Fill in the blank: I wish Festool made a ______!

[jmbfestool]

Just been cutting some Oak piece with my TS75!    Well I have had to clamp the rail not using the tracks  just clamp the down like a you would if it was just a sheet of metal!  This was because the rail over hung the oak piece and so the tracks where the clamps go normally where useless!    Untill recently due to a FOG post I found out Maffel guide rails have a track closer to the splinter guard where your clamps can go! 

Well I wish Festool did the same thing or better because that would be a very usefull feature especially for this job I am on now!  AND many jobs I have done and jobs in the future hopefully will be doing!

JMB

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Just been cutting some Oak piece with my TS75!    Well I have had to clamp the rail not using the tracks  just clamp the down like a you would if it was just a sheet of metal!  This was because the rail over hung the oak piece and so the tracks where the clamps go normally where useless!    Untill recently due to a FOG post I found out Maffel guide rails have a track closer to the splinter guard where your clamps can go! 

Well I wish Festool did the same thing or better because that would be a very usefull feature especially for this job I am on now!  AND many jobs I have done and jobs in the future hopefully will be doing!

JMB

I agree.  I've had that issue too.

 

[Nigel]

Yep,can be right pain in the rear that.

 

[Alan m]

im sure some kind of bracket could be made up . if there was a L shaped piece sticking down  with another L shaped piece going back under the timber. then clamp the end of the second L piece to the timber

 

[jacko9]

I posted this on our Facebook fan page recently and there were a lot of responses. 

Obviously, we've had many threads here with various "wishes" but in a word or two, let's hear what you wish Festool would offer that it currently doesn't.

PS - Please keep it clean.  [embarassed]

Shane,

My son is a construction foreman in California and right now they are building three hospitals.  The inspectors are adamant about there being no dust in the holes that they drill for anchors and if Festool could provide a Rotary hammer drill with dust collection they would sell a whole lot of them to the construction trade.  I envision a drill with a sleeve that goes around the drill bit and retracts into the drill body as the drill bit progresses into the concrete.  A dust system could be around the drill flutes inside this sleeve.  It would take some engineering but, the payoff would be very lucrative.

Jack

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Jack,

Protool is the division that handles hammer drills/rotary hammers in the Festool family.  Let Festool know that you would like to see some of the Protool construction tools here.

 

[Nigel]

I posted this on our Facebook fan page recently and there were a lot of responses. 

Obviously, we've had many threads here with various "wishes" but in a word or two, let's hear what you wish Festool would offer that it currently doesn't.

PS - Please keep it clean.  [embarassed]

Shane,

My son is a construction foreman in California and right now they are building three hospitals.  The inspectors are adamant about there being no dust in the holes that they drill for anchors and if Festool could provide a Rotary hammer drill with dust collection they would sell a whole lot of them to the construction trade.  I envision a drill with a sleeve that goes around the drill bit and retracts into the drill body as the drill bit progresses into the concrete.  A dust system could be around the drill flutes inside this sleeve.  It would take some engineering but, the payoff would be very lucrative.

Jack

Like these?

http://sdsdrillexpert.co.uk/drills/metabo-bhe201dr-110v

 

[jmbfestool]

im sure some kind of bracket could be made up . if there was a L shaped piece sticking down  with another L shaped piece going back under the timber. then clamp the end of the second L piece to the timber

Yes!  but your thinking like a Workshop joiner again!  Gotta think like a site joiner!  Dont want to be carrying jigs around OR making up jigs  if festool can just make a rail which avoid this problem that would be great!  But yes your solution would work!

JMB

 

[Brice Burrell]

Jack,

Protool is the division that handles hammer drills/rotary hammers in the Festool family.  Let Festool know that you would like to see some of the Protool construction tools here.

I'd like to see some Protool construction tools here.  How's that Ken.  The drills, grinders, cordless correlated screw gun and that's just off the top of my head.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Not enough, Brice.  Say it with more feeeeeeling.  Groveling may help.  I think you should do a video.

 

[zapdafish]

laser cross hairs built into the base of the routers so I know exactly where to plunge. I've used lines to center the base but it still takes time to get everything just so.

 

[Brice Burrell]

Not enough, Brice.  Say it with more feeeeeeling.  Groveling may help.  I think you should do a video.

Ken, I was groveling when I had the big man's ear last summer. [big grin]

 

[ART at WORK]

I was looking at the 3 M Ear Protectors with built in Radio the other day and thinking, Everything is going digital soon here in Germany in Britain its already digital as far as I know.
So I will just have to wait till I can get a Digital version.

