I wish for a TS60R

[RC]

Just cut some 2x4's and found it irritating that when on the rail and slightly warped boards I could not get through the wood. I was left with a 1mm strip of uncut wood at the bottom and found it dodgy to stick the saw without the rail into the cut and then run the blade in the cut and plunge through to finish the cut.

How hard would it be to add that 5mm to make sure you can cut 50mm thick stock on a rail guaranteedly.

 

[jmbfestool]

Just cut some 2x4's and found it irritating that when on the rail and slightly warped boards I could not get through the wood. I was left with a 1mm strip of uncut wood at the bottom and found it dodgy to stick the saw without the rail into the cut and then run the blade in the cut and plunge through to finish the cut.

How hard would it be to add that 5mm to make sure you can cut 50mm thick stock on a rail guaranteedly.

Well 2x4 Normally finishes at 45 x 95mm.  So the TS55 is plenty  But if u wanted more u might as well get the TS 75 no point having a saw in between.

Jmb

 

[AlexThePalex]

Of course there is a point having a saw in between. Most companies make a saw for the 190mm blade with a saw depth of 65 mm. Festool used to have one too, the AT 65.

 

[Kev]

I'm with Reiska and Alex - an in between model (TS65) would be sweet. A also feel the 55 is too small in a CMS (for my intended use).

 

[RC]

Well, predimensioned pressure treated 2x4 here is 47x94mm standard and unplained stock comes at 50x100mm. This time I was working with unplained material and was left just that hair short  [mad]

And I totally aggree with Kev that both the rail and the CMS eat away millimetres from the cut depth so a 65mm saw would probably with a nice sweet spot as smaller than a 75, yet small enough to handle with one hand and still be able to cut 50mm stock both on a rail & in a CMS module.

Then maybe Festool could upgrade the 75 to say 85 or even 95 since as far as I'm concerned the 75 is too heavy for hand held use anyway so why not make it a proper CMS saw (or preferably make that CMS-module version of the Precisio  [tongue])

 

[PaulMarcel]

Festool made the saw you really want...

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[Ken Nagrod]

Where's the plug-it cord and vacuum pickup?

Maybe Darcy should try to find one.  Then he'll just need the hat.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Where's the plug-it cord and vacuum pickup?

Maybe Darcy should try to find one.  Then he'll just need the hat.

I already have the hat. [big grin]

I will see what I can kick up in regards to the saw.

 

[Sparktrician]

Steve Bace has a model quite similar to that in Henderson.  Not sure it's that big, blade-wise, but it will certainly give one a hernia trying to pick it up. 

[smile]

 

[jmbfestool]

Of course there is a point having a saw in between. Most companies make a saw for the 190mm blade with a saw depth of 65 mm. Festool used to have one too, the AT 65.

Your talking about saws which are cheap.
Well If that is so I can't see people buying a TS55   TS60/65 and TS75.     One of them will very likely not sell very well.   I know I would ONLY buy a TS55 so I have a light one for doing most jobs and then buy TS75 for larger stuff.  Which is what I have done! TS55 is my fav saw to use and then I'll pop my TS75 out when the 55 can't handle it.

Maybe people will just buy TS60/65 only and not bother with the other two but I cant see some one buying a TS55 and then TS65  or TS65 and thenTS75  not enough difference.  

Very much like the Rotex. 90  and 125 and 150. I bet the 125 doesn't do so well now you have the 90.  I have the 90 and 150 I would never dream of buying the 125 Rotex no point.

Jmb

Jmb

 

[Stone Message]

Hi Reiska

I understand the frustration when you tackle stock that is too big for the TS55 (or TS55R) but - you should have realised that this would happen before you made the cut.

I do not have the TS75 and am unlikely to be able to justify one. I might 'need' one every now and again but I get around it by making the deepest cut that I can with my TS55 and then whizzing through the tiny bit of stock left by using a hand saw. It takes no time at all and I can either finish with a plane or a sander.

I have the CMS with the TS55R and, for me, it is the most brilliant setup. I can make really accurate cuts, move the whole thing out of the way when required and know that I can fold it down and put it in the back of my (very small) saloon car in seconds.

I know that you have space problems and so you probably do not want to buy too much kit but you can at least use a hand saw.

