Heads up:
There seem to be a bad batch of Centrotec Hand Drivers (Festool 200140) out there.
Centrotec bits are supposed to lock into the driver and not release until you pull down the sleeve, but on the bad batch they pull right out.
However normal hex bits do lock into the defective batch, so it's clear the wrong bit holder, a regular hex adapter rather than a Centrotec adapter, was used to make the batch of hand drivers.
I don't know how extensive the defective batch is, but I do know two purchased from my dealer in March (they had two, I bought both) worked properly.
They got two more into stock about a week ago, and both of those were defective.
I've now ordered two from a different dealer and hope those are from an older batch that works properly.
Update: Called around and my local Woodcraft had one, clearly one that's been in the store a while. Worked perfectly.
There seem to be a bad batch of Centrotec Hand Drivers (Festool 200140) out there.
Centrotec bits are supposed to lock into the driver and not release until you pull down the sleeve, but on the bad batch they pull right out.
However normal hex bits do lock into the defective batch, so it's clear the wrong bit holder, a regular hex adapter rather than a Centrotec adapter, was used to make the batch of hand drivers.
I don't know how extensive the defective batch is, but I do know two purchased from my dealer in March (they had two, I bought both) worked properly.
They got two more into stock about a week ago, and both of those were defective.
I've now ordered two from a different dealer and hope those are from an older batch that works properly.
Update: Called around and my local Woodcraft had one, clearly one that's been in the store a while. Worked perfectly.
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