Cordless dts

[painter 1]

Wish festool did one!

 

[sae]

Festool's battery platform is tiny; if you take woodworking seriously, you would have to own at least one other platform.

I've taken it to another level, and I'm now in 4 platforms, so I get the pick and choose the best out of Makita, Bosch, Metabo/Mafell, and Milwaukee. No sense restricting yourself to sub-par tools because you don't want to spend another $40-60 on another battery. It's not like you can use more than one battery at a time anyways, and with two on hand, one will always be charged.

 

[six-point socket II]

Hi!

Festool's battery platform is tiny; if you take woodworking seriously, you would have to own at least one other platform.

I've taken it to another level, and I'm now in 4 platforms, so I get the pick and choose the best out of Makita, Bosch, Metabo/Mafell, and Milwaukee. No sense restricting yourself to sub-par tools because you don't want to spend another $40-60 on another battery. It's not like you can use more than one battery at a time anyways, and with two on hand, one will always be charged.

I beg to differ, at least a little.

You would need to know how & where painter 1 works to make such a universally applicable statement.

I'd agree in a heartbeat if we're talking about working stationary in/around one shop. But the moment the issue of mobility comes into play - I'd say more than 2 battery platforms are a major hassle. Every battery platform needs a charger, and with almost every battery platform mentioned so far comes a different storage/transport solution. So it's not just buying tools and batteries, but also thinking about mobility and transport solutions. Not to mention setting up 3 or 4 chargers, running extension cords - and packing everything back up...

Personally my stuff (chargers) are mostly stationary - so I indeed don't care how many different chargers are floating around - if I had to constantly move them from site to site - I would outfit a Systainer/L-Boxx to hold those chargers and for being able to use them without unpacking - and just one plug/extension cord - if done correctly thats another major $$$ factor.

I can see how someone would want more cordless from Festool.

Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[Gregor]

I wouldn't want one since the performance of them isn't that bright without dust collection - the papers won't last.

 

[AlexThePalex]

I worked on a window today high up on a roof with my DTS. Because of the height I used a dustbag instead of my vac, and I absolutely detested it. Not only did I get all the dust in my face, it obscured the wood I was working on, and the mess fell into the neighbour's yard. I stopped and hauled my Mini vac up on the roof. What a relief, dustless again. [smile]

Though the thought of a cordless sander is appealing, it's messy without a vac attached, and they don't have a very long runtime, counted in mere minutes.

 

[Kev]

I think there's a market for cordless sander/vac setups that incorporate a backpack vac+power supply, short hose+power to sander ... not a huge market though unless the price can be kept reasonable. Give it a couple of years and the next generation of battery cells and we may see something.

Don't know if you're familiar with the Stihl 36V battery backpack - think that also with DC ... But I'm also not certain I'd feel safe with weight on my back when up a ladder [eek]

 

[sae]

I worked on a window today high up on a roof with my DTS. Because of the height I used a dustbag instead of my vac, and I absolutely detested it. Not only did I get all the dust in my face, it obscured the wood I was working on, and the mess fell into the neighbour's yard. I stopped and hauled my Mini vac up on the roof. What a relief, dustless again. [smile]

This sounds more like using the wrong tool for the job.

Festool designed all their sanders with active dust extraction in mind. You don't see Festool sanders sold with dust bags because they're designed to be used with an extractor.

Sanders that come packaged with dustbags/dust canisters have fans designed to create adequate extraction without the use of a vac. It's not a replacement for active extraction, but does fine in it's own right. You probably would've fared much better with a Makita/Bosch/etc. sander that was designed to put dust in the bag.

 

[Scott in Bend Oregon]

I worked on a window today high up on a roof with my DTS. Because of the height I used a dustbag instead of my vac, and I absolutely detested it. Not only did I get all the dust in my face, it obscured the wood I was working on, and the mess fell into the neighbour's yard. I stopped and hauled my Mini vac up on the roof. What a relief, dustless again. [smile]

Festool designed all their sanders with active dust extraction in mind. You don't see Festool sanders sold with dust bags because they're designed to be used with an extractor.

Off hand, I can think of five Festool sanders that come with paper dust bags and plastic frames to support the bags.

 

[AlexThePalex]

I worked on a window today high up on a roof with my DTS. Because of the height I used a dustbag instead of my vac, and I absolutely detested it. Not only did I get all the dust in my face, it obscured the wood I was working on, and the mess fell into the neighbour's yard. I stopped and hauled my Mini vac up on the roof. What a relief, dustless again. [smile]

This sounds more like using the wrong tool for the job.

Festool designed all their sanders with active dust extraction in mind. You don't see Festool sanders sold with dust bags because they're designed to be used with an extractor.

Sanders that come packaged with dustbags/dust canisters have fans designed to create adequate extraction without the use of a vac. It's not a replacement for active extraction, but does fine in it's own right. You probably would've fared much better with a Makita/Bosch/etc. sander that was designed to put dust in the bag.

Most Festool sanders come with dustbags.

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