McNally Family said:SOLUTION:
Buy the items you want (or may want), now before the inventory for metric is exhausted:
Item # New Item # Description
574553 574690 Planer HL 850 E Imp.
574339 574691 Router OF 1010 EQ Imp.
574342 574692 Router OF 1400 EQ Imp.
574354 574689 Router OF 2200 Imp.
561556 574683 Circular Saw TS 55 REQ Imp.
561438 574684 Circular Saw TS 75 EQ Imp.
561730 574685 Circular Saw TSC 55 REB Li
561718 574686 Circular Saw TSC 55REB Li XL
495717 201182 Parallel Side Fence
495718 201183 Parallel Guide Extension
For me, that would be:
561438 Circular Saw TS 75 EQ $780.00
574342 OF 1400 EQ Router $560.00
57000023 Parallel Guide Set $335.00
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$1,675.00
I wish this was an option for me. Why couldn't the parallel guides be offered in metric still? I wasn't planning on getting it right this moment and I'm not trying to be dramatic, but I do feel a little bit of stress about getting stuff I want in metric before its gone.
I don't think I checked this forum as much in a day as I did today and it's all because I'm curious what folks think about this move.
I find myself agreeing with nearly all the pro-metric comments and it would please me to no end if Festool USA ends up reconsidering this move.
Like others said, the US is becoming metric in the technical fields. In the sciences and medicine, it's all metric. We talk about the size of semiconductors in nanometers. Camera lenses are always in mm. Most cars have bolts and nuts in metric. Etc.
I think the metric system is absolutely at home in fine wood working (I'm thinking furniture and cabinets) since we strive for precision and accuracy which is arguably easier with the metric system, but I admit for house builders putting up framing, I don't see it moving to metric.
So I think should the carpentry saws with the cross-cutting rails (HKC 55, HK 55, HK 85) ever come to the US market, those should absolutely have imperial units because it'll be used for house building primarily but perhaps keep the other stuff available in metric.
Thanks for listening.