Festool Hobbyists....What is your day job or business?

Davej said:
The thread is festool hobbyists so those of us that use them for a living are somewhat excluded.
Dave
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option 1:
post your thing anyway--Even though you know that ALL the threads on here stay strictly ON topic.........(excuse me, but I just had a major laughing fit for a minute there), but take a shot anyway.  don't be like:  "Oh my, I feel so left out!--If I make my living with Festools and I want to post on this thread, I'm going to open myself up to all kinds of ridicule... I just don't think my poor constitution can handle it..."

option 2:
Geez, is it that hard to start your own thread ?!?  Go to  General Friendly Chat. Click on the New Thread thingie.  Make up an awesome topic title like:  "Festool Pros Only--Collectors and Amateurs Need Not Apply--Hit me up with your Job Line Dudes!"

I'd do it myself, but too busy clipping my toenails before I head in for my monthly bubble bath...
 
Davej said:
VW MICK said:
It Looks like there is a definite connection between IT and festool 

Not so much from the joinery background

But it's early days

Well done frank a great thread
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The thread is festool hobbyists so those of us that use them for a living are somewhat excluded.
Dave
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Maybe. Not sure where that puts me then. I haven't actually used my tools on site for over 15 years

In fact I have only bought festools since I stopped needing them for my every day job 

So I posted anyway .......sorry
 
Self employed IT system engineer for small businesses in the Flemish part of Belgium. There seems to be something indeed between us, IT guys  and Festool. Are we drawn to it because of our IT backgrounds, and if so, why Festool and not another brand? Perhaps there is a shrink on the forum who can explain?

For my personally, the system approach of Festool, the quality of the tools and the emphasis on dust control are the main reasons to go with Festool. And of course that they are created by well paid, skilled workers in Germany in stead of underpaid, exploited kids in the far-east.
Grtz,

Kris
 
teocaf said:
Davej said:
The thread is festool hobbyists so those of us that use them for a living are somewhat excluded.
Dave
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option 1:
post your thing anyway--Even though you know that ALL the threads on here stay strictly ON topic.........(excuse me, but I just had a major laughing fit for a minute there), but take a shot anyway.  don't be like:  "Oh my, I feel so left out!--If I make my living with Festools and I want to post on this thread, I'm going to open myself up to all kinds of ridicule... I just don't think my poor constitution can handle it..."

option 2:
Geez, is it that hard to start your own thread ?!?  Go to  General Friendly Chat. Click on the New Thread thingie.  Make up an awesome topic title like:  "Festool Pros Only--Collectors and Amateurs Need Not Apply--Hit me up with your Job Line Dudes!"

I'd do it myself, but too busy clipping my toenails before I head in for my monthly bubble bath...
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Oh yes, we should all stay strictly on topic at ALL times. Yes! We should all..........  about clipping your toe nails, i just have a heck of a job doing that.  If i bend over, I can't straighten up for days.  I just hate bubble baths.  the bubbles float into my eyes,  As I was driving home a week or so ago, I saw a bear in the woods.  Yes we should ALL stay strictly on topic.  Oh!  What was the topic?  [scratch chin]
Tinker
 
KrisB said:
There seems to be something indeed between us, IT guys  and Festool. Are we drawn to it because of our IT backgrounds, and if so, why Festool and not another brand? Perhaps there is a shrink on the forum who can explain?
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Too little data to draw your conclusions. Perhaps there are so many IT guys here because they tend to be more involved with computers and have a larger internet presence than people with other backgrounds?
 
Alex said:
KrisB said:
There seems to be something indeed between us, IT guys  and Festool. Are we drawn to it because of our IT backgrounds, and if so, why Festool and not another brand? Perhaps there is a shrink on the forum who can explain?
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Too little data to draw your conclusions. Perhaps there are so many IT guys here because they tend to be more involved with computers and have a larger internet presence than people with other backgrounds?
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Perhaps my wife got it right when I told her about this thread. She said IT guys earn enough to buy Festool, that's why. [smile]
 
KrisB said:
Perhaps my wife got it right when I told her about this thread. She said IT guys earn enough to buy Festool, that's why. [smile]
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Not in the UK they don't.

IT guys hang around on forums more than the average person. It's really that simple.
 
Or is it that IT guys like/follow a 'systems' approach?

But then that does not account for free thinkers and artisans that also use Festool, nor the 'Untidy' who seek precision in an environment of chaos!  [smile]
 
Alex said:
KrisB said:
There seems to be something indeed between us, IT guys  and Festool. Are we drawn to it because of our IT backgrounds, and if so, why Festool and not another brand? Perhaps there is a shrink on the forum who can explain?
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Too little data to draw your conclusions. Perhaps there are so many IT guys here because they tend to be more involved with computers and have a larger internet presence than people with other backgrounds?
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Alex, it's true, IT types are drawn to Festool and the FOG because of the some special, subliminal code Shane has been putting in here and the Festool site.  It doesn't seem to effect us regular people, but the IT guys are like trained rats. [tongue] [big grin] 
 
Maybe it's because us IT guys are smarter than the average toilet paper tube  [tongue]  and understand concepts like cost-benefit ratios.  It could be that some of us are smart enough to use IT skills to fund the stuff we'd rather be doing/using.  Then again, we might just all be shuddering in horror at the thought of seeing Tinker in a bubble bath and wandering around afterwards in his fuzzy pink slippers...  [poke] 

[popcorn]
 
My day job is as a Safety professional and I spend all of my time telling companies with fabrication shops how to improve their productivity by working more efficiently.

I always find it interesting that folks can't see the forest for the trees / the obvious  ;D
 
Sales Director and Product Manager for a company focused on tactical radio integration work for the US Military, beer taste tester by night.
 
VW MICK said:
Davej said:
VW MICK said:
It Looks like there is a definite connection between IT and festool 

Not so much from the joinery background

But it's early days

Well done frank a great thread
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The thread is festool hobbyists so those of us that use them for a living are somewhat excluded.
Dave
Click to expand...

Maybe. Not sure where that puts me then. I haven't actually used my tools on site for over 15 years

In fact I have only bought festools since I stopped needing them for my every day job 

So I posted anyway .......sorry
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I wouldn't worry too much , my post was taken totally out of context and got a sarcastic reply because I had the audacity to point out the thread was related to hobbyists in particular rather than a general question for all members.
Dave
 
Retired graphic designer / communications consultant… Self-employed since 1980 — kinda ended my pro career ten years ago, aged 49. And because I could, I did.
 
Sr. System Administrator in edu, civil engineering, and health/bioscience sectors.
 
I'm a senior security coordinator for a fleet of nuclear reactors.  [blink]
 
Retired 2001 as an operations director from the Wireless Industry (worked in the beginning of the cellular industry when phones were big boxes in the trunks of cars, had 4 antenna's on the roof and air time was 90 cents a minute), worked for an American company that then became French and is destined to next be Finnish, was off for a couple of years and then was asked to come back as a contractor to manage a “few” more projects.  Have now been free for the last year and a half and using the Festools that the work after retirement allowed me to purchase.  Current project is a Queen Anne Victorian home that we have been building since 1989, taking a break now from installing cherry flooring.  Tools used were Kapex and MFK 700 trim router.  Amazing how many 22 and 1/2 degree cuts or close to it have been made in woodwork finishing this house.
 
General and vascular surgeon--28years.  Just started woodworking a few years ago but found that measure twice , cut once applies to woodworking also.
 
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