Aw man, I'm so jealous!

Haha, man, I thought you already had all the tools of the world by now. 

That thing is so freakin big, when you're girlfriend kicks you out of the bedroom, you'll have to sleep on that because you won't have room for a couch. 

By the way, does that come in the new T-Loc systainer too?

No 1?

Yep, I plan on showing the official pricelist for a 911 to my wife, and then tell her the sooooooo very cheap price for a used nice one.

Cheers, and merry Christmas,
Jacques.

Man I am so jealous!   I been dreaming about Systainer VAC for some time now

Congrats . Let us know how you like it.
   

That is not cool at all   

You can order one from Schmalz in the US.  I believe that Schmalz might be the manufacturer for Festool.  The heads look the same and the base unit is similar and Schmalz is a German company.  Pricing adds up quickly when you start adding the different accessories, but you can get a discount from the sales rep.  They offer a version that works on compressed air and one that runs on a vacuum pump.  There are two bases available too -- one that uses suction to hold itself to the bench (similar to the Festool) and one that you clamp manually.  I have been contemplating this for awhile and might go that route since the Vac Sys seems like it will remail NAINA.

Here is a link to the US web site and the multi-clamp that is available:
 
http://us.schmalz.com/np/pg/produkte?hier=154-4151

Scot

Good Choice

yeah I asked my dealer if they where planning on doing it in a T-loc and he said no  but still got out next's years catalogue to make sure and in the new catalogue it is still in the old systainer.

JMB

Jmb
I've recently replaced my 10 year old Mac with an iMac. Many of my friends beat me up for being an Apple fanboy - but they are also the type of people who want to use Ryobi instead of Festool.  I have a similar view of my Festool s to my Mac.
Enjoy !
Richard

Richard:   I have never been a Mac fan because of the software limitations and also when the internet use to be only 56k downloading software from the internet was rubbish any way but because mac software was often more than 25-30% larger in size even though it was the same software. Recently though more and more software is becoming available for Macs even Microsoft make software to work with mac. So I decided now is the time to buy a Imac and leave PC. The thing is though I PC would of only cost me £1200 this Imac has set me £2200 and thats with Student discount! I am typing this message on the Imac now it is good much faster than PC it does take getting use how it all works.    I agree Imac is just like Festool they keep their prices fixed like festool do aswell.  Its so clean and no wires sticking out every where!

GhostFist: I agree also their dont seem to be alot of free software about! I dont want to spend more money!!!! lol I still have my PC I built from scratch which ill be using for the work shop

JMB

Just so you know, you can run Mac OSX on a pc, which means you can build your own pc for a fraction of the cost and run the OS, who's main advantage is the difficulty to write viruses for it. Windows is more compatible with everything else though, such as peripheral devices like your smart phone for instance. Of course Iphones and Ipads will seamlessly integrate with your mac. As far as Macs being better for graphic design, this is a myth, as there is no software exclusive to macs that is design standard, at least none of the major professional titles. There is professional grade software that is not mac compatible however, such as 3d studio MAX.I think macs favour well with designers because macs are very aesthetically designed. They also have good native displays, that being said there are excellent displays available for any computer. Imac's are great all in one computers, no fan noise, no viruses, fewer cables but you do pay a pantload for them and they have their limitations. I noticed you bought that magic mouse, I was interested in this at first when it was released but it looks like it will be a hand cramper to use after a while, the profile just seems too slender for me. The track pad thing seems neat though, I love the gesture's on the macbook pro's and would love them on my imac

I think I'd still like a mouse for things like sketchup, I also have a Waacom tablet for drawing programs. but for general web surfing it should be pretty bad . Same gestures as on the Macbooks now a days

Well you shouldn't have any problems adjusting to macs way of doing things. It's all considerably less complicated than Windows, mind you I haven't really had much time with a windows machine since xp was being phased out for vista. I had enough of mucking around with how buggy xp was and made the switch. Using a mac has eliminated those frustrations but as I said it misses a lot of stuff too. Oh ya and i absolutely hate Itunes, still looking for a better mac alternative 4 years in.