Demonstration – Cherry and Tiger Maple Wall Cabinet. This demonstration is intended to show several aspects of my shop and using Festools to make a wall cabinet to fit in a corner of our dining room. With my Festools I’ve been able to tackle projects that would otherwise be beyond my capabilities. Here’s what the photos in this post will demonstrate for you:
1. The organization of my shop. I have built two workbenches designed to hold my assortment of Festools. Each workbench is deep enough to hold the festools and store ancillary supplies behind the systainer such as sandpaper, templates, blades, and related equipment. As you can see, they are fairly tall and serve as stand-up desks for planning and as staging areas for parts and assembly. You can also see that I have two MFT/3s. The difference between having one and two is amazing. I loved having one but having two to work with larger materials or with a lot of project pieces is a dream.
2. Using the MFT/3 for squaring and sizing my lumber. I use the TS 55R with a CT22 Dust extractor – a great combo
3. MFT/3 for planing. Ability to use the MFT/3 as a bench for planing – to do this I have created a small box that’s bolted to my basement floor with hooks on it that hold the bench down. This gives it far more stability that it would otherwise have and allows me to use it for palning
4. Sliding Dovetails using MFK700 and MFT/3 - Using one of Jerry Work’s ideas for creating sliding dovetail jig and using the MFK 700 to creat those dovetails. Creating the jig shown out of HDPE was not easy but I ended up with a tool that matches my MFK 700 beautifully.
5. Domino for door frame joints – I used the Domino 500 to join the door frames. This gave me a quick and strong joint for these unusually tall and thin doors with removal panels.
6. Other Festools I used for this project that aren’t depicted:
a. Rotex 125 for initial sanding
b. RTS 400 Sander for fine sanding
c. OF1400 Router for rabbets and dovetails
7. Final project results: I used a French cleat to mount the cabinet to the wall.
I’ve had great results from my Festools and will never go back to tools with lower quality. I just purchased a refurb Kapex and have my eyes next on the CMS. Thanks to Festool and FOG for great tips and guidance. I hope I’ve added a little bit more for someone today.
1. The organization of my shop. I have built two workbenches designed to hold my assortment of Festools. Each workbench is deep enough to hold the festools and store ancillary supplies behind the systainer such as sandpaper, templates, blades, and related equipment. As you can see, they are fairly tall and serve as stand-up desks for planning and as staging areas for parts and assembly. You can also see that I have two MFT/3s. The difference between having one and two is amazing. I loved having one but having two to work with larger materials or with a lot of project pieces is a dream.
2. Using the MFT/3 for squaring and sizing my lumber. I use the TS 55R with a CT22 Dust extractor – a great combo
3. MFT/3 for planing. Ability to use the MFT/3 as a bench for planing – to do this I have created a small box that’s bolted to my basement floor with hooks on it that hold the bench down. This gives it far more stability that it would otherwise have and allows me to use it for palning
4. Sliding Dovetails using MFK700 and MFT/3 - Using one of Jerry Work’s ideas for creating sliding dovetail jig and using the MFK 700 to creat those dovetails. Creating the jig shown out of HDPE was not easy but I ended up with a tool that matches my MFK 700 beautifully.
5. Domino for door frame joints – I used the Domino 500 to join the door frames. This gave me a quick and strong joint for these unusually tall and thin doors with removal panels.
6. Other Festools I used for this project that aren’t depicted:
a. Rotex 125 for initial sanding
b. RTS 400 Sander for fine sanding
c. OF1400 Router for rabbets and dovetails
7. Final project results: I used a French cleat to mount the cabinet to the wall.
I’ve had great results from my Festools and will never go back to tools with lower quality. I just purchased a refurb Kapex and have my eyes next on the CMS. Thanks to Festool and FOG for great tips and guidance. I hope I’ve added a little bit more for someone today.