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So Festool I would like better Ear Protection lighter in weight, less noise getting through, and a digital radio receiver, WiFi,
MP3 etc.

Even a model with built in Eye Protection, like those Australian Eye Muffs - (can one say muff on here)

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http://www.eyemuffs.com/

This year would be a good launch date please

 

[peter halle]

I was looking at the 3 M Ear Protectors with built in Radio the other day and thinking, Everything is going digital soon here in Germany in Britain its already digital as far as I know.
So I will just have to wait till I can get a Digital version.

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So Festool I would like better Ear Protection lighter in weight, less noise getting through, and a digital radio receiver, WiFi,
MP3 etc.

Even a model with built in Eye Protection, like those Australian Eye Muffs - (can one say muff on here)

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http://www.eyemuffs.com/

This year would be a good launch date please

They could even have a subliminal message that plays.  No.  never mind.  We as FOG members send out that message all over the world every day.   [big grin]

For those who get here thru a search engine, this was in jest.

Peter

 

[woodguy7]

Anybody know if those eye muffs are available in the UK ?

 

[GPowers]

Anybody know if those eye muffs are available in the UK ?

they were designed by and australian company

 

[Alan m]

im sure you could find one of your family or friends  etc that has moved there to send you one.

 

[Kev]

I haven't tried to get any myself, but I'm in Sydney ... so if push comes to shove I can give them a call and see if I can organise a price + shipping deal for FOG members.

Let me know guys.

 

[harry_]

I know of at least 5 various tradesmen that were sold on the cordless drills until they were told that there was no matching cordless reciprocating saw. The guys just don't want to add another flavor of battery/chargers to their kit. I have a 18V Bosch cordless and it is a beautiful tool for what it is. Is it the tool for all day long demo work? Certainly not. But it is great for when it will take longer to string the cord than cut the hole type stuff.

As for myself, along with seeing a cordless version, I would like to see a corded one. One designed from the ground with dust collection in mind AND a headlight! It seems that 1/2 the time I use a reciprocating saw it is over my head and I just LOVE the way the dust rains down on me and everything else.

This business of "Festool won't introduce a tool unless they can make it 7 ways better" seems ludicrous in the case of a reciprocating saw as I am sure that Festool could:
1) make one more ergonomic.
2) better power to weight ratio
3) better balanced
4) WITH DUST COLLECTION
5) with a blade holder mechanism that doesn't seize, jam or otherwise act retarded
6) comes in Festool green
7) that doesn't crap out after a few uses.

So there's 7  [tongue]

If the folks at Festool can't make a better reciprocating saw than what's already out there, then I think their engineers are over-rated and lack imagination. Since we all know that the latter is not the case............

And I really think NA is a vast untapped market for the Protool line-up. If Germany doesn't think so then they are selling themselves short.  There is a funny phenomenon with Festools as one tool in the line-up sells yet another and another. I believe the same would be true for Protool line.

 

[Steve R]

I know of at least 5 various tradesmen that were sold on the cordless drills until they were told that there was no matching cordless reciprocating saw. The guys just don't want to add another flavor of battery/chargers to their kit. I have a 18V Bosch cordless and it is a beautiful tool for what it is. Is it the tool for all day long demo work? Certainly not. But it is great for when it will take longer to string the cord than cut the hole type stuff.

As for myself, along with seeing a cordless version, I would like to see a corded one. One designed from the ground with dust collection in mind AND a headlight! It seems that 1/2 the time I use a reciprocating saw it is over my head and I just LOVE the way the dust rains down on me and everything else.

This business of "Festool won't introduce a tool unless they can make it 7 ways better" seems ludicrous in the case of a reciprocating saw as I am sure that Festool could:
1) make one more ergonomic.
2) better power to weight ratio
3) better balanced
4) WITH DUST COLLECTION
5) with a blade holder mechanism that doesn't seize, jam or otherwise act retarded
6) comes in Festool green
7) that doesn't crap out after a few uses.

So there's 7  [tongue]

If the folks at Festool can't make a better reciprocating saw than what's already out there, then I think their engineers are over-rated and lack imagination. Since we all know that the latter is not the case............

And I really think NA is a vast untapped market for the Protool line-up. If Germany doesn't think so then they are selling themselves short.  There is a funny phenomenon with Festools as one tool in the line-up sells yet another and another. I believe the same would be true for Protool line.

Harry,

I like your thinking.

Cheers
Steve