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

independent disability insurance company rep.  Keeping people at least financially sound when their body dictates otherwise...  part time Cessna jockey 
 
Another .

System developer in the telco sector. Primary on the BSS side doing system integration and architecture.
 
#Tee said:
wow very impressive everyone!..lots of IT guys in here.
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Well, when you live in the virtual world 24/7 it's really nice to sometimes to make something physical and tangible for a change  [embarassed]
 
Air Traffic Controller here. Built my own house in 2009 and then realized in frustration that I need to upgrade my tools. Now my workshop is mostly powered by Festool and I'm loving it. My precious free time, as a father of three young children, is now focused on completing things instead of fiddling around and cursing at the limitations of cheap tools. 
 
I'm a mechanical engineer. I have primarily been in the defense and machine tool industries over the past ten years. My father is also an engineer and he taught me woodworking at an early age. After I graduated college and bought a house I have honed my skills and begun obsessing over making high quality furniture. I have always known of festool and found them overpriced until my fiancée got me an mft and I fully realized the utility of festool. I know rehearsed my entire workflow and thought process on builds. I now have a 1010 and a domino with plans of expansion.
 
I used to drive a Weatherly 620B, but now I'm just a Financial Advisor - same firm for 28 years.

I have used my woodworking skills largely for charitable purposes, building furniture to sell in charity auctions.
 
US postal clerk for 38 years, hope to retire after a couple more years.
 
Aerospace engineer and now an engineering manager.  Working a mix of flight vehicle programs and R&D.
 
I have Ben retired for 18yrs
I just love using a good quality tool, I have a workshop at home and just enjoy piddling around with my wonderful tools for an hour or 2 everyday
 
shanegrilah said:
I design fixtures and tools to build these:
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Looks like some sort of interplanetary slingshot [eek]
 
An interplanetary slingshot or a trebuchet would be way more exciting. In the words of a fitness chain commercial from a few years ago all it does is "lift things up and put them down". Not sure how much the test load weighs in the picture but the base rating of that model crane is 700 metric ton.
 
shanegrilah said:
An interplanetary slingshot or a trebuchet would be way more exciting. In the words of a fitness chain commercial from a few years ago all it does is "lift things up and put them down". Not sure how much the test load weighs in the picture but the base rating of that model crane is 700 metric ton.
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Just imagine what this kind of technology could do when properly harnessed for the annual "Punkin Chunkin" contests!!! 
 
Cool thread!

I am a commercial real estate broker (specialized in selling investments like small shopping centers, office buildings, land, etc.), and I also have a small advertising company (focused on online marketing for service businesses).

(I have self diagnosed "entrepreneurial A.D.D.")
 
I’m a technician doing biological/medical  research. My current work is in the paediatric neurosciences (aiming to ‘fix’ leaky blood vessels in the brains of premature babies).  My previous project was looking at new treatments for Parkinson's Disease.
 
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