New hobbyist woodworker from Belgium

[Tycho91]

Hi everyone,
Just decided to join and introduce myself. I'm an amateur woodworker/furniture maker working out of my small garage in Belgium. Did a night school course on furniture making and have made some of our furniture myself. I would like to start creating things for other people too but I feel that I must improve a bit more (or it's just a confidence thing...).
At the moment my Festool machine collection is the Domino 500, TS55 and the OF1010 which I all bought second hand for a nice price. I've also bought some Festool branded jigs with varying degrees of satisfaction.
Another one of my big machines is an 80's Robland combination machine.
If I missed anything, feel free to ask!

 

[RJNeal]

Welcome aboard mate. Lots of knowledge here on the FOG.
Please share some pictures of your projects.
Rick

 

[grobkuschelig]

... I've also bought some Festool branded jigs with varying degrees of satisfaction....

Welcome to the Forum!

I am intrigued, which jigs did you buy?

 

[Tycho91]

Welcome aboard mate. Lots of knowledge here on the FOG.
Please share some pictures of your projects.
Rick

Thank you, I hope to learn some things.
The project I'm most proud of is the tv cabinet. I'm jealous of all the american woodworkers that see walnut as almost a cheap wood. For this project only the legs and edge banding are "full" wood, all else is veneered mdf.

... I've also bought some Festool branded jigs with varying degrees of satisfaction....

Welcome to the Forum!

I am intrigued, which jigs did you buy?

Well, the ones I'm satisfied with are ofcourse the guide rail (which my saw didn't have when I bought it), the FS-WA/90° (although it seems it has a minor deviation but that was probably just my setup) and the copy rings.
The jig that works but I'm not 100% satisfied of is the WA-OF arm in combination with the UP-OF to trim edgebanding. It "works" but I feel that the router is still a bit heavy for it and I also can't seem to get the micro adjusting working. It just doesn't seem like a tight fit and that there's always a few mm of play in it.

 

[FABPRE]

hello, I too have noticed a small constant deviation of the track (from 1400 onwards) using FS-WA / 90 ° will it be a coincidence or a defect? Perhaps the stop is not long enough to guarantee the orthogonality of the track

 

[Michael Kellough]

“At the moment my Festool machine collection is the Domino 500, TS55 and the OF1010 which I all bought second hand for a nice price. I've also bought some Festool branded jigs with varying degrees of satisfaction.
Another one of my big machines is an 80's Robland combination machine.”

Welcome! That’s an excellent set of tools. You’ll be able to make almost anything with them.