End User Training: Cabinet Construction on April 5-6 in Las Vegas

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We would like to extend another invitation to end users to attend a new training event.  Below, you will find details about that event.  Please let us know if you have any questions.

Course Description:
We are calling for entries for a 2-day class focused on the onsite construction and installation of cabinets utilizing the Festool System.    The class will take place at our training facility in Henderson, NV, and will be primarily geared towards professional applications.

In this class, we will cover the tools and techniques necessary to build and install shop-quality cabinetry onsite.  Though participants will walk away with a range of broadly applicable skills, the class will concentrate primarily on the construction of a 32mm frameless upper cabinet and a traditional face-frame base cabinet.  From raw material to finished boxes ready for finish, you will learn how to work faster, easier, and smarter with the Festool System.

Since most of the two days will be spent in the shop, actually using the tools, we request that registrants have some previous knowledge of the Festool System, and/or the basics of trim carpentry or cabinet construction. 

Though we hope to add classes geared toward novices in the future, this should be considered an intermediate to expert-level class.


What will I learn?


Onsite Cabinet Construction

- Accurate and safe processing of a 4 x 8 sheet goods with the TS Plunge-cut saw
- Precision ripping with FS parallel guides
- Squaring and final dimensioning of cabinet parts on the Multifunction table
- Dimensioning parts with Kapex miter saw
- Building a face frame with the Domino joiner
- Joining frames and cases with the Domino joiner
- LR 32 Hole drilling set
- Hinge plate boring
- Shelf pin boring
- Trimming edge banding with MFK700 router
- Quick and efficient assembly with T-drills

Installation Basics

- Toe kick construction with Domino
- Filler strip attachment with Domino
- Scribing with Rotex, TS 55, Or PS jigsaws


How do I sign up?

If you are interested in participating, please click here to complete this online survey. Participants are selected on a first-come basis.

Travel and Accommodations:
Participants are responsible for all travel and accommodations.  We will be glad to help you make hotel reservations at our preferred local establishment (Sunset Station).  And for those participants staying at the Sunset Station, Festool will arrive for pick-up on both days at 7:30am. 

Festool will provide basic refreshments (bagels and coffee) in the morning, and lunch will be provided both days.


When & Where?
Class date: April 5 - 6, 2010
Class times: 8am-5pm
Class location: Festool Training Facility, 301 Sunpac Ct, Henderson, NV
Class size: 8
Fee: $100
 
* Please note: Attendees are responsible for all expenses related to travel and accommodations.


Festool training personnel in attendance:

- Steve Bace, Tool and Application Trainer

There may also be additional members of the Festool USA team present periodically throughout the training event.

Thank you.
 
Shane,

I thinking about it. I was hoping for the advanced router class in Indy at the end of April, but missed out on that. Are there any kind of restrictions whereas taking one class would bar me from a different class (waiting period or what not). I realize of course that Festool would wish to be fair about giving everyone a chance.

Just not wanting to shoot myself in the foot.
 
When we were doing the free classes at the beginning to get feedback from attendees, it was important that new attendees were in every class so we could get as many fresh perspectives as possible.  That is no longer the case and you are welcome to participate in as many classes as you'd like.  In fact, the advanced router class at the end of April looks to be almost entirely made up of folks who have already attended a class.
 
I think there's one spot still open for this class.  Anyone...?  This is a great class and I encourage you to read the feedback from other forum members who have attended.  Thanks.
 
This class is now full and the registration is closed.  We look forward to meeting those who are attending.
 
Would there be any possibility of a "Video Classroom" presentation of these schools? 
 
It's a shame FESTOOL don't video these and allow people in other country's where the courses are not run to benefit ! It can only aid to increase sales - which surely is a good idea...
 
Funny that Shopsmith can do it and has done it very well over the years.  They have a "Sawdust" section that is very informative and well done.  I'm not comparing Shopsmith to Festool but they could certainly help their sales if they'd produce something similar. 
 
I was one of the lucky 8 that got to go  this class.

