Autostart of vacuum with battery tools

[antss]

So, should we expect a CTC vac by the end of the decade ?

I vote yes, but make it a hybrid and include the capability to recharge 2 batteries.
In cordless mode it would run off those same two batteries

Build it in a SYS 5 or 6 box or better yet make it so you could repurpose a box you
already have by removing the lid and installing the vac on top. Then you could size
the vac to whatever capacity you need.

My fear is we'll just see another drywall sander and a new LED light along with an upgraded radio.

Because, after all, that's what Festool customers really want.

 

[Job and Knock]

I fail to understand the concept of using a battery powered tool in an application that needs dust collection.  If the tool is necessarily tethered to a bulky dust collector hose that goes back to the dust collector, exactly what is the downside of having a slim power cord along for the ride.

I'll give you an example of why and where: you are working on an interior fit-out of a shop, because another trade has over-run you need to go in and cut and fix some skirting (baseboard) on the fly and make-up a hoarding which is a tight fit, the area you are working in has no mains power, your cutting area is 4 floors up from where you need to install making dragging stuff through a live shop a non-starter, and you don't want to breathe MDF dust (which is bad for you) whilst simultaneously keeping clean-up after the job to the minimum and on top of this you have to obey the law on workplace dust exposure. A bit far fetched? No, something which occurs in my working life way too much for my liking

 

[semenza]

Also for use with cordless drills.

Plus it makes the vac DC an option when only owning a cordless saw. In other words you can go cordless but still have the option to use a vac on remote.

It is nice to be able to turn the vac on / off without having to go to the vac. Which may be up/ down a ladder, etc. Lots of situations.

Seth

 

[AlexThePalex]

I fail to understand the concept of using a battery powered tool in an application that needs dust collection.  If the tool is necessarily tethered to a bulky dust collector hose that goes back to the dust collector, exactly what is the downside of having a slim power cord along for the ride.

I'll give you an example of why and where: you are working on an interior fit-out of a shop, because another trade has over-run you need to go in and cut and fix some skirting (baseboard) on the fly and make-up a hoarding which is a tight fit, the area you are working in has no mains power, your cutting area is 4 floors up from where you need to install making dragging stuff through a live shop a non-starter, and you don't want to breathe MDF dust (which is bad for you) whilst simultaneously keeping clean-up after the job to the minimum and on top of this you have to obey the law on workplace dust exposure. A bit far fetched? No, something which occurs in my working life way too much for my liking

Sounds very far fetched, you manage to contradict your own example. If there is no mains power, where do you plug in the extractor?

 

[ChuckM]

An idea for Festool: a cordless dust extractor!

 

[semenza]

An idea for Festool: a cordless dust extractor!

Yes! I do wish the CT-Sys was cordless. That would make it that much more  handy.

Seth