Agreed, i cant see myself buying that chisel plane unless its given to me for free. Feel the same way about the aluminum block. However, the gun and the filler pack are still $192.

I read one three sentence post on another forum from a guy that had the product. He confirmed it wasnt as hard as epoxy, but "plenty hard enough and durable for furniture".

My issue with the current approach using west systems is its painfully inefficient and feels like a square peg in a round hole. Its time consuming, and worst of all, i rarely have a perfect result. I ALWAYS have some form of air pocket or small air bubbles after the excess epoxy is sanded or planed away. Ive also had my fair share of large pours that found their way through an invisible crack/knot to the other side of the board. I came back in the morning to a puddle of epoxy under the work piece and an unfilled defect.