Greedy for more 18v cordless tool choices..Reciprocating Saw/Angle grinder

[PreferrablyWood]

Now when I'm going to be going for the PDC quad drill and will be able to use it's two 4.2 mAh batteries in my Carvex, I'm thinking that there needs to be additional cordless Festools.. I'd love a Reciprocating Saw. for one. Would fit my work type very well.  I need to renovate some picnic tables, and am looking at the Dewalt and the Metabo offerings, but I find it irksome that I have to have dual battery brand setup. I'm also in the market for an angle grinder,a straight grinder/cylinder grinder and electric chainsaw.. The TS 55 cordless is a good idea, it could even be a TS 45 if that's more doable..

 

[Alan m]

i would be all over a cordless ts55. it would be great for jobs that are  just a few cuts. .
i have a cordless anglegrinder (dewalt) and its great. its hard ont he batteries but thats expected.

 

[epicxt]

Cordless small cleanup vac?

 

[jonny round boy]

The TS 55 cordless is a good idea, it could even be a TS 45 if that's more doable..

I think it would need to be a smaller saw than the TS55. 45mm plunge would be fine with me - means that on a guide rail you could still cut 40mm laminate tops.

I think most (maybe all?) cordless circular saws use thin kerf blades to minimise the amount of material removed, and therefore the power required. I'm sure Festool could manage that.

Makita have just introduced some new tools that fit in with their 18V range, but that use two batteries in series, thus making it a 36V tool. Again, I'm sure that's not beyond Festool (unless Makita have somehow patented the concept of doubling up the batteries?).

Edit: here's one.

 

[bruegf]

I'd really like to see a small cordless vac, like the BD dustbuster but more powerful

Fred

 

[PreferrablyWood]

I had alos been thinking of a cordless vac to go with the cordless carvex, but it could also be useful with a hammar drill or a cordless TS..

 

[JLB builders LLC]

I'd really like to see a small cordless vac, like the BD dustbuster but more powerful

Fred

I was just thinking this a few days ago on a job. Drilled two 3/4" holes for french door ball latch system and only needed something to quickly clean up without pulling out a CT or shop vac.

 

[TelcoRandy]

I may not be into carpentry but even I could appreciate a small cordless vacuum to cleanup metal filings.

Speaking of metal filings, I'm in the market for a battery operated portable band saw (portaband). If Metabo made one I would be all over it, but since they don't I've been looking at Makita since I already have their 18V lithium ion batteries. Granted if Festool made a brushless one I would be more inclined to go with them.

 

[wintu]

+1 for small cordless vac

 

[Kev]

I'd be happy with some universal battery standards ... if Festool, Metabo and Hilti all used the same battery interface I'd be a happy camper.

 

[PreferrablyWood]

I've been looking at the possibilites corded versus cordless. Some more thoughts..

I don't suspect seriously that a cordless circular saw, angle grinder, SDS hammer drill, reciprocating saw etc. could ever replace the corded versions. But for my wide ranging out of the shop type of work doing maintenance and small repairs, garden trellis installation and so on it makes the work sooo much easier if I don't have to string 50 feet of cable a quick job. And if you need to work on a roof. Do trail maintnenance, or other types of wide ranging jobs it is really a very practical or even the only solution. Also I feel that when working up on ladders that cables can add an extra element of danger to the work or in the least irritation..

On the other hand batteries driven tools become easiy more obsolete as technology advances..

I think I will end up having both corded and battery driven versions of some tools. For example a good corded hammer drill as well as the all round PDC quadrill. a TS75 as well as cordless circular saw, a corded chainsaw and a gas driven..

This makes sense for me as I'll likely develop my business so I have a small workshop/studio, and my outdoor garden building maintenance duties..

 

[Kev]

I've been looking at the possibilites corded versus cordless. Some more thoughts..

I don't suspect seriously that a cordless circular saw, angle grinder, SDS hammer drill, reciprocating saw etc. could ever replace the corded versions. But for my wide ranging out of the shop type of work doing maintenance and small repairs, garden trellis installation and so on it makes the work sooo much easier if I don't have to string 50 feet of cable a quick job. And if you need to work on a roof. Do trail maintnenance, or other types of wide ranging jobs it is really a very practical or even the only solution. Also I feel that when working up on ladders that cables can add an extra element of danger to the work or in the least irritation..

On the other hand batteries driven tools become easiy more obsolete as technology advances..

I think I will end up having both corded and battery driven versions of some tools. For example a good corded hammer drill as well as the all round PDC quadrill. a TS75 as well as cordless circular saw, a corded chainsaw and a gas driven..

This makes sense for me as I'll likely develop my business so I have a small workshop/studio, and my outdoor garden building maintenance duties..

I wouldn't personally go with a corded chainsaw ... petrol gardening tools all the way ... mower, edger/brushcutter, hedger, chainsaw, mulcher, garden blower/vac, etc and 4 stroke whenever possible (to avoid mixing old).

Probably petrol post hole and trench diggers if you go that way too.

Gardening shears? cordless there though.

 

[NERemodeling]

cordless vac would be nice!!  i would say build it in a systainer,  sys 4 would be biggest if it included a short hose and one or two nozzles in the top portion of the systainer

John

 

[RC]

Has anyone used the cordless 1/2" bolt wrenches from the likes of Makita, Bosch or Ryobi?

Are they worth anything in jobs like changing car wheels?

 

[TelcoRandy]

Reiska, I use an Ingersoll Rand 20V impactor.
This one: http://www.ingersollrandproducts.com/am-en/products/tools/Iqv-cordless-tools/iqv20-series-cordless-tools/w7150-1-2-20v-high-torque-impactool
It works fine but I haven't had to do anything too crazy with it, I still find myself using hand tools more than anything. I would have to say it's overkill though, I accidentally put it in forward instead of reverse while trying to back out a nut on my ball joint and it really *$&@*$$&*@$ the bolt up, luckily it wasn't stripped to the point that I couldn't reverse it with a 6-point socket but it was a close call. The threads on it became mashed too. I wouldn't use it to torque lug nuts on as it has enough power to break studs or ruin your rims. Even torque extensions need a 250ft/lbs impact wrench to work properly, this one is about 1000ft/lbs. I still use it to spin the lug nuts on but I don't hold the trigger long...

It's the only Ingersoll Rand product I own though. I tend to go a little over the top with my personal tool purchases.

 

[jeep jake]

you get what you pay for I would go with hilti or snap-on.

 

[neeleman]

Last week during a Festool Masterclass I heard from a Festool representative that in 2014 there will be a battery powered version of the TS55 saw!
It wil be powered by two 18V batteries and will also run on 1 battery!
Makita also brings out such a saw (winter 2014???). If it also runs on 1 battery I don't know.
I'm only a little worried about the weight of saws with 2 batteries.

As others mentioned Festool should also consider other battery powered machines such as recipro saws, vaccums or grinders.

 

[zafunk]

cordless vac would be nice!!   i would say build it in a systainer,  sys 4 would be biggest if it included a short hose and one or two nozzles in the top portion of the systainer

+1

I'd love something like that! Milwaukee makes a small "toolbox" sized cordless vac, but I don't have any 18V Milwaukee tools to borrow batteries from. Buying the vac + batteries + charger makes it quite pricey and I end up with yet another battery/charger system [mad]