Samurai Dave said:
In the latest Festool SysNotes email there is a plug for the rail guides, showing a Festool hex wrench securing the connector screws (attached). I can't find that wrench in the 2008-09 catalog. If it is there, could someone please let me know the page number. ???
I assume it isn't available yet in the US. Not sure why. It would come in very handy!
There has been some discussion in FOG previously about the "Toolie tool" (Part Number 490833), and a
search for "toolie" will bring up quite a lot of threads.
Just Tools of Australia have the following photo of the Toolie on their
website:
Like the
Festool tape measure, the Toolie appears to be made by another company for Festool, and if you can't find the Festool-branded version, you can order a similar product from the parent manufacturer's line-up. In this case, it seems to be made by Wiha, the same German company that appears to make the
Festool Centrotec driver (Order No 495228).
Wiha produce a range of these folding wrench key sets in plain and ball-end hex (metric and imperial), Torx, tamper-proof Torx, Pozi and slotted forms. Wiha call it the PocketStar, and the full PocketStar range can be found in their
catalogue or on their
US website.
Here is one model from the Wiha PocketStar range:
Of particular note are the MagicRing ends to some of the Wiha key sets, which grip the socket-head screw; and the Mini PocketStar, which contains small keys in sizes like PH00, T4, and 2mm hex.
Forrest
Forrest, I appreciate the background on the Toolie. It makes sense that Wiha made it for Festool, since their quality is high. If I strike-out on the Toolie I'll investigate some of the alternatives you have so graciously presented.
