Hi Matthew, great forum.
Your list has a multi-choice and asks to choose  from either "on-site" or "In-shop"? In my neck of the woods (New Zealand), when one says In-shop, its at a Professionals place of business. e.g  A mechanics shop or similar. I assume therefore you may mean at ones home? - in the "Shed" is how we would term it, or Garage or Home Workshop even.? Or am I misunderstanding this? One other wee small thing, the list of 1st 2nd or 3rd  purchases asks for how much one spent, but in what countries $? Is it US $. I'd have to get the calc out and do some currency conversions to do that........and at the rate it is now it aint happy reading I can tell you! You'd be shocked to find what we end up paying way down here!!! You guys got it good:)
cheers

Welcome to FOG Acrobat!

Many folks in Canada use the term "shed" rather than "shop".  For instance here is a photo with a picture of the sign over the door on my wooodworking shed:



By the way, I carved the sign.

That's a great pic Frank, I'll have to take one of my little shed soon and post it up. You'll laugh.
Thank you too Poto. I am in Auckland's North Shore, if you know where that is. This is such a good site and with all the enthusiasm here, I will need to curb my desire to buy more festools!.
cheers
Acrobat

Woodworking in my case is a bit of a loose term.  Wood butcher probably descibes me better.

My woodworking at work consists of making up bed bases for camper trailers from formply as required. 

In my own time I do general property maintenance.  As in repair work repairs to timber structures ie, verandahs etc... Most of the time its on weatherboard houses, so there is always stuff to do.

I have a fairly good variety of tools, nuthin too specialised tho in the woodworking department.

When I'm not doing that I'm helping out mates do bigger projects.  Like reno jobs and a bit of work on new houses.   Found its a good way to get more experience/confidence to tackle larger projects myself.

My next one is relocating a weatherboard house & rebuilding the skillion part on the back.  Got a good secondhand kitchen stored away ready. My biggest project yet, so it will be good challenge for me.

Hi,
I'm a female woodworker. I got into it 5 years ago when I got laid off from a banking job and wanted to remodel my bathrooms and kitchen. I made a bathroom vanity with lumber from Lowe's and the kreg pocket hole joinery method. My husband was so impressed he sent me to a three month course in furniture building at The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport Maine (in the winter). It was an unbelievable experience and at the end I knew what tools to use and how to use them to build case goods (any box, drawer or door). I came home and bought a Delta table saw (unisaw), joiner, planer and bandsaw. I gutted my kitchen down to the studs and built a new one. So I have also become a remoldeler as well as woodworker (just for myself). I made the mistake of buying 8/4 red oak for the kitchen, resawing and planing all my 1/4" (door panels and some drawer bottoms), 1/2" (drawer sides and rest of drawer bottoms) and 3/4" (everything else). I would post a picture but I have not figured out how to optimize a jpeg down to 125 KB. I say mistake because of all the work involved and did not know red oak is not the easiest to work. Live and learn. Now I buy nothing larger than 4/4. I saw a demo of the festool sanders at a new lumber yard I found and can only say if I had not seen it myself I would have not believed the incredible mirror finish from a sander. My only problem now is what sanders to buy and figuring out the system for different applications. (more on that later in the review forum? or do I ask my questions somewhere else?) Thank you Matthew for the great review on the Rotex150.

One problem I have is when gluing up boards (with Bessy clamps) if the boards are over 3 ft long I have trouble in the middle. I've tried routing grooves with various jigs but very difficult to register the exact same place on 2 ends. So I have been sanding problem areas but this leaves dips in wood (not great for table top but console myself with the "old" look). So I am very excited about the Domino tool. I think both systems can bring my woodworking to the next level.

Anyway, I was taught to build furniture from rough lumber with regular woodshop tools but now that I have seen the festool sanding system with dust extraction and the domino I'm hooked.

Can't wait to write my own review. It's just hard to do all the research into exactly which tools to get. So this forum is great to help with that.

pafekete

 I have to say....I love this forum.  It has become my new crack!  I need a forum fix several times a day.
Wood is a new medium for me, as I have worked with various metals my whole life.  I bought  the C12 screwdriver as my first festool purchase and haven't looked back yet. 
     My latest career is driving truck for a crane outfit.  During the slow winters, I needed something to fill the void instead of watching "Leave It to Beaver" reruns, so I thought wood. Within 3 weeks of the screwdriver purchase, I have 11 Festool boxes and built my first cabinet.  I find working with wood so much more enjoyable then working with metal.  And so far, I can do projects the way I want...not the way the customer wants.
Don't know at this point if I want to do work for others...been there...done that!  Owned a custom bodyshop for 16 years.
     The wife doesn't seem to mind my new hobby, it keeps me off the computer and out of chat rooms.  I told her the toolman was going out of business and I got a deal on the tools.  She asked if they were at least decent tools    Now she has plans for hardwood floors throughout...pantry....wall units in the den...etc.  I use this site as inspiration and guidance to see me through the Festool way
     Thanks all for your input,
                Another Festool junkie and wood newbie

Welcome aboard Joe.  Don't be afraid to ask questions as there are so many here willing to help.

Peter

Male- Newbie - Hobby woodworker.

Ordered my first Festool (TS75) on March 1st and as you can see I am building my collection pretty quickly. I also have the T15+3 and MFT/3 arriving Wednesday.

 I contemplated cutting the bands so I wouldn't be called out, lol. I have used one them. Maybe that box isn't in the pic. I have been occupied lately but everything is definitely going to be used soon.

  for the warm welcome

Kim