The following topics were covered:

1. use of the MFT and the guide rails with the tracksaws, including how to set up the MFTs, how to set the correct depth on the TS saws

2. Use of dominoes and how to set up the domino for the right plunge depth, right elevation of the mortise. Why it is important to register of the face of the workpiece not off the MFT surface to achieve flush joints.  In other words every aspect of the domino was thoroughly covered. Including the depth of cut, proper location of the mortise, when to use a tight mortise (when you want to flush up to adjacent surfaces like the front of the cabinet) and when to use a looser mortise width setting--everywhere else on that joint.
3. Make face frames using pre-ripped maple and dominoes set the drawer opening.
4. Cut plywood to size using the 32mm system (the height being a multiple of 32 mm)
5. Edgeband plywood using heat set adhesive.
6. Trim edgeband using the MFK 700 in a horizontal mode.
7. Use of the LR 32 guide rail and the LR32 hole drilling system using a router. (1010 or 1400). Drill holes on 32 mm centers starting with the proper offset from the top of the case (or the bottom--they should be the same if the height is an even multiple of 32 mm)  These holes are used to mount the hinge plate and the shelf holes using a 5mm point router bit--very clean holes I might add.
8. The same holes are made at the back also in the same increments using the LR32 and the router.
9. Use of dominoes to attach the sides to each other
10. Use of dominoes to attach the sides to the face frame with the right amount of reveal.
11. Use of the different sanders particularly the Rotex 150 and also got to try out the DX 93 and the DX 400.  Smooth baby smooth.

I am sure there are lots of details I may have missed.  Some of my classmates will correct me if I made and error.

The hospitality of Festool was great  from the meals to the snack and refreshments, and the shuttling back and forth to the hotel. And the trainers Steve Bace and Brian Sedgeley--coudlnt ask for better folks--always available and ready to help and had a comedy routine going on top of everything else.

Would I do this again  Oh YES. 

Thanks Festool and Steve and Brian for a fantastic learning opportunity.

Vijay
 
Vijay,

Thanks for that!

The Festool family is infectious isn't it?  Just like their tools?  [big grin]

Can't wait to see the next project you do and then hear about how you did something based on what you learned.

Peter

 
I was one of the attendees.  Great class, well worth the time and expense.  Brian and Steve were fabulous.  They kept the information coming at us fast and furious but it was all presented in a clear and well thought out manner.  I'd say that  this session was about as well done as software courses I've taken that cost thousands. 

Based on what I learned from the instructors and my classmates I'm going to take a shot at this idea of a portable cabinet shop designed around Festool equipment.  I'm going to try to build a business based on the notion of showing up with all my Festool gear, sheet goods and lumber and building shop grade cabinets on site. 

 
fshanno said:
Based on what I learned from the instructors and my classmates I'm going to take a shot at this idea of a portable cabinet shop designed around Festool equipment.  I'm going to try to build a business based on the notion of showing up with all my Festool gear, sheet goods and lumber and building shop grade cabinets on site.  

Interesting that for the "Pro" the Festool advantage is taking the shop to the site. For the Hobbyist with space constraints,  a small space in a garage, the Festool advantage is  compactness. A wood working environment that can also be packed up and moved out of the way.

 
GPowers said:
Interesting that for the "Pro" the Festool advantage is taking the shop to the site. For the Hobbyist with space constraints,  a small space in a garage, the Festool advantage is  compactness. A wood working environment that can also be packed up and moved out of the way.

The common factors are portability:  Going work-site to work-site for pros.  Packing it up and putting it away for home-shop users.
and meaningful storage:  Stacked Systainers transport well and contain all the needed items for 'that tool'.  For home users, well *organized* (but mayyybe not the *most* space efficient).
 
fshanno said:
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Based on what I learned from the instructors and my classmates I'm going to take a shot at this idea of a portable cabinet shop designed around Festool equipment.  I'm going to try to build a business based on the notion of showing up with all my Festool gear, sheet goods and lumber and building shop grade cabinets on site. 
Good for you. [thumbs up]

I hope it works for you.  Please report back to us.
 
GPowers said:
Interesting that for the "Pro" the Festool advantage is taking the shop to the site. For the Hobbyist with space constraints,  a small space in a garage, the Festool advantage is  compactness. A wood working environment that can also be packed up and moved out of the way.

When you think about it, these are much the same requirements.
 
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