Mystery objects -- Help please

ElectricFeet

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I'm rearranging my router setups and came across these objects. I have no idea what they are.

First is some sort of a retainer clip. I think associated with the CMS OF / CMS GE. No idea what it retains. 

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Second is a clip thing that is designed to hold a cylinder that has a horizontal groove in it. The internal measurement (= size of cylinder) is 30mm. It's exactly the right size for the CMS side profiles and fits perfectly. It's too small for a dust hose.

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Last is a total mystery to me. Nothing to do with routers, I think. I don't think it's a Festool part because the screw has a Phillips head. It's also M6, whereas they tend to favour M5s. It's milled/routed (you can see the marks) to 80 x 25 x 15.8 mm (15.8mm≈5/8"), with a countersunk hole  ≈ 25mm / 1" in. It has a really odd combination of standards, with a European-ish approach to the screw thread, but with an American approach to some of the measurements. It seems to be nylon / POM / some sort of very slippery plastic. Clearly designed to fit precisely in a groove of some sort, but no idea which. A mini monolith for "2001 A Space Odyssey, insects' version".

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Any help appreciated.
 

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I was probably wrong talking about the OF in regard to the first item. But it might still be for locking another tool’s on/off switch in on position. IIRC some had these, so they could be switched via the CMS on/off switch.

Kind regards,
Oliver
 
Lansau said:
The first is for the on/off button of the 55 and 75 saws on CMS

Also possibly the router?

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Only for TS 55 and 75 saws.
The routers have a switch lock button

OF 2200 in locked position.
 
The third item is a router support for the Trend adjustable routing frame - similar in principle to the Festool MFS system and their collar which fits onto the appropriate guide bush
 
[member=61712]six-point socket II[/member] , [member=76647]Lansau[/member] , [member=44099]Cheese[/member] , [member=71113]Willy Eckerslike[/member] : FOG FTW  :D Thank you all so much.

[member=76647]Lansau[/member] : Aha! Well spotted. Seems weird that they included a TS saw switch-blocker in the scope of delivery of the CMS-GE and CMS-OF — especially as Festool is always a bit parsimonious with extras (just two sheets of sandpaper with my sander: really? really??) I didn’t have a TS at the time and never bought the CMS-TS, so I couldn’t have acquired it any other way.

I need to imagine up another use for the hose holder. All my hoses are too wide / braided, so won’t fit. It’s a nice design, though — I might use the design for custom fixings.

[member=71113]Willy Eckerslike[/member] : That’s some seriously next-level sleuthing right there! I bought that Trend doodad many years ago, right before the Shaper Origin came out in Europe, which made the whole thing moot for me. It’s been sitting gathering dust. I am planning (hah!) to use the profiles for something else.

Thanks again. These have all been bugging me for weeks.
 
ElectricFeet said:
Aha! Well spotted. Seems weird that they included a TS saw switch-blocker in the scope of delivery of the CMS-GE and CMS-OF — especially as Festool is always a bit parsimonious with extras (just two sheets of sandpaper with my sander: really? really??) I didn’t have a TS at the time and never bought the CMS-TS, so I couldn’t have acquired it any other way.

That's the reason I added the "Also possibly the router?" statement. I ordered the router set-up ONLY and the blue thingie came in the box of goodies.  [huh]
 
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