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« Reply #30 on: April 13, 2011, 01:20 AM »

Rats... -hic-
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« Reply #31 on: May 16, 2011, 02:21 PM »

Any pictures of this huge boom arm installed?
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« Reply #32 on: May 16, 2011, 02:47 PM »


Any pictures of this huge boom arm installed?



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« Reply #33 on: May 16, 2011, 02:56 PM »

Holy Toledo, Batman! Eek! Scared Eek! Scared Eek!
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« Reply #34 on: June 04, 2011, 03:42 AM »

I went to the Axminster Festool store in Nuneaton yesterday, and saw one of these 'in the flesh' for the first time.

Honestly, the pics don't do justice to the sheer size of these boom arms! They really are massive.
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« Reply #35 on: June 04, 2011, 01:07 PM »

Yeah, it kind of caught me off guard how big it was too.

I haven't updated this thread because there didn't seem to be much interest in the boom arm, but I'll copy some of the pictures from the other forum.

I mounted the boom arm to the concrete wall that supports the floor of my garage, which is above the "machine room" of my workshop/basement.



It can sweep out an arc that reaches across the whole assembly room and a few feet into my machine room too.



I removed the rigid downtube that normally supports an energy box and installed my plug-it/vac hose. I also added a quad-box pendant outlet with one side for unswitched power and the other side for vac-power (triggers the CT vac). I'm going to mount a couple of hangers on the side of the arm (not shown) to hang an air hose and small extension cord. I also picked up a tool balancer to pull the loose end of the vac hose up off the floor when not being used.

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« Reply #36 on: June 04, 2011, 01:15 PM »

That thing sure is a beast.  Nice looking workshop Rick.
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« Reply #37 on: June 15, 2011, 02:29 AM »

i want one!!!

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« Reply #38 on: June 15, 2011, 07:12 AM »

Justin,

You are in luck!  According to the Festool AU site they are available!
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The tools in my truck were talking the other day.  The Dewalts, PC's, Boschs, Makitas were not happy.  They also were in the minority.  Their complaint:  They felt unused and unappreciated since the Festools moved in.  I guess the truth hurts.
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« Reply #39 on: June 15, 2011, 08:44 AM »

wouldnt we all like one of these.
pity they are so expensive.
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ts 55+2 1400 rails+ 1 lr32 1400 rail, domino+assortment systainer+ domiplate, ct 22 with boom arm+home made thien baffel, lr32 set, rotex 150, home made MFT,home made work center, 6 t locs for other tools, of2000 , ro 90, mft 800, trion , ls 130
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of 1400, MFT 3,, even more t locs for other tools


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