I'm sure it's a nice machine. Just for ME, not being wealthy and having too many hobbies already for a guy on a budget, that's a LOT of money. I prefer polymer or composite stocks, anyway, and can buy one for a hundred bucks. Decoys? Walmart has carry lite and they're much lighter on my old back than carved wood. But, for the less practical, the hobbiest, the guy that wants to make a buck on ebay with hand carved decoys, I can think of a lot of reasons to own this product. I meant no disrespect, can't trash what you've never seen, just that just for decoys, I can't see spending that much. That's all I meant with my comment. I'm a duck hunter, not a wood carver. There's not an artistic bone in my body, can't even draw stick figures right. You put this in "Hunting" so I'm thinking when I see it you mean for me to carve my own hunting decoys. If it were in Rifles or General, I'd think more about it being a hobbyist's tool or for making money with hand carved gunstocks or something. Hunting is my hobby, not wood carving. And, by your thread, I thought you were just putting the post up as interest for carving your own deeks, had NO IDEA you were manufacturing and selling the thing.