DavidCBaker
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- May 31, 2010
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Festool was foolish enough to let me join their two-day class. It was a real eye opener to learn the intricacies of the major product lines. I'll add more detail to this later, but thought I'd throw some pictures up.
I drove from just south of Nashville (320+ miles each way), and people came from all over, driving and flying:
Here's HQ in a corn field in Lebanon, IN:
And here's the lobby:
Here's the classroom (we didn't spend much time in here except on breaks and to eat [they supplied breakfast and lunch each day]):
The classroom was full of cool cutaway views like this:
Here's Brian Sedgeley, our fearless (and very good) instructor:
Here's the lab, where we spend all our time (except for the exceptional tour of the warehouse):
Here are some of my fellow students demonstrating their skills:
Here are some setups we worked through. Cutting down sheet goods:
MFT:
Calibrating extensions for parallel guides:
Demonstrating the right way to hold the Domino, with all the downward force on the front handle, plunging with the other hand at the right speed:
OF 1400 for a dado:
I really appreciated the hospitality, I learned a TON, the trip will end up costing me money, the instruction was excellent, and the other students were fun and competent. The Festool brand is very well represented.
I'm looking forward to attending another class some day--especially the advanced router class!
(Also nice to meet Christian, Mike, Shane, and Minnie.)
[I've edited the names of my classmates out of this post, at the suggestion of a board member. If there's anything else offensive in here to my fellow classmates, let me know and I'll remove it.]
I drove from just south of Nashville (320+ miles each way), and people came from all over, driving and flying:
Here's HQ in a corn field in Lebanon, IN:
And here's the lobby:
Here's the classroom (we didn't spend much time in here except on breaks and to eat [they supplied breakfast and lunch each day]):
The classroom was full of cool cutaway views like this:
Here's Brian Sedgeley, our fearless (and very good) instructor:
Here's the lab, where we spend all our time (except for the exceptional tour of the warehouse):
Here are some of my fellow students demonstrating their skills:
Here are some setups we worked through. Cutting down sheet goods:
MFT:
Calibrating extensions for parallel guides:
Demonstrating the right way to hold the Domino, with all the downward force on the front handle, plunging with the other hand at the right speed:
OF 1400 for a dado:
I really appreciated the hospitality, I learned a TON, the trip will end up costing me money, the instruction was excellent, and the other students were fun and competent. The Festool brand is very well represented.
I'm looking forward to attending another class some day--especially the advanced router class!
(Also nice to meet Christian, Mike, Shane, and Minnie.)
[I've edited the names of my classmates out of this post, at the suggestion of a board member. If there's anything else offensive in here to my fellow classmates, let me know and I'll remove it.]
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