Festool Edgebander.

[Kev]

It looks like the Contura will do to edge banding what the Domino has done to jointing. Currently the very best designed and engineered tools that I have ever used are the OF2200 and the Domino DF700 - this new machine looks so nifty that it could make it a gang of 3 brilliant machines.

Although it looks pricey I have no doubt that it will sell itself in terms of productivity, low maintenance and reliability.

Peter

You're dead right young fella [wink]

Imagine it saving just a couple of hours a week for a year ... paid for!

For the home guy? ... I hope they release a titanium version [big grin]

 

[GarryMartin]

Some more information (nothing new) but a price listing too of £2085 including VAT.

http://www.woodworkersinstitute.com/page.asp?p=3896

 

[Kev]

foreign language brochures ...

http://www.dozon.nl/media/wysiwyg/Dozon_Festool_CONTURO_KA_65-2_V.JPG

http://www.dozon.nl/media/wysiwyg/Dozon_Festool_CONTURO_KA_65-1_A.JPG

and vid

 

[HowardH]

you could always carry around one of these  Yikes! 

 

[sancho57]

Some more information (nothing new) but a price listing too of £2085 including VAT.

http://www.woodworkersinstitute.com/page.asp?p=3896

About $3500  thats a lot of sheckels

 

[stvrowe]

Some more information (nothing new) but a price listing too of £2085 including VAT.

http://www.woodworkersinstitute.com/page.asp?p=3896

About $3500  thats a lot of sheckels

Considering the Adamik unit priced out at $3200 about 3 years ago, it doesn't sound out of line to me.  It is a lot of change but, considering a decent stationary machine that only does straight edges will set you back $13+K, the price tag is about right.  If/when this becomes available in North America, I will give this some serious consideration as I have no more room for stationary machinery in my shop.

 

[neeleman]

Here is sheet with all the options, numbers and prices of the new KA 65 edgebander.
Sorry for the bad picture. I'll try to place a better one.
Also look at the attached 84 pages PDF "Die perfekte Kante" with all the info you need.

 

[stvrowe]

Shane,
It wouldn't be hard to convince me to purchase one of these when it comes to the USA [big grin]

 

[Kev]

Sometimes I ask myself things like "why doesn't Festool make a portable thicknesser?" This edge bander just pushes home the obvious, Festool would make a thicknesser, when they can bring a product to the market that creates a step change in what a thicknesser can do ... there's no sense in making an expensive version of what others already do - Blue Ocean Strategy 101 [big grin]

 

[Jonhilgen]

I like the idea, but it looks like it's already being done?

Jon

 

[Kev]

I like the idea, but it looks like it's already being done?

Jon

There's no shortage of portable edge banders on the market for sure ... hopefully the uniqueness of Festool's offering justifies the $'s.

 

[Timtool]

The problem with all the other portable designs out there is that they wouldn't look out of place if you saw them in the background of Chaplin's "modern times"
If you have to spend thousands on a new tool, you prefer not to have that tool look like it was last updated in 50's with the according maintenance requirements.

 

[Stone Message]

The problem with all the other portable designs out there is that they wouldn't look out of place if you saw them in the background of Chaplin's "modern times"
If you have to spend thousands on a new tool, you prefer not to have that tool look like it was last updated in 50's with the according maintenance requirements.

Timtool is right. This tool will not only appeal to the potential user but also to the manager or owner who has to pay for it.

I understand that it can work at any angle as there is no hot glue reservoir and so there is no emptying of molten glue at the end of each gluing session. This is a great improvement as anyone who has had a little spill will know - you end up doing a wax job on your legs or worse get some blisters.

Peter

 

[Kev]

The problem with all the other portable designs out there is that they wouldn't look out of place if you saw them in the background of Chaplin's "modern times"
If you have to spend thousands on a new tool, you prefer not to have that tool look like it was last updated in 50's with the according maintenance requirements.

LoL

I can see a nasty old looking edge bander cramping your style in a night club [big grin]

 

[Kev]

The problem with all the other portable designs out there is that they wouldn't look out of place if you saw them in the background of Chaplin's "modern times"
If you have to spend thousands on a new tool, you prefer not to have that tool look like it was last updated in 50's with the according maintenance requirements.

Timtool is right. This tool will not only appeal to the potential user but also to the manager or owner who has to pay for it.

I understand that it can work at any angle as there is no hot glue reservoir and so there is no emptying of molten glue at the end of each gluing session. This is a great improvement as anyone who has had a little spill will know - you end up doing a wax job on your legs or worse get some blisters.

Peter

Hah Peter,

So you're still using the hot melt edge bander accident excuse for waxing your legs eh?

I always relied on being a cyclist as my excuse ... but at 15kg overweight, nobody will believe it now [smile]

Kev

 

[Deansocial]

Shane,
It wouldn't be hard to convince me to purchase one of these when it comes to the USA [big grin]

[dead horse] [dead horse] [dead horse] [laughing] [laughing] ;D [tongue]

 

[peter halle]

It was interesting that the control panel displays the adhesive temperature in either C or F.  Maybe there is hope for North America.

Peter

 

[stvrowe]

Shane,
It wouldn't be hard to convince me to purchase one of these when it comes to the USA [big grin]

[dead horse] [dead horse] [dead horse] [laughing] [laughing] ;D [tongue]

Yeah, go ahead, rub it in. [crying]

 

[jonathan baines]

Hello, I have got some UK prices and the total cost of the complete set is £4780 (inc. vat).

That includes the basic edge bander,
stationary perforated board,
stationary adaptor plate,
MFK 700 trimmer,
MFT 3 table,
vacuum clamp system,
two colours of hot melt glue,
various tools like sanding pads, polishing compound, scraping tool etc.

They include the MFT table as the unit can be fitted inside one and be used as a static machine. To clear up an earlier question, the extraction port is for the fumes from the glue.
One major oversight in the design is when I used it, we firstly cut the banding to the length we were going to edge and fed that into the machine. What I can't get my head round is, the machine does have a plate to mount a reel of banding on but the machine has no way of cutting the banding once you reach the end of the board your edging, so how do you hold the machine while at the same time try to cut off your finished length? really strange. You get an edge trimmer that snips the banding flush with the edge of the board but it doesn't fit to the machine, or so I was led to believe.

Jonathan.

 

[Timtool]

What I can't get my head round is, the machine does have a plate to mount a reel of banding on but the machine has no way of cutting the banding once you reach the end of the board your edging, so how do you hold the machine while at the same time try to cut off your finished length? really strange.

Jonathan.

I think the manual explains that you must always cut the band to length, but when it is longer than 1500mm it is advised to use it with the mounted reel in order not to damage the band or have it in the way.

This set you are talking about is it an actual set, or just the tool and all of it's possible accessories. from what i understood it comes either as the edge bander alone, or a set version comprising a systainer with some of the accessories. Not including the edge trimmer, table, table mount, glue etc...