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MyTake Festool's SysLite by Kreg Kreg' Custom Carpentry[/url]
well here is MyTake on the new syslite
well here is MyTake on the new syslite
MyTake on the SysLite
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That's reserved for Stabilas...
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Funny! hey I am sure it will still light up as just like timex
it will take a licking and still be bright,
that is why Festool calls it a syslite
it will take a licking and still be bright,
that is why Festool calls it a syslite
ha!
I hear HP used to demo their calculators the same way. They'd follow on after the Texas Instruments demo, and proceed to drop
it, throw it, and then pour coffee on it... THEN start with the functions demo.
Can you imagine a time then when sales demos were given on calculators? Oy.
I hear HP used to demo their calculators the same way. They'd follow on after the Texas Instruments demo, and proceed to drop
it, throw it, and then pour coffee on it... THEN start with the functions demo.
Can you imagine a time then when sales demos were given on calculators? Oy.
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fritter63 said:
I remember when the research center I worked at in Berkeley got on a waiting list to pay $150 in 1960's dollars for an HP calculator that had memory and square root. Maybe in a few years Festool will throw in a complementary syslite when you buy a router...
Jesse Cloud said:
When I was an undergrad engineering major handheld calculators didn't exist so it was strictly slide rules. When I started grad school the first calcs came out, but by then almost everything in the course work was abstract math so we didn't need to do any significant number crunching. DOH!
Well, I certainly didn't mean to hijack Kreg's thread with discussions of old calculators. What we're all paying witness to is the trend discussed in "Abundance" by Peter Diamonde where things move from being rare and expensive to being cheap commodities.
Not, let's get back to talking about how clumsy Kreg really is.... [poke]
Not, let's get back to talking about how clumsy Kreg really is.... [poke]
And I'm feeling really young since when I attended university in the 90's (M.Sc.EE) HP 48GX's were all the rage and could be programmed to do just about anything and the rest was solvable in either Matlab or for symbolic calculus Maple V [big grin]
Maple especially saved my bacon on various assignments with intsolve(eqn,f(x)); [embarassed]
Maple especially saved my bacon on various assignments with intsolve(eqn,f(x)); [embarassed]
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hey thanks for the comments, yep clumsy kreg ! hey the light withstood the test.... ;D
The FOG is more good than bad (I guess). [unsure] I wouldn't have given the Syslite a second look if not for your write-up (and another). However it's now on my list of Festools to buy. I doubt that it will change my life but I can see many benefits to having one -- it should be very handy for cross lighting laying on the work piece while final sanding, etc.
This forum must certainly pay for itself in increased sales that it generates. [blink]
This forum must certainly pay for itself in increased sales that it generates. [blink]
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That's cool !! Yep light has a lot of features. Glad my video helps. I try and make um fun and informative. I guess that is why my channel is over 180,000 views so far I am becoming a superstar !!!!
Jesse Cloud said:
I remember when my college just up graded to the newfangled computer with CRT nodes..... the guy running the computer center talked about he wasted money on his $600 HP Calculator now that he had this new computer.
Oh...how the times of changed...
Cheers,
Steve
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Almost two bills for a freaking flashlight? ???
Sure would like to have some of whatever the marketing department is smoking, it must be pretty damn good.....
Bill
P.S. Tom, in my personal experience Stabilas don't like being backed over by a truck. Only one I've ever had to replace, paid for by lumber supplier.
Almost two bills for a freaking flashlight? ???
Sure would like to have some of whatever the marketing department is smoking, it must be pretty damn good.....
Bill
P.S. Tom, in my personal experience Stabilas don't like being backed over by a truck. Only one I've ever had to replace, paid for by lumber supplier.
May I suggest that next time you wash your hands after loading another brick of butter for the butterdish? [wink]
Since it came for free, can you see if it floats? [scared]
Couple of other Q's....
Do all the lights dim when on low setting, or less of them are on?
Is the battery it comes with removeable, or is it built-in?
Since it came for free, can you see if it floats? [scared]
Couple of other Q's....
Do all the lights dim when on low setting, or less of them are on?
Is the battery it comes with removeable, or is it built-in?
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