New festool(S)!! owner

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BJJ chippy

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Had my old dewalt chopsaw for around 14 years decided to go festool ....

Well since spending £1600 on the kapex120 UG set ,ouchi . I decided that it really needed the extract so browsing away i started looking at circular saws and extract bundles . Upshot is
2 x 1400 guide rails
circular saw kit
Rail bag
CTL 26e  extract
T55 r saw
Plane ehl65
Cleaning kit

£3000 in two weeks
In the voice of jim carrey

Ssssomebody sssstop Me

Those routers look nice.... [big grin]

Did i mention im pleased with the Kapex
 
Congratulations! The more you buy of it, the less it hurts. If only because you know it's one more thing you won't have to buy again  [tongue]
 
Dear BJ

Well done. You will love these tools. I have not managed to get a plane yet but may do next year. Take a look at the Dominos - they are amazing. Depending on your woodworking habits you may need either the DF500 or the latest DF700 Domino - both are brilliant. I make fairly small items most of the time and have therefore bought the Rotex 90 sander. You have to have a Rotex. For me, the Rotex 90 has the edge because it has the added function of delta sanding. I have tackled some quite big table tops with this tough little tool and it has done a great job.

I have made some videos of a few tools in the Festool range and you may find some of them helpful. If you have any queries about anything, even non Festool topics, you will find someone here on the FOG to help. The FOG is the greatest collection of interested and helpful people on the internet.

Welcome.

Peter
 
Congrats and well done on going full throttle....this will most certainly not be the last purchase you make...just when you think you have everything you want/need that little voice starts....

Enjoy!!

Scot
 
I started buying Festool a little over a year ago, and my collection is pretty complete for my needs--I think I've spent about $4500. My latest acquisition was the Domino 500, which was the tool I thought I needed least. I really like it, and there is no comparble tool out there. I used it to make a complex, really big frame-and-panel front for a queen size Murphy bed, and it not only simplified  the job, it, along with the Kapex and OF1400 router, it made for a very tight and precise assembly.

My sister asked my advice about stripping many coats of old paint from casings and door jambs on their rental house. I unhesitatingly urged her to buy the RO 90 (I have the RO 125) for all the casings and woodwork, and when she said they were thinking about not buying the dust extractor, and just wearing a dust mask, I really got wound up about lead safety and about how much longer the disks last with proper extraction, along with the assurance that Festool will buy it all back within 30 days if they're not happy. So, they bought a Midi to go with the RO 90.

She's happy. And she's certainly not a tool freak like I am.

 
As the local festool genie

I forsee in the near future there will be a lot more festools miraculously showing up in your shop in the near future.

The cards also show simultaneously as the tools appear, your bank account will disappear…  [big grin]

 
Good luck!

I went down the festool route few years ago!  Few years later went self employed needed few more tools gues wa i bought festool tools and other tool brands BUT Another down side to buying festool is you change the way you think! You end up buying other expensive brands for other types of tools!  

I ended up spending £24k+ within 3years  I blame festool! Even though it's not all festool tools I bought

And I'm still spending!!  [eek]
Jmb
 
Haha thanks people, refreshing to hear others spending lots more than me!!
Never even had a look at domino until last night . Nice bit of kit !!
 
In case you aren't already acquainted, Warren and Laura at Bunny's Bolts between Guildford and Woking may well be your nearest Festool Supplier and they will happily help to relieve you of all your hard earned cash. They are always happy and helpful and give a great service - they also try to sweeten the pill when it comes to settling up - thanks for the towel guys! Beware though, owning Festool tools is adictive - I've added a CXS and an EHL65 to the collection in the last 24hours!
 
Thanks for all the advice ,next project.... turning garage into a festool mancave  [big grin]
With regard to the festool retailers , can online prices be beaten? I did a fair bit of price scouring before i purchased seems everyone is more or less the same.
 
You're not a REAL Festool junkie without a sander or two  [wink]

 
BJJ chippy said:
Thanks for all the advice ,next project.... turning garage into a festool mancave  [big grin]
With regard to the festool retailers , can online prices be beaten? I did a fair bit of price scouring before i purchased seems everyone is more or less the same.
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If you develop a good (business) relationship with a retailer then they will usually try and price match with online suppliers. However Festool seem to have a very strict pricing structure which doesn't seem to allow any leeway on pricing of tools so either online or a conventional bricks and mortar retailer will usually advertise at the same price. What you can sometimes get is a better deal on consumables if, for example, you buy a sander you might get a reduction if you buy a couple of boxes of paper at the same time.

HTH,

Steve
 
Sanders dominos routers ok lol i hear you.
Ill pop in the tool shop and have a look when im passing through
Thanks again everyone
 
Welcome Chippy.

Did I read right that you don't have a Festool drill  [eek]

I'm too scared to tally up what I've spent on Festool & similar tools etc but probably in JMB's group  [scared]
 
I went down the green slide to bliss within two years of my first Festoy purchase... Now some 5000€ poorer but a shed full of greenies I'm wondering why did I even try to build anything with lesser tools.

Just did my first garden box with Dominoes (sipo + TB3) and couldn't be happier. Did the whole thing from mock-up through dryfit to finish in two days flat. [big smile]

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