Woodwork Wizard
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MFT user?
Is it only used in a workshop?
Please do read on...
The best place that I've found to put the saw or router down when you've finished the cut is at the back of the worktable behind the fence to the left of the guide rail and as close as possible to said guide rail. The saw is out the way of everything there. The hose and cable are less likely to drag on the bench because they hang down from a pole. Move sheet materials without a tangle of hose and cable getting in your way. The advantages are numerous.
The best way to run the DE hose is from above and down. Over a pole. The hose just loops over the pole, it goes on or can be removed in a second, it slides out the way when you're not using it, it's still hanging up, stored to one side out of your way but it slides effortlessly to where you do want it - when you'd rather concentrate on the cut and not the hassle of a snagged hose. It doesn't require any fastenings to hold it on like the Festool boom arm, so you can use it elsewhere in your workshop, it's really cheap and simple to make and it all works really really well.
Something else I've just tried is to run the power cable through the pole to a power socket dangling overhead but easily within my reach. Makes swapping the power cable very easy. There's a shortened Plug-it lead that goes from the pole to the tool that's just not going to get caught up on things.
I know Festool make a hose/cable combination, but I'm really not keen on the idea. TS55R has a 36mm hose, OF1010 has 27mm, OF2200 has a cable attached. So what happens to the Plug-it lead/hose combo when you're using the 2200? Or the 1010 with a 27mm hose whip to the 36mm hose so now the cable that reached the TS-55 now doesn't reach the router?
Here, the hose and cable ascend together (ish) but they are separate, so use whatever combination of tool and hose you wish. It is all very adjustable to get it how you want it.
Anyway, I'd be delighted if someone else tried the hose over the pole idea to see how it works for them. Having tried and tested many ways this is by far the best I have found.
Anyone who says the DE hose is not a PITB is lying. It is.
I hope the accompanying photo demonstrates clearly all that this is -
Is it only used in a workshop?
Please do read on...
The best place that I've found to put the saw or router down when you've finished the cut is at the back of the worktable behind the fence to the left of the guide rail and as close as possible to said guide rail. The saw is out the way of everything there. The hose and cable are less likely to drag on the bench because they hang down from a pole. Move sheet materials without a tangle of hose and cable getting in your way. The advantages are numerous.
The best way to run the DE hose is from above and down. Over a pole. The hose just loops over the pole, it goes on or can be removed in a second, it slides out the way when you're not using it, it's still hanging up, stored to one side out of your way but it slides effortlessly to where you do want it - when you'd rather concentrate on the cut and not the hassle of a snagged hose. It doesn't require any fastenings to hold it on like the Festool boom arm, so you can use it elsewhere in your workshop, it's really cheap and simple to make and it all works really really well.
Something else I've just tried is to run the power cable through the pole to a power socket dangling overhead but easily within my reach. Makes swapping the power cable very easy. There's a shortened Plug-it lead that goes from the pole to the tool that's just not going to get caught up on things.
I know Festool make a hose/cable combination, but I'm really not keen on the idea. TS55R has a 36mm hose, OF1010 has 27mm, OF2200 has a cable attached. So what happens to the Plug-it lead/hose combo when you're using the 2200? Or the 1010 with a 27mm hose whip to the 36mm hose so now the cable that reached the TS-55 now doesn't reach the router?
Here, the hose and cable ascend together (ish) but they are separate, so use whatever combination of tool and hose you wish. It is all very adjustable to get it how you want it.
Anyway, I'd be delighted if someone else tried the hose over the pole idea to see how it works for them. Having tried and tested many ways this is by far the best I have found.
Anyone who says the DE hose is not a PITB is lying. It is.
I hope the accompanying photo demonstrates clearly all that this is -
