Festool manufacturing dates?

woodnerd

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Is there any way to tell approximately how old a Festool is?  I have a couple I've gotten used and I'm curious how old they really are.
 
I'm thinking every Festool I have has the date of manufacture on the label next to the model/serial numbers.  Icould be wrong, though.
 
If you contact Festool to register your tool, you might be able to find out when the item was sold or first registered.

Peter
 
Peter Halle said:
If you contact Festool to register your tool, you might be able to find out when the item was sold or first registered.

Peter

What's the "official" deal on registering tools?  I've heard that if you buy from a dealer, they register them for you, and I've also heard that you don't really have to register them at all.  Most of my stuff has been bought from local dealers, and while they both have my name and address on their systems, I've never been told "and don't worry about registering- we take care of that".  So what's the real scoop?
 
In this case, because the tools he was referencing were bought used - I was suggesting that if he was going to call Festool and register the tools (i.e. Get his name and ownership information associated in the database with the serial number and toll type) that he might be able to find out when the tool was originally registered.

At the current time dealers are supposed to register the tool.

Peter
 
BobKovacs said:
Peter Halle said:
If you contact Festool to register your tool, you might be able to find out when the item was sold or first registered.

Peter

What's the "official" deal on registering tools?  I've heard that if you buy from a dealer, they register them for you, and I've also heard that you don't really have to register them at all.  Most of my stuff has been bought from local dealers, and while they both have my name and address on their systems, I've never been told "and don't worry about registering- we take care of that".   So what's the real scoop?
Every tool that I've bought from my local dealer is registered by them right when I'm purchasing the tool. They're really good about it. I thought they were just being nice, now I know from reading here, that it's policy. Good to know, one more thing to love about dealing with Festool.    [smile] [smile] [smile]
 
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