32 mm Hole Drilling Guide Rail, 55" (1400 mm)

[EricT]

If Festool needed a different way of looking at things with regard to the idea of just putting holes in every rail-

Perhaps, if like I said above, all rails had the holes already - more people would be enticed into purchasing the LR32 kit, and Festool would make more money that way.  I'm still kicking myself over missing the LR32 kit that was on sale in the classified a couple of weeks ago, but one of the things that held me back from purchasing - no holey rail to go with.  I don't feel hoodwinked, Festool is looking to make money on everything obviously, but I think they would do better selling all holey rails and enticing people to then buy the lr-32 kit, sell more routers, than selling a few extra rails.  It seems like a better business decision, and customers would also be happier.  My 2 cents.  Not malicious so much as missed opportunity.

 

[Hurricane Whisperer]

If Festool needed a different way of looking at things with regard to the idea of just putting holes in every rail-

Perhaps, if like I said above, all rails had the holes already - more people would be enticed into purchasing the LR32 kit, and Festool would make more money that way.  I'm still kicking myself over missing the LR32 kit that was on sale in the classified a couple of weeks ago, but one of the things that held me back from purchasing - no holey rail to go with.  I don't feel hoodwinked, Festool is looking to make money on everything obviously, but I think they would do better selling all holey rails and enticing people to then buy the lr-32 kit, sell more routers, than selling a few extra rails.  It seems like a better business decision, and customers would also be happier.  My 2 cents.  Not malicious so much as missed opportunity.

Yes, I believe you are ultimately correct that it is not malacious.

It's the result of fastidious German designers and manufacturer people being overly precise and thereby saving so much that they decreased costs on paper but offset that savings by lost opportunity income.

This is why you need marketing types to take a step back and say put the holes in everywhere and damn your efficiency.

Open those holes and let the light shine through them into incremental drilling.

 

[EricT]

Yes!  LET YOUR LIGHT SHIIINE THROUGH BROTHER (be healed etc)

Seriously though I just want a tool I can use to bang out my own MFT tops.  Just that by itself would be super useful.

Also picked up a trick from the other Eric (erock) on lining up drawer slides super easy by drilling shelf holes and then just tossing the drawer slides right into those holes.

Why is all this Festool stuff so darn useful and my wallet keeps running out of money.