! I swear to everyone that was not a paid testimonial. I sell the laser part time because its an easy sale and I get feed back like this, its a very low risk business for me cause I have about  a 99.9% satisfaction rate with my customers.

All the systems work great, but myself and the majority of my customers feel that the LT-55 is the biggest bang for their buck, ease of learning, low cost, accuracy, etc. You can pic up the LT-55 and a plotter for the cost of most systems without the plotter or training.

Thanks to all of you that posted positive feedback, anyone that wants to give the LT-55 a try feel free to give me a call 616-293-6170. We do offer a 30-day money back gaurantee if your not satisfied with the performance.

Thanks