Festool on TV

[RussellS]

Saw Ask This Old House show today.  Tom Silva was using the 55 track saw to cut plywood.  And he used two Festool cordless drills to install Kreg pocket screws in some plywood.  And he had a Festool CT26 vaccum in the background.  I've seen some This Old House shows where his crew used the track saws, routers, and drills.  I think the Festool random orbit sanders also made an appearance.

On a documentary show about the Ferrari factory in Italy.  They were showing the engine milling department and there was a machine with "Festo" on parts of it.  I wonder if this is an older machine when Festool was using the Festo name.  I think the machine was grinding and milling the engine block.  Does Festool make industrial/commercial factory machines?

 

[AlexThePalex]

Does Festool make industrial/commercial factory machines?

Yeah, I think so.  [smile]

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[PaulMarcel]

NAINA I bet...

 

[Sean7a]

Those pictures just conjure up images of an impending robot revolution / human apocalypse for me.

Damn Festool.  We're contributing to our own inevitable demise.

 

[Wonderwino]

Yeah, Paul-Marcel.  That robot will start making video reviews of Festools.... [scared]

 

[Steve R]

Yeah, Paul-Marcel.  That robot will start making video reviews of Festools.... [scared]

and Paul they won't wear shirts either... [big grin] and err.. oh my...  no pants either  [eek].

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Uffe Kaagaard]

FESTO and FESTOOL are family, but they are also two independent factorys.

FESTO: http://www.festo.com/net/startpage/

FESTOOL: http://www.festool.com/EN/Pages/index.aspx

 

[AlexThePalex]

Does Festool make industrial/commercial factory machines?

Yeah, I think so.  [smile]
 

Ok, I have to elaborate a bit on this because it is not entirely correct anymore.

Because technically, Festo and Festool are now two different companies. They both originated from the original Festo power tool company, but after the death of the last of the original founders the company was split in the year 2000 between his heirs into two companies, one being Festo which completely focuses on automation processes like industrial production lines, and the company TTS (Tooltechnic Systems), of which Festool is a subdivision, together with Protool, Tanos and Schneider, which focus on the production of power tools.

Those guys at Festo have some serious technological accomplishments under their belts. Besides manufacturing and education they do some of the most cutting edge research in the field of technology. A video I stumbled upon last week demonstrates this: it seems they are the first to tackle the mechanics of real bird flight. This was until now impossible because of the limitations of the power to weight ratio. But now by using carbon fibers they found a way to make the first mechanical bird. No rotors, propellers, helium or jet engines, but real life articulated wings, flapping. Simply amazing.

Festo SmartBird - Bird flight deciphered

 

[tiralie]

But now by using carbon fibers they found a way to make the first mechanical bird. No rotors, propellers, helium or jet engines, but real life articulated wings, flapping. Simply amazing.

Alex:
Thanks, great video, awesome accomplishment.
Tim

 

[fritter63]

Yeah, Paul-Marcel.  That robot will start making video reviews of Festools.... [scared]

Er, Paul Marcel *IS* a Festo robot.

They call him the VMF-1000 (Video Making Festo)...