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I can't buy one in Canada. I called Collins and they gave me the phone # of Atlas, and they didn't know that there was a coping foot for the carvex.

I then tried Lee Valley Tools, as they are a listed dealer. Nope.

I can order it directly from Collins, however the brokerage fees at the border exceed the cost of the coping foot.

(insert a lot of swearing here)

Not sure how to proceed, guess I'll have to do without for now.
 
copcarcollector said:
Brokerage fees that much? Send me a PM if you cant find a dealer to help you out. I ship USPS airmail to Canada daily and have never had anyone get hit with any fees.

Have you tried Tool Nut? I don't know if they ship Internationally, but as it is not a Festool product, there should be no issues shipping outside the USA

http://www.festoolproducts.com/Collins-CTCCVX-Coping-Foot-For-Festool-Carvex-p/ctccvx.htm
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AFAIK: USPS Airmail transferred to Canada Post result in minimal added cost (if any) to the recipient. UPS is the worst regarding fees, DHL is the worst all around.
 
MrMac said:
I can't buy one in Canada. I called Collins and they gave me the phone # of Atlas, and they didn't know that there was a coping foot for the carvex.

I then tried Lee Valley Tools, as they are a listed dealer. Nope.

I can order it directly from Collins, however the brokerage fees at the border exceed the cost of the coping foot.

(insert a lot of swearing here)

Not sure how to proceed, guess I'll have to do without for now.
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Call them, and tell them you would like it sent it via usps.
Who did you speak to at Atlas?
I am sure they would order you one if you asked.
Tim
 
I bought the Coping Foot its own jigsaw. I use it frequently enough that I don't want to deal with swapping it back and forth to my regular saw.  Found a Bosch for around $100 and just leave it mounted with the 244 blade.  It lives in a Sys2 with my Trion, a case of blades, and the most commonly used files for tuning a cope.
 
MrMac said:
I can't buy one in Canada. I called Collins and they gave me the phone # of Atlas, and they didn't know that there was a coping foot for the carvex.

I then tried Lee Valley Tools, as they are a listed dealer. Nope.

I can order it directly from Collins, however the brokerage fees at the border exceed the cost of the coping foot.

(insert a lot of swearing here)

Not sure how to proceed, guess I'll have to do without for now.
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I own the carvex and the angled base.  Haven't had the chance to use the angled base yet but could it take the place of the Collins coping foot in a pinch?  It probably wouldn't work quite as well because you couldn't tilt it front to back, but you would have the side to side movement to follow a coped cut.  I hope this makes sense.  Its hard to explain in words.
 
MrMac said:
I can't buy one in Canada. I called Collins and they gave me the phone # of Atlas, and they didn't know that there was a coping foot for the carvex.

I then tried Lee Valley Tools, as they are a listed dealer. Nope.

I can order it directly from Collins, however the brokerage fees at the border exceed the cost of the coping foot.

(insert a lot of swearing here)

Not sure how to proceed, guess I'll have to do without for now.
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I have an addy in Blaine just for that purpose. PM me and we can figure a way to have it sent there. I live in Surrey, not too far away.

Cheers,

Peter
 
hopper said:
I own the carvex and the angled base.  Haven't had the chance to use the angled base yet but could it take the place of the Collins coping foot in a pinch?  It probably wouldn't work quite as well because you couldn't tilt it front to back, but you would have the side to side movement to follow a coped cut.  I hope this makes sense.  Its hard to explain in words.
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I think it might be clumsy at best (never tried it).  The front to back is needed so I can sneak up on the inside corners and curves just touching my line.  If you can't roll the saw on the base, you have to slide it which gives up a good measure of control.  At that point I'd just grab a hand saw rather than fuss with the jigsaw and angled base.  Much less likely to overshoot my cut line that way.
 
Depending on what you are coping you might be able to use the standard base with a splinter guard in place.  I have coped crown that way before.  Your saw base is on the material you want to cut out.

Peter
 
justinh said:
I bought the Coping Foot its own jigsaw. I use it frequently enough that I don't want to deal with swapping it back and forth to my regular saw.  Found a Bosch for around $100 and just leave it mounted with the 244 blade.  It lives in a Sys2 with my Trion, a case of blades, and the most commonly used files for tuning a cope.
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I did the same and bought an extra PS 300 with the Collins foot always attached.

I did have to go through a few Festool blades to find that the 75/4 FS works the best for me for coping...
 
Thanks all for the offers to help :) I've made arrangements to have one shipped to me.  I find that I'm breaking a lot of blades, never had that happen with the bosch. I loosened the carbide guides, but they blades seem to be breaking just underneath the "banjo" or the "T" on the blade itself. not sure why! I'm using the really skinny blades. They also turn a really pretty blue pretty fast :) lots of tight curves coping crown (MDF)
perhaps that won't be a problem when I have the coping foot.
 
MrMac said:
I can't buy one in Canada. I called Collins and they gave me the phone # of Atlas, and they didn't know that there was a coping foot for the carvex.

I then tried Lee Valley Tools, as they are a listed dealer. Nope.

I can order it directly from Collins, however the brokerage fees at the border exceed the cost of the coping foot.

(insert a lot of swearing here)

Not sure how to proceed, guess I'll have to do without for now.
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ATLAS now has the Collins Coping Foot for Carvex, sorry for the confusion, they came in a couple days ago.  Collins Coping Foot For Carvex  I think Mr. Collins may have told you we had them after they shipped from the USA, but before they arrived here.

 
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