10 years after first consideration

[fcraven]

I finally have some Festo(ol) products. My MFT1080 and TS55 arrived...that is to say I picked them up...today. Unfortunately there was actual shipping damage to the table  Don't want to go there now.

Suffice it to say that Bob was on top of things and is taking care of my situation.  ;D

Couple of first time notes, I had no Idea that my Fein Vac's Hose would fit PERFECTLY int the TS55. This is, in the words of a famous felon, "a good thing". I plan on getting some more accessories for the saw, but didn't know where they would go... AHHH, the plastic-form-thing actually has provisions for accessories, how convenient. Set the height adjustment before nearly plunging through MFT. Sure isn't cutting well--oh! turn the speed up from 1 (where it was when I cut the rubber). Changing to Daylight savings time sucks (OK, so that's not a first time observation)

Now, it is time for me to go have some homemade pizza, watch 24, and get ready to go to the job site tomorrow where my crippled table, and fully functional saw will start paying for themselves.

 

[fcraven]

Despite having a a mild handicap, my MFT1080 is performing just fine. I'm getting used to it. So far the only issue I'm having has that most of the stock I'm cutting right now is long and skinny and my fence is on the back side of the table instead of the front--not an issue, I can move it if I want to.

But now, I must take a moment to comment on the TS55.

Yes, I knew that the TS55 had "very good" dust extraction but I didn't know how good. This first project is a little less glorious than I would normally like to do--involving many 2x4s, and little trim, but it pays.

I am enclosing an office area (previously a dining room-ish space) with couple of small walls with a huge pocket door opening between some Existing square columns. The columns are roughly 1 foot square and obviously non-structural. Thus, I needed to perform surgery to see "what's in there".

My early exploration with a little blade on my Multimaster--and then an adventure with a sawzaw--demonstrated just how much of mess MDF can be, WOW. So much dust for such a small hole.

Cutting the major openings to access the framing, involved some "creative cutting" with the TS55 in a vertical orientation, and...overhead.

Yes, there was MDF dust, but WOW, in comparison, there was very little. The home owner has no idea how much less of a mess I made. The light weight of the saw also helped a lot.

Unfortunately I still need to get into at least one corner that may involve "the old way of doing things."

 

[Michael Kellough]

The least dusty way I know to get a sight hole through MDF is with a Forstner bit. If you determine that there is enough depth inside run a jigsaw blade I'd suggest a reverse tooth blade so most of the dust falls inside the enclosure. Plug a vac hose into one of the sight holes and the dust will be further minimized.