Greetings to all! I'm a professional cabinetmaker/woodworker, Dutch but living and working in Switzerland.

Ran into this forum a couple times before seriously starting to explore it some weeks ago. Before it seemed a bit odd to join a forum dedicated to a brand but I'm really quite impressed by the quality of the content from a woodworking perspective. It is obvious Festool sets many standards and I feel the people coming here have a keen eye for innovation and quality and I've found that quite inspiring to say the least. It makes this forum so much more than a Festool forum, it truly is about the owners.

Looking forward to meeting you and chatting about wood and what not.

Cheers! Bob.

  Bob!  If you just avoid my posts, your experience should be good.    Right Guy?

Welcome Bob,

Im a cabinetmaker aswell, would be nice to see some of your work when you get a chance. Cheers.

Hi Bob,

Welcome to the FOG! 

Have you been using Festool long?  What tools do you have in your arsenal?


Seth

Hi guys,

Thanks for the enthusiasm! Gonna keep an eye out for Alan I suppose.

Well I didn't mention my website, seemed a bit inappropriate, being my first post and all. Also, I'm planning on some updates but let me know it's cool and I'll post the url.

Been building furniture for a good 15 years now, and my first machine (or maybe the second) was a 900 watt Festo router. Still performs swell, hanging upside down now under my router table. A bit later but not much I bought a Rotex and plunge saw (55), then the big planer. Don't know the exact types. Then at some point the cordless drill, 9.6 volts a second one a couple years later. What else.... Right, I used to own a Festool jigsaw back in those days.

A couple of years back I've added a RTS 400 and a new cordless drill, think it was the first C 12 with the biggest battery they had back then, 3 Ah.

Right now, the last couple of years, I've added a precisio 70, the brilliant ETS 150/3 (sooooo much lighter than the old Rotex...), the also wonderful BS75, a new TS 55, both Dominos although I've not used the XL yet (shame...) and my good friend the Kapex. That's about it I think. All machines are used to earn a living and every time I need something I go through all the brands, 9 out of 10 times end up with a new Festool. It has gotta be said, they do set the mark.

On my wishlist are the OF 1400, the system 32 gadgets and I'm hoping each day my big Makita cordless drill dies so I can check out a big model T Festool or Protool.

Furthermore, I'm having this little experiment with myself to see if one day the Syslite starts to make sense and I maybe end up with one.


Good to be here guys and girls! Thanks for the warm welcome!

Cheers, Bob.

I'll add another hearty 

Absolutely share the url to your website.  We love seeing work from members!

If we can be of assistance, please just let us know.

Peter

Welcome Bob!

I googled your name and found your website, really like your "drunk" cupboard.

Go ahead and publish your site here, many great pics.

Festoolviking

Ok cool, here goes:

www.lemenuisier.ch

But try www.thecabinetmaker.ch to go to the English version. (hope that works, tried the hyperlink thingie...)

Let me know what you think, like said I want to change some things so any feedback is welcome!

Cheers, Bob.

Hi Bob - and welcome to FOG !
I really likes the website and your kitchens and others. I have the same set of festools as you and my first Festo(ol) was a OF900 as well and like yours it is still working as when new. These tools lasts - I actually just bought one of the early 'rutchers' some months ago - it is prox 50 years old and still working but mainly bought for sitting on a shelve!

On your website you state that you dont use particleboard when doing kitchens - what do you use for the corpus then?

As a pro webguy since 1996 I would give you this light feedback though:

- the background color is well hmm err ... your choise 8^)
- the image pop-up component has to be replaced. It flickers way to much when browsing and I know that theres plenty too choose from on Joomla.

Welcome, Bob.

Your work is very creative and appears to be top quality.  I appreciate you sharing with us.

Steve

Hi Meldgaard,

Funny we have the same collection! And many thanks for the feedback. The color seemed a good idea back then but I want something a bit fresher now. There are a number of things I think I might change, not quite sure how far I'll take it but I think it's time for something new.
I'll forward the image pop-up thing to my website guy don't really understand that.

I prefer to use birch plywood for the cabinets, have to say though I've been using some particle board lately. That has to do with a number of things but primarily the fact that a lot of finishes only exist on particle board...

Cheers, Bob.

Welcome, Bob!  Looking forward to seeing your work in the "Member Projects" section.  I not only butcher wood, but waste good wood and alcohol cooking at barbeque contests here in Kansas.  

Thanks Seth, just checked that thread out, very nice. I'll def post my pics there, I've moved the shop about 6 months ago so I'll try to lookup some nice pics chronologically for a slideshow of sorts. Might take a couple days though, a lot of work planned for the coming days.

I always enjoy shop pics, being in my own shop too many hours a week sort of enables tunnel vision. Seeing other shops gets me thinking on a very elementary level. You know, like "what am I doing here??? Aaarghhh!!!!"
But seriously, I've concluded my shop is somewhat Northern American in approach, especially compared to other shops over here. I'm sure that has something to do with spending time on forums like these.

By the way Seth, weren't you the one that was working on a commercial table for cutting sheets with rail and plunge saw? Stumble over a thread about that ones, thought it was yours but can't find it anywhere...

Cheers.

Seth, thanks for the reply. Saw it just now, for some reason I've missed it before.

Very nice table!

hi there im that alan. i some how missed this thread. any way a big cead mila failta or 100,000 welcomes. so there guy and jmb. didnt look at the site yet but it sound good