Anyone Watching Festool Friday Live?

[sancho57]

Watching the second episode on You Tube. The first one Sedge went over the 2 domino machines 500 and 700. This last one Sedge is going over the festool routers. He has Steve Allen and Brent answering questions about the tools.

I havent watched it live but found it on Festool TV. .

Pretty informative last about a half hour.

Chock full of information

 

[GoingMyWay]

I watched both episodes on YouTube.  It was full of good information.

The second episode was just a general overview of all the routers.  It sounds like in the the future, Sedge is going to devote an entire episode to each model of router to go into a lot more detail.

I guess they broadcast live on Instagram on Fridays at some time?  I actually prefer watching the replay on YouTube since I can watch it at 2x speed.

 

[ChuckM]

e since I can watch it at 2x speed.

This is the reason why I seldom watch freelance or "semi-professional" woodworking videos as I find them way too long-winded for my taste. Most of them can be trimmed to 1/4 or even much more, and still, very little or nothing will be lost to an average viewer. In a way, Norm Abram (and his team, of course) were magicians to me as they could pack so much in a clip that ran less than half an hour, without boring me to tears. :'( [big grin] [big grin]

Someone once showed me a Live (?) recording of Rob Cosman's. I couldn't stand seeing all the unscripted and unedited videotaping...and the project was said to run for 60 or 70 episodes. In that particular one which I watched for 5 minutes or less, I saw him walking between machines and stations, a lot of the time, sometimes just to grab a tool.

I haven't watched any of the mentioned Festool clips.

 

[GoingMyWay]

I'm so accustomed to watching YouTube videos at 2x that normal speed sounds like they're speaking in slow motion.  I've even got my wife into watching things at a faster speed.  She keeps saying she wishes we could watch some of the recorded TV shows on the DVR at 1.5 or 2x speed.  It would make the shows a lot faster.

I actually like / don't mind watching Rob Cosman's unedited live shows.  He's posting a daily project video because of everyone being at home in quarantine (currently drawer making, on episode 15) and also does a live show every Saturday for about 2 hours.  I find it interesting to watch him brainstorm a solution in real time.  Sort of the opposite of some YouTube car repair channels where they show swap out an engine or transmission in about "10 minutes."  I'm also reassured to know that I'm not the only one struggling to find my pencil, ruler, tape measure or that thing I just set down a second ago.

Here are the 2 Festool Live episodes:

 

[vkumar]

Yes I watched it. Sedge was as usual quite good. The only problems I had with the video is sometimes lack of closeup shots on ctitical adjutsments.  Also the 2 guys with the iphones are quite distracting and often in the way of the main camera.
Despite all this I will continue to watch Sedge.

 

[elfick]

I also watched them on youtube rather than live. I really enjoyed them and hope they keep making them.

 

[pixelated]

I happened across it Friday night or Saturday. I liked it, though as stated, I found the guys walking around with the phones distracting, and was a little taken aback by Sedge tossing the domino on the bench.

I'm curious if they are soliciting inputs for topics? I'd like to see one that focuses on using the domino with thin materials, for example, mid-panel joints for 1/2" / 12mm material.

 

[bertv]

Well, I presume the two guys with the phones are doing the Instagram Live, which is in portrait mode. What is shown on YT is done in the regular format. Editing these two together would be problematic, which is too bad — there is not enough detail (zoom in!) when Sedge explains stuff about parts of the machines. Another regular video camera guy is needed to do that.

I wish they would have considered this before committing to the IG/YT mix, because I prefer watching YT (yeah, speed it up, or skip ahead — I am impatient).

 

[elfick]

I happened across it Friday night or Saturday. I liked it, though as stated, I found the guys walking around with the phones distracting, and was a little taken aback by Sedge tossing the domino on the bench.

I'm curious if they are soliciting inputs for topics? I'd like to see one that focuses on using the domino with thin materials, for example, mid-panel joints for 1/2" / 12mm material.

I know Sedge covered mid-panel joints for 3/4" material in the domino video. Maybe you can try asking in the comments for that video? I'm not sure if they read them or not though.

 

[GoingMyWay]

I think your best chance of getting a suggestion heard /seen would be to comment when they're actually live on Instagram.

Unless, maybe someone from Festool is reading this post and writes it down as a suggestion.

