There is a difference. Tools make a difference in the result. Quality tools deliver quality results in the hands of master craftsmen. Since 1963 bodymen have relied on their ATCOA (Deleted) Dual Filer/Sanders then in 1983 the industry witnessed an industry-wide subversion. “Clones” hit the market, breaking the law and undermining a 20 year reputation for quality, durability and performance.
Last week they sent us a cease and desist order keeping us from using our own name, the name we coined for our legendary tool. Read the complete story at http://www.ATCOA.com We need your loyalty, your help to pass the word. It’s time to take America back. Only you can stop them and restore an American tradition. We have the tools, we need the industry back.
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Karl Selander says
August 11, 2010 at 9:12 pmOur website has been going through some radical changes with the recent demand sent to us by the Viking Air Tool people. Not being legally obligated, we obliged them in a gesture of keeping the peace and have dropped off the name Viking in the promotion of our new Conquest Straight Line ATCOA Sander. Any Inline Sander user, with any time in the collision business, knows who we are and that before us, there was no such animal!!!! 97% of all the Straightline/Inline longboard air Sanders are copies of our original ATCOA Viking Dual Filer/Sander or dirivitive looks which came from our copyright design!!
While on the subject, we at ATCOA.com are planning to produce training videos similar to the one we have been running on our site. This avenue of opportunity should be developed by all of the tools and materials manufacturers. The main trouble with people who are not in the trades is that they come across as amateurs themselves. Not all, but a lot of the auto body training schools are using instructors who have a teaching credential but ARE NOT SKILLED TRADESMEN!!! We have been around a few very successful auto body vocational facilities and in every case, we found that the instructors were, in fact, tradesmen. However, all too often this is not the case!!!
For those of you who are still straightening fenders and so on, our Dust Free Blade System is 300% faster than any DA Sander