Cheese
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New Tools Spring 2026 - Jigsaw, Quadcharger & tabless batteries
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DAE keep having those "I could be using that boom now..." intrusive thoughts at work?I'm looking at 2...one for the stack for mobility and one mounted to the wall in the garage.
Cheese
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onocoffee
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For some reason, $103 for a hose seems not too bad...!Finally...a nice short 36mm hose for the Kapex from the factory...this has only been 18 years in the making.
onocoffee
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Ok, STOP!
I was just watching this video's first 30 seconds and noticed the "Translated with AI" at the bottom of the screen. Then noticed it was released by Festool and not Festool USA channel.
For those of you outside the USA, what language is this video in? I'm asking because, based on the names "Alexander Henzler" and "Philip Daubinger", as well as the "Natur Held" cap Alexander is wearing, I'm wondering if this was originally shot in German? I've been to Germany many times and have quite a few German friends - all of whom speak excellent English. However, none of them speak English with the American accent I'm hearing.
At first, I thought it might have just been YouTube's A.I. doing the auto-translate but there's no indication of that in the settings - and the lips are perfectly in sync with the words. This is one helluva A.I. job.
Any thoughts?
Cheese
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I want to say I paid that much for the old style short, 36mm ribbed hose back in 2015. The new woven version is 4x better than the ribbed version.
MacBoy
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Festool International gave this reply to a comment on that video about the silly speech AI:
“We work with real customers, product trainers and engineers - not actors.
Sometimes, they are not fluent in english or don't want to speak english in front of a camera.
But they have valuable things to say, so we try to make it accessible in english.
Would you prefer German / Dutch / ... language with subtitles?
Let us know, we'll improve with every video to show you the content the way you like it the most
“
MacBoy
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Also, Festool International gave a response to a comment asking about availability of the Cordless Domino in the USA:
“Products usually arrive in North America around six months later.
Feel free to follow our colleagues at @festool_usa to stay up to date with all the latest dates.”
“Products usually arrive in North America around six months later.
Feel free to follow our colleagues at @festool_usa to stay up to date with all the latest dates.”
These look 3d printed, Will they sell this or release it as a 3d print model (they already have something similar on their printables page: https://www.printables.com/model/806300-festool-guide-rail-holder )?
Cheese
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These are being marketed by Festool under the 578938 part number for $15 a pair.
bertv
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Nope, clearly injection moulded. Which should make them a bit more durable than 3d printed.
mino
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The photos are probably of FDM printed prototypes/versions ... would not surprise me if there were 3D files for those on Printables shortly.
onocoffee
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They, at least Festool USA, offers those 3D stl files via a link from the website to a Printables page - so I presume these are "official" Festool releases.
www.festoolusa.com
But while they show the Festool in green, the STL files don't come readily setup this way. You have to "color" in the green in whatever printing app you're using for your printer.
Though I much prefer these hangers because of the cam lock, but more importantly because it holds the rail "right side up" so I can see the lettering properly (my OCD is much too disagreeable for the rails to be upside down). And these will print in one operation so you don't have to assemble the cams, just twist.
Festool 3D printing - Expand your system!
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www.festoolusa.com
But while they show the Festool in green, the STL files don't come readily setup this way. You have to "color" in the green in whatever printing app you're using for your printer.
Though I much prefer these hangers because of the cam lock, but more importantly because it holds the rail "right side up" so I can see the lettering properly (my OCD is much too disagreeable for the rails to be upside down). And these will print in one operation so you don't have to assemble the cams, just twist.
Hipplewm
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I prefer upside down and protecting my splinter guard - I live in high heat/humidity, so one warm summer day sitting on the splinter guard and the glue doesn't have a chanceThey, at least Festool USA, offers those 3D stl files via a link from the website to a Printables page - so I presume these are "official" Festool releases.
Festool 3D printing - Expand your system!
Festool 3D print data➨ 3D print data ✔ Free print data ✔ Precisely matched to Festool tools ✔ Simply print it out yourself ➨ Festool
But while they show the Festool in green, the STL files don't come readily setup this way. You have to "color" in the green in whatever printing app you're using for your printer.
Though I much prefer these hangers because of the cam lock, but more importantly because it holds the rail "right side up" so I can see the lettering properly (my OCD is much too disagreeable for the rails to be upside down). And these will print in one operation so you don't have to assemble the cams, just twist.