 

[jonnyrocket]

I caught it live, purely by accident. I even got a question submitted, but it wasn’t answered. I asked about the July 1st date and the Ad in Fine Home Building. I’m not surprised it didn’t get answered. But I was glad someone asked about the TID18 and that they at least acknowledged the question.

 

[Cheese]

Here's an interesting episode of making drawer boxes with Dominos using the DF 500.

However, even more interesting is that Sedge makes the rear drawer cutouts for Blum undermount slides using a DF 500 and a 10 mm bit. Rather clever, it starts around the 29 minute mark.
=1754

 

[squall_line]

Here's an interesting episode of making drawer boxes with Dominos using the DF 500.

However, even more interesting is that Sedge makes the rear drawer cutouts for Blum undermount slides using a DF 500 and a 10 mm bit. Rather clever, it starts around the 29 minute mark.
=1754

Intriguing!

I thought for sure he was going to come at it 90 degrees from the way he actually did.  I'm glad I stuck with it to see for myself.

Now I need to go back and watch the whole thing.  I'm still deciding on my first project, and my wife wants some pull-out drawers for under the stove where we currently have long, wide shelves.  This might be the ticket.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I'm never home to watch when it's actually live. I catch the recording on Youtube that evening.

 

[Cheese]

Ya I'm not a big video/utube guy, because with all the BS you have to wade through it takes forever for them to get to the point. I mean really...who has that much time on their hands to put up with the drivel?

But the notching of the drawer boxes with a Domino was interesting because of it's simplicity. If you fabricate only 2-3 drawer boxes are you really going to install a dado stack in your table saw...I'm not, I'll find an alternative.

I just thought it's such a simple process, to batch out the drawer boxes and then to reconfigure the Domino for notching out the drawer boxes for Blum slides. 

 

[Cheese]

Just a benign observation, following the Festool announcement of the discontinuation of the Vac Sys about 12 weeks ago, the latest episodes on Festool Live have not featured using the Vac Sys at all. That's really strange because Sedge was such a strong proponent of the system but now it's suddenly gone into double-secret probation. It's even been removed from the end of the MFT.

 

[squall_line]

Just a benign observation, following the Festool announcement of the discontinuation of the Vac Sys about 12 weeks ago, the latest episodes on Festool Live have not featured using the Vac Sys at all. That's really strange because Sedge was such a strong proponent of the system but now it's suddenly gone into double-secret probation. It's even been removed from the end of the MFT.

That must be to keep the conspiracy folks from getting too worked up thinking that the discontinuation was just temporary or in preparation for a brand new version...

It's a shame, though, because it's just such a useful addition to what Sedge does, especially in the limited time he has to do it some weeks.

 

[ChuckM]

Not a regular viewer, but after you asked, I checked out the Domino trim episode, and indeed the MFT table was used with clamps to secure the work, not the Sys Vac. Since the majority of Domino users don't use (own) a Sys Vac to hold their work, the "new" workholding method will be closer to what an average Domin user employs.

I suppose Festool has a policy of not using or showing discontinued tools as soon as it can. I haven't seen any DF500 with the pins used in any of its videos.

 

[squall_line]

I haven't seen any DF500 with the pins used in any of its videos.

I'm guessing that the fact that the pin version of the fence has been discontinued for over 11 years has at least a little bit something to do with that...

 

[Cheese]

Not a regular viewer, but after you asked, I checked out the Domino trim episode, and indeed the MFT table was used with clamps to secure the work, not the Sys Vac. Since the majority of Domino users don't use (own) a Sys Vac to hold their work, the "new" workholding method will be closer to what an average Domin user employs.

I suppose Festool has a policy of not using or showing discontinued tools as soon as it can. I haven't seen any DF500 with the pins used in any of its videos.

Ya, unfortunately to me it seems more like damage control, rather than embracing a technology you developed and nurtured for years, you just suddenly cast it aside like it was a bad taco.

From a marketing perspective, if many observers on Sedges show were to enquire about the availability of the old Vac Sys, that becomes a marker from a marketing/sales perspective. It's a way to gauge enthusiasm for a new, old or existing tool. By eliminating the Vac Sys on the Sedge series you've basically buried the "victim" and thrown dirt on the grave...the conversation is over.

Festool marketing is getting stranger all the time especially in the last couple of years. The only new items they've been able to iterate is a disparate group of cordless tools. Throw in the TSC K and the new 1010 and I guess we're good to go for the future.

They've actually removed more items and consumables from their products list than they've added...not a good sign for continued future growth.