D Grip or not D Grip that is the question....

[jvsteenb]

Come on guys, there's always this little puppy:

http://wwwinet.my-tts.com/Protool/Produktbilder/06_saegen_zimmereimaschinen/jpg_zoom/zoom_06_ssp200eb_638591_p_02a.jpg

200mm sawdepth ( a tad under 8 inch ) and fits the guiderail !!

At the going exchange rate, only about $1350 ! What are you waiting for ?  [big grin]

Regards,

Job

 

[Frank Pellow]

Come on guys, there's always this little puppy:

200mm sawdepth ( a tad under 8 inch ) and fits the guiderail !!

At the going exchange rate, only about $1350 ! What are you waiting for ?  [big grin]

Regards,

Job

Thanks for pointing it out.  It a LOT cheaper than the Mafell version of a Carpenter's chain saw.  Believe or not, I would definately be able to make use of it and it might be worth that price to me.

 

[Rob-GB]

Went and got one ;D

Has different decals on the catches and I noticed the Toolpoints bit on the label !? Any ideas what that is about?

Got some spare splinter guards and a pack of long blades to cut through some window sills next week.
Comment from SWIMBO, as I had not advised her of intended investment, was "Well the TS thingy is earning it's keep, so if you need it and it will do the same, no worries"... Guess the slope is gonna be axle greased from here on down. [big grin] ;D ;D

 

[Mac]

Rob,

I think this might have tipped me over the edge...Trion here i come! I shall refer SWMBO to you as necessary.

Rick

 

[Frank Pellow]

Went and got one ;D
...

Congratulations, I am sure that you will like it.  (My Festool jiog saw is my third most used Festool tool.)

But, it is too bad that yoiu picked the wrong type of handle. [poke]

 

[AlexThePalex]

Yeah, barrel grip for the win!

I got no Festool jigsaw, but I sure am happy I got a jigsaw with a barrel grip. So much better to handle.    

 

[speed]

i have the same catches on mine,  [smile]

id also like to know about the tool points, the ts55 is 40 points and the t15 is 36 points

 

[Forrest Anderson]

Has different decals on the catches and I noticed the Toolpoints bit on the label !? Any ideas what that is about?

The Tools for Profit scheme (with its associated Toolpoints) is not run in the UK.

In an answer to a similar question raised by Tom Bainbridge back in 2008, Christian Oltzscher of Festool USA said:

In some countries the Festool subsidiaries have customer clubs. If you register your tool for warranty, you can collect those tool points
and exchange them for something later on. Here is a list of countries that are participating: http://www.toolsforprofit.com/

Christian

The description of the www.toolsforprofit.com website reads "Welcome to the official Tools for Profit website. The free customer club for Festool and PROTOOL power tools. Here you will find exclusive content, information and an online shop wirh merchandising goods and other gifts". If you visit it, you'll see how the scheme is implemented in participating countries (eg Germany, Denmark, Spain, Belgium etc).

Forrest

 

[PaulMarcel]

Awesome... kinda like "buy 9 latt?s and the 10th is free", but maybe not...

 

[Rob-GB]

Ah well I think I've got enough brownie points today to elbow toolpoints into another dimension! ;D ;D
Thanks Forest.

Stop it Frank!  [poke] That tickles [big grin].

Mac. I'll pass her over to Suzy, a sensible lass, who knows the way to a true mans heart. Tools, tools and more Festools. [thumbs up]

Rob.

 

[Wood_Junkie]

[eek]
Those latches are great!

I don't suppose Festool will make those latches available for purchase in the US?  They might make the whole disappearing label issue much less of an issue.  Assuming the image is more durable than the label adhesive...

 

[Forrest Anderson]

[eek]
Those latches are great!

I don't suppose Festool will make those latches available for purchase in the US?  

Latches showing a picture of the tool stored the Systainer are certainly a very nice way of identifying the contents, but it looks as though the jigsaw latches shown in the picture were a one-off run to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the introduction (in 1984) of the triple saw guides on the company's jigsaw.

I'd love to see tool-specific latches, and since latches can easily be swapped between Systainers, they are probably a more flexible solution than stick-on labels.

Forrest

 

[Frank Pellow]

Are the labels on the latches engraved right into the latches or are they flimsy like the labels on the systainers?

If they are permanent, I agree with Forrest that they would be a very popular item if Festool were to make such latches available for their whole range of tools. 

 

[JPatrickWinstead]

This thread has sort of wandered off topic, but I'll add something that I'm surprised no one else has said.  I have the D Grip Trion, but I often lock the trigger in the on position and hold the body of the saw.  I always do this if the saw is underneath the material; if it's above I'll use whatever I feel gives me more control.

I have pretty small hands also, and when I tried out the barrel-grip I found it to be too big.  Of course I'd always used D grip jigsaws in the past, so maybe some of that is habit.

 

[Rob-GB]

Are the labels on the latches engraved right into the latches or are they flimsy like the labels on the systainers?

If they are permanent, I agree with Forrest that they would be a very popular item if Festool were to make such latches available for their whole range of tools. 

They are directly printed onto the latch.

This thread has sort of wandered off topic, but I'll add something that I'm surprised no one else has said.  I have the D Grip Trion, but I often lock the trigger in the on position and hold the body of the saw.  I always do this if the saw is underneath the material; if it's above I'll use whatever I feel gives me more control.

I have pretty small hands also, and when I tried out the barrel-grip I found it to be too big.  Of course I'd always used D grip jigsaws in the past, so maybe some of that is habit.

Aha! even more value to the D grip, its two in one! [big grin]

Rob.

 

[joiner1970]

You would think someone would have made a jigsaw that has both by now, a D handle jigsaw where you can remove the handle and use it as a barrel grip jigsaw.

The best of both worlds  [big grin]