New Benefit of Boom Arm

[mouppe]

Came up with a new benefit of the boom arm today.

I forgot that the hose was hooked up to the TS55 when I pushed the boom arm away from the MFT- had a momentary nightmare as the TS55 fell off the table before it swung gently to and fro a foot off the floor!

Speaks a lot to the quality of the hose fitting that it didn't fall off even with the weight of the TS55.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Came up with a new benefit of the boom arm today.

I forgot that the hose was hooked up to the TS55 when I pushed the boom arm away from the MFT- had a momentary nightmare as the TS55 fell off the table before it swung gently to and fro a foot off the floor!

Speaks a lot to the quality of the hose fitting that it didn't fall off even with the weight of the TS55.

Your drop test was a dud.  Will you be performing this again, for an audience perhaps?  [big grin]

 

[Wonderwino]

Bungie jumping for Festools? 

 

[ccarrolladams]

There is a wise old saying in aviation:

There are pilots who have landed with their wheels retracted and there are pilots who will eventually land without extending their wheels.

The same is true with hand tools: At some time all of us will drop a tool.

My experience has been that Festools stand up to being accidentally dropped better than most other brands.

I hope to go the rest of my life without testing the ability of the hose connection to "bungee jump" a Festool from a boom arm.

 

[mouppe]

Just to clarify, it wasn't a test but an accident with a happy outcome.

I do my best to take care of things but accidents do happen.

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Awesome!  Which size hose was on the TS55?

 

[woodnerd]

When my T15 was about a week old, I knocked it off the top of a 10' ladder while standing on it.  As I looked straight down and watched it fall, it was like a slow-motion movie, I swear it took a good 5-10 seconds to land.  I was quite happy to find it had nary a scratch or crack.

I keep waiting for Festool to implement dust extraction on their drills, then I'll have an excuse to go buy the boom arm.