Jeff Zanin
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- Jan 2, 2009
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I am working with my son-in-law and son to install a closet system. It is a John Louis Home kit with pre-finished shelves and other components including various clips and brackets to mount everything to the wall. This is supposed to be a simple DIY thing but even so there are numerous problems to solve, mostly arising from walls that are not flat, plumb or square and various hatches, outlets and other things to work around. Very much like most renovation / installation work, with expensive materials and no place to hide mistakes.
So far the CXS has been by far the most used, handiest and in some cases indispensable tool, including drilling and driving into awkward spots with the 90° chuck. The FS3000, TS-75, Midi and EC ETS/3 were used to prepare a plywood panel to support one end of the system which could not anchor into the drywall because of a pocket door recess. This panel was cut to rough size and finished offsite but the TS-75 was used again to make a scribe cut to fit it to the wall / floor / trim. With the Midi we were able to do the cutting in the bedroom without making a mess, much nicer than carrying pieces out to the garage to cut.
After poor results from several attempts at cutting the shelving with a fine hand saw, mitre box, etc. today I noticed the TS-75 sitting there and thought "hmmmm....". With the FS1080 rail and the 60T laminate blade (495382) it worked beautifully, making perfect cuts in whatever species of wood they use, including slicing through the slats on a test cut, using a piece of foam on a folding table as the work surface.
It is a fiddly project and while I was surprised at the number of Festools that we have used I am certainly glad we had them, it would have been much harder otherwise.
So far the CXS has been by far the most used, handiest and in some cases indispensable tool, including drilling and driving into awkward spots with the 90° chuck. The FS3000, TS-75, Midi and EC ETS/3 were used to prepare a plywood panel to support one end of the system which could not anchor into the drywall because of a pocket door recess. This panel was cut to rough size and finished offsite but the TS-75 was used again to make a scribe cut to fit it to the wall / floor / trim. With the Midi we were able to do the cutting in the bedroom without making a mess, much nicer than carrying pieces out to the garage to cut.
After poor results from several attempts at cutting the shelving with a fine hand saw, mitre box, etc. today I noticed the TS-75 sitting there and thought "hmmmm....". With the FS1080 rail and the 60T laminate blade (495382) it worked beautifully, making perfect cuts in whatever species of wood they use, including slicing through the slats on a test cut, using a piece of foam on a folding table as the work surface.
It is a fiddly project and while I was surprised at the number of Festools that we have used I am certainly glad we had them, it would have been much harder otherwise.
