Festool OF 2200 Router Video Overview

[PreferrablyWood]

Hi [member=23193]PreferrablyWood[/member]

Your post made me search out the video material that I had made featuring the OF2200. I lost a bunch of original video files about 3 years ago (which made me sort out my IT somewhat) and can only have that one finished video on YouTube - I feel that my work has improved a bit since then ! My OF2200 is now in my CMS-OF as I have the OF1400 for the power side of hand routing and, like you, the sweet little (but really capable) OF1010 for the smaller stuff.

If you do your search from within YouTube or get Google to return just the video results may help your search.

There are a lot of FOGgers who have a vast amount of OF2200 experience and those seeing your post may be able to help you.

Good luck.

Peter

Thank you Peter! I'll keep looking, I suspect though, that users that do video tutorials of the OF 2200 are few and far between. It's just not in the hands of that many people, private owners that want to share usage examples..

 

[PreferrablyWood]

I don't have much in the way of video but I'd offer this advice, think carefully about your needs.  As you mentioned the 2200 is an industrial grade production tool, and it is priced as such.  There are far too many people here on the FOG would have you believe the average user needs the 2200.  I'm sure these people very rarely or more than likely, never actually have a need for a router as powerful as the 2200.  I intend no offense to these guys, however, they are tool collectors and/or have disposable income that allows them to indulge in tools to fit wants more than real needs.

I'm not trying to talk you out of getting the 2200 because it is arguably the best router on the market.  Still, the OF1400 is a very capable router that will probably fit your needs and budget better.  Also, I wouldn't rule out other brand routers that could work well for you at a much lower price.  Good luck.   

I think you are probably right Brice. I'm without a shop at present so I speculate and am slowly building up my tool arsenal. I have paid jobs that on occasion require some building work so investment in good tools is covered in part by real usage. No need to fret about the budget so much under these conditions. A pure home hobbyist doesn't have coverage for investment in the same way..

What attracts me to the OF 2200 is the chameleon aspect of it's capabilities. With the different bases, being able to use it as a jointer, being able to use it as a surface planer.. But it's big and heavy though so for some types of work, something like the OF 1400 would be preferred, Looking at my OF 1010 on the other hand, well it's just too light for some things.. Almost forced to have three machines to do the range of possible routing jobs in a size optimised way...

The other thing of course is the budget for bits/cutters if the router is too expensive, there isn't any left money for bits in the budget..

 

[PreferrablyWood]

With a 2200  you get a spindle  moulder, shaper  and router all in one  machine.  ;D

That is the really interesting aspect, that it's a multitalent. I'll likely never get  spindle moulder, or shaper separately

Thanks

 

[PreferrablyWood]

Well got the OF 2200, af few bits, the MFS 400 and MFS extension 1000mm pieces in a cart from my fav dealer.. It will probably end up being bought. I'll be waiting a couple of months to see how my very heavy workload with my 5 permanent Maintenance jobs plus extras using festools works for me. I need to be more efficient, deal with building up my skill sets and health capabilities. If things work out for I'll easily be able to finance my festool tool purchases. I'm feeling that I have pretty much what I need toolwise soon. I  to come up with some designs for outdoor furniture shelving units cabinets, children play area enhancements. I'm surrounded by kids, there's some sort of a baby boom going on it seem. So good design with straightforward building techniques  and time to carry them off to fill out the picture.. Materials are plentiful at maintenance here  so having tools being bought out right means the only thing I'm missing is a cheap workspace, and I can get down to producing.. The OF 2200 is an ultimate wood forming tool..

 

[Kev]

With a 2200  you get a spindle  moulder, shaper  and router all in one  machine.  ;D

That is the really interesting aspect, that it's a multitalent. I'll likely never get  spindle moulder, or shaper separately

Thanks

I think that's stretching reality a little [wink]

A serious spindle moulder suits production work far more that a router in a table. The ability with most decent spindle moulders to incorporate power feeders is a major benefit and a safety feature.

I'm a listed naffed off that the Hammer saw/spindle moulder combos don't have a user interchangeable head to allow you to switch between a spindle head or a half collet inch router head (your factory order choice is what you end up with).

 

[Bohdan]

A serious spindle moulder suits production work far more that a router in a table. The ability with most decent spindle moulders to incorporate power feeders is a major benefit and a safety feature.

I have fitted a power feed to my Basis (CMS) table and use it for both the router and the saw module.

It just fitted with an outboard mounting block for two bolts and two bolts into a reinforcing bar in one of the grooves that are used to assemble the table.

I find that it makes a great jointer with a long 1" cutter. I used it to run up some custom door and window frames and you could actually hear the router working for the first time. It enables me to use back cutting to limit chipping on difficult timbers.