A Trip to the Festool Museum in Germany

[Ajax]

Saw this online:

http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/manufacturers/a-trip-to-the-festool-museum-in-germany_o.aspx

Don't know if others posted this already.  Last few pics show the "father" of the Domino?

 

[AlexThePalex]

Cool article and cool slideshow. Thanks for sharing. I have seen other pics of this museum before, but not as much as here.

It came up in the comments with the pictures, stick framing vs timber framing, could anybody explain to me what the difference is?

 

[peter halle]

Cool article and cool slideshow. Thanks for sharing. I have seen other pics of this museum before, but not as much as here.

It came up in the comments with the pictures, stick framing vs timber framing, could anybody explain to me what the difference is?

Alex,

Stick framing is modern framing typically using on your side of the world 4 x 2's.  Timber framing is post and beam.  On your side of the world there is more post and beam than we see here.

Peter

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

That guy was almost clueless.

That machine was an auto matic louver groover, i have a couple of the manual versions, along with a chain mortiser and a couple power feeders.

 

[Cheese]

Saw this online:

http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/manufacturers/a-trip-to-the-festool-museum-in-germany_o.aspx

Talking about the Festool museum, I stumbled upon this the other day.

http://www.protoolreviews.com/news/festool-neidlingen-factory-plant/16347/
and then this
http://www.protoolreviews.com/news/festool-tool-testing/16446/
a little bit surprised that the vacuums are only expected to have a 1200 hour life.

 

[Wuffles]

Saw this online:

http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/manufacturers/a-trip-to-the-festool-museum-in-germany_o.aspx

Talking about the Festool museum, I stumbled upon this the other day.

http://www.protoolreviews.com/news/festool-neidlingen-factory-plant/16347/
and then this
http://www.protoolreviews.com/news/festool-tool-testing/16446/
a little bit surprised that the vacuums are only expected to have a 1200 hour life.

Yes, it could be the way it was written, but it doesn't come across well.

 

[Frank-Jan]

Well, the 1200 hours were 800 and 400, the 400 after the brushes are changed. My ct 22 is 12 years old, and on the first set of brushes, so IF the brushes would be worn tomorrow, the vac would have lasted me eventually 18 years.

 

[Cheese]

Well, the 1200 hours were 800 and 400, the 400 after the brushes are changed. My ct 22 is 12 years old, and on the first set of brushes, so IF the brushes would be worn tomorrow, the vac would have lasted me eventually 18 years.

It just seemed curious to me, because 1200 hours isn't that long of a time for someone in the trades that uses their vac on a daily basis.
Being conservative, 1 hour use per day for 260 days per year (weekdays only) yields 4.6 years of life. If the CT's of the trades people were actually dying after 4.6 years of use, this board would be lit up red. So I think it's more akin to what Wuffles was insinuating.

As an aside, I purchased my CT 22 in 2008 and it's also on its first set of brushes. Now that I have a Midi which I use more often, who knows how long the CT 22 will last. 1200 hours just seems light in the industrial world.