I've been spoilt...

[jonny round boy]

I started a new job on Monday, and I've just finished my first week (it's a full 38-hour week, just over 4 days instead of 5 - yay for long weekends!). It's a company I worked for previously (in my pre-Festool days) building high-end, bespoke kitchens & bedrooms. I spent the last 2 days prepping doors & frames before they go into the paint booth.

Rounding edges & rebating for hinges with crappy old DeWalt 1/4" routers; no soft start, no brake, and no built in extraction. Then sanding with air-powered 6" RO sanders, over a downdraft table that doesn't work terribly well [blink]

I kept thinking "the OF1010 would be great for this job", and "the MFK500 would be perfect for this" and "I wonder what the Festool air sanders are like...".

Damn you, Festool for making me expect better! [mad]

 

[peter halle]

Congratulations on the new job!

Enjoy being spoilt by Festool - at home.  [big grin]

Peter

 

[bonesbr549]

I started a new job on Monday, and I've just finished my first week (it's a full 38-hour week, just over 4 days instead of 5 - yay for long weekends!). It's a company I worked for previously (in my pre-Festool days) building high-end, bespoke kitchens & bedrooms. I spent the last 2 days prepping doors & frames before they go into the paint booth.

Rounding edges & rebating for hinges with crappy old DeWalt 1/4" routers; no soft start, no brake, and no built in extraction. Then sanding with air-powered 6" RO sanders, over a downdraft table that doesn't work terribly well [blink]

I kept thinking "the OF1010 would be great for this job", and "the MFK500 would be perfect for this" and "I wonder what the Festool air sanders are like...".

Damn you, Festool for making me expect better! [mad]

Great to hear you have a job you enjoy! It would indeed be perfect if you had the festools!  Did I read right a full "38" hour week? 

 

[jonny round boy]

Great to hear you have a job you enjoy! It would indeed be perfect if you had the festools!  Did I read right a full "38" hour week?   

Yes, that's right. Standard working week in the UK is usually anywhere from 37.5 to 40 hours.

 

[mattfc]

Yes, that's right. Standard working week in the UK is usually anywhere from 37.5 to 40 hours.

Where I work, my US coworkers have an option called a 9/80, e.g work an 40 hour week and get 1 day off every 2 weeks, so usually every second Friday.

Nothing so nice for me, apart from being able to work from home and swap commuting time for work time (so start at 7:30am finish 6:30pm), so a 55hr week.

I would sooner work longer hours with the satisfaction of using great tools, must be hard when you know there are better things out there!

 

[chrisrosenb]

I started a new job on Monday, and I've just finished my first week (it's a full 38-hour week, just over 4 days instead of 5 - yay for long weekends!). It's a company I worked for previously (in my pre-Festool days) building high-end, bespoke kitchens & bedrooms. I spent the last 2 days prepping doors & frames before they go into the paint booth.

Rounding edges & rebating for hinges with crappy old DeWalt 1/4" routers; no soft start, no brake, and no built in extraction. Then sanding with air-powered 6" RO sanders, over a downdraft table that doesn't work terribly well [blink]

I kept thinking "the OF1010 would be great for this job", and "the MFK500 would be perfect for this" and "I wonder what the Festool air sanders are like...".

Damn you, Festool for making me expect better! [mad]

Congratulations on the new job!!!

Have you introduced your new employer to Festool?
Maybe they do not know there is something better than what they are currently using.