Reading a post earlier on a $25.00 router made me ask this question i know and have seen people try and make cues and use the most unlikely machines if your trying to build a quality product you have to use quality materials and machines period! And in the long run buying cheap stuff 5 times you could have had the better product to start with.just a few week ago someone called me on a 3/8-10 pin i told them i had a large supply i could sell them even small quantity's for 2.00 a pin these 4" also by the way enough to even get a joint protector pin also they thought that was way too high..a few week before that someone scuffed at $65.00 for a #3 Morse tapper live center not a import either, most good#3 S are in the 100.00 s. maybe we need a section called under $25.00 cue makers.