Is RTS Engineering,aftermarket maker of tenon self centering, still in business?

[woodwreck]

Been gone a year or two in health issues, back, wondering if they are still in business. TIA anyone

 

[McNally Family]

From Google search:
https://www.rockler.com/rts-enginee...uide-stop-adds-mortising-stops-festool-domino

 

[rvieceli]

[member=191]Rick Christopherson[/member] what's the status of the Domino stuff?

 

[harry_]

http://www.rts-engineering.com/

 

[woodwreck]

Thank you, all.

 

[rvieceli]

I think all the Domino stuff is out of stock on the website.

Rick should check in soon. He’s still active on the forum.

Ron

 

[PaulMarcel]

[member=5448]woodwreck[/member] were you looking to buy one? I have both the multi-position and self-centering guides in a box of 'to sell' stuff (but the box is out of the way so I forget about it all the time)

 

[Rick Christopherson]

Something smells just a wee bit fishy in Denmark about this posting. The original poster wasn't asking because he wanted to buy an SCG-10. He was asking because he wanted to give a negative review for the SCG-10 that hasn't even been sold for over 3 years.

But that's not the fishy part.

The negative review wasn't about the quality of the product, but about the concept of the product. OK, but that's not fishy either....until you look farther back into his posting history and discover that he supposedly bought the predecessor MGS guide years earlier. So he already knew what the concept and function was, and yet still upgraded to the newer version years later???

Now that's fishy.  [eek]

If he already knew what the concept and function was after owning the MGS guide for several years, then why would he buy the SCG guide and years later say the concept was bad? Idonno.

What I do know, is that I remember this guy's username from years ago, and even though the posts have since been deleted by Admin, he was a leg humper that followed me around doing posts like what he just did recently.

And they say teenage girls hold a grudge forever? Geez. They got nothing on this guy.

As for the SCG-10 guides...those are dead. I haven't killed the Symtrax update, but I'm not super gungho on the labor necessary to produce them either. That's why they are sitting in limbo for so long.

Forgive me for for raining on the parade of accolades, but after all these years since purchase, I have to say the self centering unit is a beautiful piece of machining but falls short in use; it's really little more than a pretty face. But as zapdafish asks "Doesn't this do the same thing as the trim stop attachment that comes with the Domino?". The advantages are negated by the minimal ⅝" protrusion of the two tabs around the workpiece while the one that comes with the tool, while being less elegant in appearance, does ride along about 3 inches of stock making for far greater accuracy and ease of control. Sadly I give this a One Star rating, regretting I purchased it.

 

[ChuckS]

I hope the Moderators will look into Rick's complaint and determine if anyone is trolling deliberately or not. I welcome user feedback on products, but am not interested in any product assessments with a personal agenda.

 

[leakyroof]

This sort of reminds me when someone copied some posting I did on another site and reposted it as their own here on FOG...  Since the wording was my own, I recognized the words right away... [sad]

Goofy stuff people do, Rick... Good that you have a great memory.... [wink]

 

[semenza]

Well, the only thing I find is that the OP did not like the tool and left a review accordingly.  Right , wrong, order of events, order of purchases, proper use of, time of use, grudges, etc.  I don't know.

But no need for a public spitting match or pile on.

Seth

 

[woodwreck]

Thank you Seth. I bought both devices when they were first introduced some years ago and used them sporadically as mentioned. I brought the adjustable model out of its systainer this week to make two dozen end mortises in 1" wide stock, and was reminded of problems in that the two side pieces only held about ¾" v. the 3" of the factory one as I stated. My comments were sincere; I made it clear that it was in fact the beautiful machining that sold it.

I recognize that Rick is sensitive to any perceived slight. I am sorry about that, none was intended. There is no trolling, no adverse intent, nothing fishy. PaulM thank you for your offer anyway.

Happy holidays this week to all.

 

[Svar]

I used various kinds of stop setups and finally settled on pencil mark as a simplest, quickest, and most foolproof approach to position mortises. Sometimes less is more.

 

[ChuckS]

While the trim stop has served me well in mortising narrow stock, the cross stop has been useless to me, and I have yet to find a way to use it. Pencil lines not only are simple, they also don't result in errors that could be possible with the use of the cross stop. Unless someone is doing some identical and repetitive mortising task, nothing beats the pencil lines.

And with due respect, many after-market domino (or various other tool) gadgets are just that: gadgets. They look good and sexy at first sight, but in actual use, they are crutches. When these products are announced, often excitements overcome clear thinking, and after a while, not only nobody talks about them, nobody even reports sustained success with their use anymore. In the end, the original Festool/manufacturer's design stands the test of time. The DF is clearly one of those examples. I am glad that I use the DF with 101% success and without any after-market accessories.

 

[Geoffrey]

I only remove my SCG-10 when I absolutely have to. It's been very useful for me over the years.