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fanton

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« on: November 02, 2010, 05:14 AM »
Hi,

I have recently acquired the new CXS cordless drill and happily put it to good use in a house refurbishing project. Last night I realized to my great dismay that none of the tool holders (Centronic, drill chuck, right angle Centronic) closed properly on the drill. The empty Centronic chuck would click on fine, but then the bitholder refused to go all the way in (and vice versa).
Since I could not imagine that a Festool drill could develop such a fault, I started visualizing what I had actually done during the day. Suddenly it dawned upon me - I had had to reach into a very deep and narrow spot when remounting a pair of loudspeakers close to the ceiling and I had extended the long drill bit with a couple of additional bit holders, both of the cheap home-store type. One of them no longer offered any magnetic holding effect. The magnet must have come loose and stuck to the male part of the other bit holder and I must have transferred it into the tool stub of the drill, thus reducing the depth of its hole and preventing the click-click function.

I then put a tiny drop of superglue on the offending bit holder, inserted it into the drill, waited a few minutes, pulled and there it was!
I had to share this story with you.


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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2010, 08:21 AM »
Well done.
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2010, 08:51 AM »
Fanton,

I had my magnet come out once too. However I am pretty sure it was from the Festool bit holder. Took me a couple of days to figure out where that sucker came from.

It just so happened that for those few days I was using nothing but stainless screws. I eventually has my 'ah-hah" moment when my bit holder wouldn't hold a regular screw.

Good job on the exraction, did you make it a point to glue it home as well?
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« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2010, 01:34 PM »
Harry, I've had the magnets Festool bit holders come lose too...very frustrating on such pricey stuff......
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« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2010, 01:36 PM »
@Brice

So true. Especially when I have NEVER had one come out of a 'depot cheapo'!  Scared

I am sure that at some point someone will chime in and make it sound like software.........that is.... "it's not a bug, it's a feature"! Laughing
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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2010, 01:42 PM »
Same here. The extra long bit holder, costing 22 euro, lost its magnet after 2 weeks. Very disappointing. And like Harry said, I've never seen this happen with an el cheapo bit holder. Festool Germany send me a new one though.
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2011, 01:14 PM »
just lost the magnet of my CXS today, and ended up in this thread after a search.
so apparently im not the only one with this problem. annoying quality problem there it seems. lucky for me it was still stuck to the bit holder.
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« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2011, 04:30 PM »
Quote from: Brice Burrell on November 02, 2010, 01:34 PM
Harry, I've had the magnets Festool bit holders come lose too...very frustrating on such pricey stuff......
My thought exactly. After reading this I was extra aware when mine stuck to a bit holder on my BRAND new CXS  Sad
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