Festool CSC OF Battery Router Table - Hopefully Coming Soon

[Stone Message]

I bought the CSC Sys battery powered table saw recently and am absolutely delighted by its accuracy and ease of use. The height adjustment is within 0.1 mm and is probably done with a stepper motor. I currently use my pretty neat CMS OF for router table work but would love to see something that resembles the quality and accuracy of the CSC Sys.

The criteria that I would hope to see would be a router table running on perhaps just a pair of 18v batteries. A 1/2" collet is highly desirable but an 8 mm collet might just about do. Battery life from full charge should approach 60 minutes with a 3/8" cutter running 1/4" passes at a 30% work rate.

The form factor should be similar to the CSC Sys.

Perhaps other contributors could elaborate on the requirements so that the clever people at Festool can get to work on this straight away.

Peter

 

[luvmytoolz]

Peter, I would have thought with your standing in the community, a simple wave of your hand with a "Make it so" command is all that's required? ;-)

 

[woodferret]

I'd throw in that they also steal the zeroing-touch from Shaper Origin so that we can automatically zero the bit.  I understand you couldn't do that with gullets and teeth, but a router - yes.

 

[Cheese]

Peter, I think that's a great idea. It's certainly not a major production issue transitioning from producing a servo motor controlled table saw to producing a servo motor controlled router table...actually it was brilliant thinking on your part...it's a natural segue.

Many of us have incorporated Wixey digital height gauges into the CMS and we've also integrated Woodpeckers Micro-Adjust units into the CMS. All of this nonsense would be eliminated with the introduction of the CSC Router Table. Life couldn't be better at that moment.

 

[jronman]

This is a great idea. Festool makes a High Power with 10 cells now. That should be plenty to run a small router.

 

[WE8Y]

I just picked up the CSC about a month ago myself and like you am delighted with it. I love the idea of a matching router table. Fantastic idea.

 

[ElectricFeet]

[member=11196]Peter Parfitt[/member] That was my first reaction when I bought my CSC SYS. I posted these extra requirements on the “I wish Festool made a ______“ board:

I wish Festool made a fold-out router table with internal router. with 12 mm collet, electronic lift to precise height, electronic fence to precise distance … that fits in a systainer (similar to CSC SYS 50).

Not sure this wish will be granted 

I would imagine that it would be significantly easier than the saw to make. Tilting the CSC SYS must make things pretty complex, whereas a router’s just up-down. Piece of cake really.  ;D Festool supplies the bare-bones OF1010 spindle for the Shaper Origin. They would need to package a similar OF1400 one for under the router’s small table. Add a couple of the CSC SYS’s side tables — one on each side — and job’s done. I admit that the electronic fence that I want would add another couple of week’s work  ;D

Could be ready just in time for Christmas  ;D ;D ;D

 

[mino]

I bought the CSC Sys battery powered table saw recently and am absolutely delighted by its accuracy and ease of use. The height adjustment is within 0.1 mm and is probably done with a stepper motor. I currently use my pretty neat CMS OF for router table work but would love to see something that resembles the quality and accuracy of the CSC Sys.

The criteria that I would hope to see would be a router table running on perhaps just a pair of 18v batteries. A 1/2" collet is highly desirable but an 8 mm collet might just about do. Battery life from full charge should approach 60 minutes with a 3/8" cutter running 1/4" passes at a 30% work rate.

The form factor should be similar to the CSC Sys.

Perhaps other contributors could elaborate on the requirements so that the clever people at Festool can get to work on this straight away.

Peter

+1

Though these things have a name: Spindle moulder aka Tischfräse. TFC shall it be!