Festool Appreciation

[otis04]

I went and helped a buddy install some knotty Pine trim today.  We are both DIY types but have done lots of work together over the years and we enjoy working together.  That's the good part, we used his tools including a yellow orbital sander and a blue chopsaw.  Each time we started the sander, it belched dust and did so until we shut it down and I got a reminder what sanding dust smells like!!  The chop saw was making slightly biased cuts (mostly due to a dull blade), made lots of dust, and lacked lasers for alignment.  I mean no criticism of my buddy or his tools as we have both done some good work with these types of tools, but the day reminded me how much I appreciate my Festools and how lucky I am to have this calibre of tool as a hobbiest.

 

[skids]

I went and helped a buddy install some knotty Pine trim today.  We are both DIY types but have done lots of work together over the years and we enjoy working together.  That's the good part, we used his tools including a yellow orbital sander and a blue chopsaw.  Each time we started the sander, it belched dust and did so until we shut it down and I got a reminder what sanding dust smells like!!  The chop saw was making slightly biased cuts (mostly due to a dull blade), made lots of dust, and lacked lasers for alignment.  I mean no criticism of my buddy or his tools as we have both done some good work with these types of tools, but the day reminded me how much I appreciate my Festools and how lucky I am to have this calibre of tool as a hobbiest.

Totally agree here. I am basically replacing alot of my tools with Festool. When I am forced to use one of the ones I haven't got to replacing yet, I am reminded how crappy they are and how awesome Festool is.

We are blessed.  [wink]

 

[NoBreyner]

Because of Festool I spend a lot less time cleaning my garage every time I need to use any power tool.  As a matter of fact because of Festool I am attempting to add better dust collection into my drill press (planning stages), and my home made router table that only has two legs and uses the V-groove in my MFT as back support.  I cut T-slots into three sides of my table and I finally found a use for the left side.  I was thinking of making a somewhat narrow box with a port for my CT's 27mm hose so I can put the hose in the back for edge treatments or if I'm doing dados or grooves the box will sit just before the fence on the left side so if a straight bit cuts and spits dust out the front I'm hoping the suction from the box pulls it in before it gets ejected off the table, and the piece pushes any loose dust over the edge of the table right into the box.