Festool HK 85 - Video demonstration by an expert !!

[Stone Message]

Hi Everyone

I posted a video about the Festool roadshow in which Phil Beckley could be seen demonstrating the HK 85 compete with dado rig.

I had had to edit quite a bit of Phil's demo out of my original video as I was covering the whole of that roadshow day and quite a few people have asked me to bring all of the HK 85 stuff together in one separate video. I asked Phil if it would be okay and he agreed and so here is the complete demonstration done by Phil on the HK 85.



It is worth sticking it to the very end - sorry Phil !

I am at the planning stage of a video showing the HK 55 and the HKC 55 which, with luck, will be done in the next 3 weeks.

Peter

 

[neeleman]

Wrong video posted Peter?

 

[Stone Message]

Wrong video posted Peter?

Many thanks - its been a long day !

Peter

 

[JBag09]

Just wondering if this is available in the U.S.?

 

[Brice Burrell]

Just wondering if this is available in the U.S.?

No, these saw aren't available here in the States, and they won't be for a year (or two).

 

[Shane Holland]

Brilliant presentation as usual, [member=41214]Phil Beckley[/member]. And, great job with the video [member=11196]Peter Parfitt[/member].

That thing is a beast!

I would be very surprised if we see the HK 85 here in the US. That dado stack feature has lawsuit written all over it. That's if UL would even be intoxicated enough to let it slip through.

 

[Kev]

Thanks Peter [wink]

Now I one to see the big one http://www.festool.com.au/CS-132-350mm-Circular-Saw with the milling and planing attatchments [big grin]

Kev.

 

[ScotF]

It is pretty cool. The interchangeable dado stack would be awesome to have.

 

[Stone Message]

Thanks Peter [wink]

Now I one to see the big one http://www.festool.com.au/CS-132-350mm-Circular-Saw with the milling and planing attatchments [big grin]

Kev.

Hi Kev

That would be quite scary !

Peter

 

[ear3]

Woh.  That's not a little boy's saw.

 

[Kev]

Brilliant presentation as usual, [member=41214]Phil Beckley[/member]. And, great job with the video [member=11196]Peter Parfitt[/member].

That thing is a beast!

I would be very surprised if we see the HK 85 here in the US. That dado stack feature has lawsuit written all over it. That's if UL would even be intoxicated enough to let it slip through.

[member=48572]Shane Holland[/member]

I'd imagine you're probably right, but to me it looks so much safer than a dado blade set in a table saw!

 

[JBag09]

Thanks guys, was just curious, would have been a great tool to keep down the dust when we are cutting 10/4 & 12/4 lumber.

 

[rst]

If you guys don't stop showing these NAINA tools, I may have to move to Europe as soon as I can afford them!!

 

[Phil Beckley]

Brilliant presentation as usual, [member=41214]Phil Beckley[/member]. And, great job with the video [member=11196]Peter Parfitt[/member].

That thing is a beast!

I would be very surprised if we see the HK 85 here in the US. That dado stack feature has lawsuit written all over it. That's if UL would even be intoxicated enough to let it slip through.

[member=48572]Shane Holland[/member]

I'd imagine you're probably right, but to me it looks so much safer than a dado blade set in a table saw!

Hi Kev
You're right - using the block on the 85 is safer and easier. To be honest it 'feels' right when the block starts to cut the timber.
rg
Phil

 

[Lbob131]

Brilliant presentation as usual, [member=41214]Phil Beckley[/member]. And, great job with the video [member=11196]Peter Parfitt[/member].

That thing is a beast!

I would be very surprised if we see the HK 85 here in the US. That dado stack feature has lawsuit written all over it. That's if UL would even be intoxicated enough to let it slip through.

I thought the laws  in the USA  were more relaxed  than the UK regarding  Dado/Groove  cutters.
A  dado stack  in the UK  is  non existant I'm pretty sure.

Unless  its one off felders  dado  cutters  for a  slider  with the option  fitted.

Though I think the distinction in the UK  is  where  the word  "stack" is used, where a number of blades  are incorporated.

 

[Holmz]

If you guys don't stop showing these NAINA tools, I may have to move to Europe as soon as I can afford them!!

You can buy them and get them shipped, which save a passport as well as needing to learn metric.
The only issue you have for certain is the issue of voltage.

Then possibly the "no easy return" if it goes bad.

This looks like a tool worth taking that risk for.

 

[rst]

The passport is a non issue...I've had one since I was in third grade.  My father was in the military (all most all of them actually... I was born in the Navy, my two brothers in the Air Force, and he retired from the Army), growing up I lived in England three years and Germany three years.  Thirteen different school districts, three different high schools