Peter

 

[Kev]

JMB's right in terms of saw economics, but that doesn't mean a 65 is bad - popular choices could become ...

1 x 65
1 x 55 + 1 x 75
1 x 65 + 1 x 75

Probably rarely 1 x 55 + 1 x 65

But that's ok.

Would Peter have chosen a TS65R if it had been available for his CMS investment and also come with "snap in" integation for a modest sum more? Probably.

Would Reiska have gone with a CMS friendly 65? Yep.

Would JMB have told us the new TS65R is completely ineffective for drilling holes? Good chance  [big grin]

 

[AlexThePalex]

Of course there is a point having a saw in between. Most companies make a saw for the 190mm blade with a saw depth of 65 mm. Festool used to have one too, the AT 65.

Your talking about saws which are cheap.

I don't see what the 65 mm size has to do with being cheap or expensive.

Well If that is so I can't see people buying a TS55   TS60/64 and TS75.     One of them will very likely not sell very well.  

I agree with you on that. But why would people have to buy all saws available? People just pick one or two that appeal to them.

Anyway, Festool has probably gone through all that already. In the past they offered a lot more saws than they do today. They had saws with a depth of 55, 65, 75 and 85 mm in both the plunge and the standard circular saw variety. I'm sure they decided to narrow their line down to just two out of financial\sales reasons, and stayed with their two best selling saws to optimise their stock and production lines. Probably makes sense for a smaller tool manufacturer like Festool. But other, bigger tool manufacturers like Bosch, Metabo, Makita, DeWalt, Hitachi etc,  have no such concerns and still offer saws in many sizes, the 65 mm included.   

 

[Mavrik]

I also wish the TS55 had a few extra mm of cut - have often run into the same problem of the last bit.
It would make little sense to have 3 saws ... so would have been nice if the TS55 were a tiny bit bigger; or the rail system were a tiny bit lower.

The beauty of the TS55 is its small size and easy-to-pick-up-with-one-hand thing.
So I don't want to buy a TS75 for the very rare occassions I need it.

 

[Stone Message]

My answer to the question above about other saw sizes is no - I would stick to the TS55R as I have bad wrists (elbows, knees etc) and I can easily manage the dear little TS55 or TS55R. I need a saw that I can put in and out of the CMS unit to make life simpler when working away from base - I just take the one saw and take it out when I need to do a rail cut.

If my arthritis were not an issue I would have the biggest saw possible in the CMS unit and accept the slight awkwardness on the rails. As a rough estimate I would say that 95% of my cutting can easily be done with my TS55R either on the rails or in the CMS unit (mostly 25mm and below thickness). I only kept my big old tablesaw for those odd cuts over 50mm but they became so rare that I sold the thing. I now do all of my over 50mm cuts in solid stock with my sweet little Elektra Beckum bandsaw.

Peter

 

[Tinker]

My answer to the question above about other saw sizes is no - I would stick to the TS55R as I have bad wrists (elbows, knees etc) and I can easily manage the dear little TS55 or TS55R. I need a saw that I can put in and out of the CMS unit to make life simpler when working away from base - I just take the one saw and take it out when I need to do a rail cut.

If my arthritis were not an issue I would have the biggest saw possible in the CMS unit and accept the slight awkwardness on the rails. As a rough estimate I would say that 95% of my cutting can easily be done with my TS55R either on the rails or in the CMS unit (mostly 25mm and below thickness). I only kept my big old tablesaw for those odd cuts over 50mm but they became so rare that I sold the thing. I now do all of my over 50mm cuts in solid stock with my sweet little Elektra Beckum bandsaw.

Peter

Ditto to all Stone Message accounts. the only difference> I have the old ATF 55.  It does the job 99% of the time for me.
Tinker

 

[GhostFist]

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[Alan m]

how about a ts35, ts65,ts85.

i could see a point in owning all of those. the 35 would be great for sheets and it would be light.

 

[RC]

My original post ment the TS60 to be the replacement to the 55's - not a new size in the lineup.

 

[Nigel]

I can see Reiska's point wanting those few extra mm on the 55 but in reality the 75 is so much better for thicker pieces due to the extra power and it's easy to use one handed. For a TS60 to be any good it would need a bigger motor and that would add weight... might as well get the 75.