Spartan300
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- Aug 19, 2015
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Hi All,
First post, and very newbie to Festool. I am an DIY work worker, with a bit of kit fetish (please read "All the gear, starting to get an idea" here). I have been completely a large project on my house which has largely been completed by others. Now it's my turn.
I first bought a track saw which got me hooked on the system and is now causing the bank balance a whole range of pain. My latest purchase was a Domino 500. Now I did a good chunk of research on it, but subsequently have done even more and have started to get worried...
I am making a set of storage shelves out of 75x50 to take a range of storage items in the house as well as all my tools. So they need to be sturdy but equally they are not holding up the forth road bridge.
My next projects will be some chest of drawers and a bed. I'm pretty comfortable that the shelves with a combination of single and double 10x50 joints will be ok. However the bed I am a little more worried about, as I've seen a few things that say a 700 with it's deeper cuts would be needed for something like this. Clearly the answer to the question can I get away with the 500 for the bed will very much depend on the design however I am a couple of months away from that at the moment.
So I guess my question is am I going to regret getting the 500, or should I have spent the c. £4/500 extra (inc. dominos, cutters etc) to get the 700. I think both are excellent machines so I am just wondering if anyone else has gone through this process and has either ended up loving the 500, wishing they went for the 700 or replaced their 500 with a 700.
Many thanks for anyones opinions!!!
Phil
First post, and very newbie to Festool. I am an DIY work worker, with a bit of kit fetish (please read "All the gear, starting to get an idea" here). I have been completely a large project on my house which has largely been completed by others. Now it's my turn.
I first bought a track saw which got me hooked on the system and is now causing the bank balance a whole range of pain. My latest purchase was a Domino 500. Now I did a good chunk of research on it, but subsequently have done even more and have started to get worried...
I am making a set of storage shelves out of 75x50 to take a range of storage items in the house as well as all my tools. So they need to be sturdy but equally they are not holding up the forth road bridge.
My next projects will be some chest of drawers and a bed. I'm pretty comfortable that the shelves with a combination of single and double 10x50 joints will be ok. However the bed I am a little more worried about, as I've seen a few things that say a 700 with it's deeper cuts would be needed for something like this. Clearly the answer to the question can I get away with the 500 for the bed will very much depend on the design however I am a couple of months away from that at the moment.
So I guess my question is am I going to regret getting the 500, or should I have spent the c. £4/500 extra (inc. dominos, cutters etc) to get the 700. I think both are excellent machines so I am just wondering if anyone else has gone through this process and has either ended up loving the 500, wishing they went for the 700 or replaced their 500 with a 700.
Many thanks for anyones opinions!!!
Phil