kifi said:
woodbutcherbower said:
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A bit of solid advice. The help you'll receive on here will be a lot more valuable to you if it's based on what we know - rather than what we don't.
Not all Kevin, I am certainly reading your reply and am entertained. [big grin]I wouldn’t read too much into it my British friend. I’m only asking for information on Festool tools, it’s what this forum is about - doesn’t matter how many wardrobes I’ve sold!
woodbutcherbower made a point - highlighted - which you seem to have missed.
I will try to expand on it, for posterity:
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WHAT
When you do not provide almost any context, the question can be taken as trolling, sure. But that was
not woodbutcherbower's point.
The main issue is that, not providing context, most advice you get /anywhere/ will be inapplicable /to your case/. That is bad. For you.
What is even worse, again,
for you, is that it is so without such being seeable /by you/.
It may be useful for others searching for it, so not a waste to respond on a public forum, but the same can be even detrimental /for you/.
Case in point:
My post was forced to specifically note that "the HK85 is the tool to get DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU HAVE/NOT HAVE" already. And even at that I intentionally skipped the cost aspect, the rails aspect, the plunge aspect, the routing it option etc., etc. There would be just too many "IFs" for my post to not become a novel.
WHY
Woodworking, especially fine woodworking like cabinetry, is no straithtforward field. Probably because wood is not straight. Pun intended. So, there are no straight(forward) answers. It may seem so there are to the beginners, but it is not so. Period.
To expand: Most of the time, there are 10+ ways on how to do something, each with its own limitations.
It is these limitations of the various ways which come to the fore when querying -useful- advice.
WHAT THIS ALL MEANS
An honest answer to a non-specific question, like yours are, can take two forms:
- a looong, 100+ pages, novel covering all the possible scenarios /from which only one applies to you and which you will NOT bother read/or underdstand in whole/
- specific advice which is likely to NOT fit your situation *)
Notice that, in both cases, it is YOU who lost. Sure, the poster "wastes" some time too. But, in the end, it is you who ends up with an inapplicable/wrong advice.
*) without you, a junior /on experience/, being able to see the advice is not really applicable/optimal for your scenario
ADD
I consider myself the junior in this field too. Without a doubt. Having a strong physics, chemistry and mechanical engineering backgrounds helps me a lot. Having 20 yrs experience in complex IT systems engineering helps too. No question. But. Still. Junior I am in this field. No doubt there.