one reason to buy festool and the "system"

[honeydoman]

today I had to cut off 3 sides of a cabinet at a dental office, 2nd floor. and then attach a new shelf top.  I cut the cab right in the dental office in the hall and by using the vac and the ts75 and the guide.  as you can see no dust, straight line cut and no tear out.  if you are a professonial then use professional tools that do what they are designed for.as you can see the 2nd pic is after the cut of particle board

 

[Eli]

My favorite kind of job. Easy, fast, dustless, and profitable. ;D

 

[dirtydeeds]

i use the festool dust extraction as a selling point for work in houses and flats

it always goes down well with the lady of the house

english - american translation  ;D

flat = apartment

 

[James Metcalf]

Dirtydeeds

Old joke. What is the word for someone speaking three languages? Answer-Trilingual. What is the word for someone speaking two languages? Answer bilingual. What is the word for someone speaking one language? Answer- American. It is good to know you are bilingual.  ;D Thanks for the translation.

 

[Dan Clark]

Mei Pen Lai Krup!  (Thai for "No Problem"!)

Dan.

 

[dirtydeeds]

james m

the english version of your joke is

why cant foreigners speak english

answer.  because they are deaf

the solution, just talk louder

 

[Dan Clark]

Pardon...  I didn't hear you!

 

[dirtydeeds]

aside to the wife " i'll have to speak slower as well "

wifes reply " i think hes from glasgow "

 

[JeromeM]

Mei Pen Lai Krup!  (Thai for "No Problem"!)

Dan.

Sorry the Thai for no problem is Mei Me Pen Harr Krup  ;D

Mei Pen Lai Krup! is never mind

 

[Jim Becker]

Yea, I had to (unfortunately) remove an inch from the bottom of a Thos Moser inspired armoire in order to be able to get it upright in my younger daughter's room a few months ago. The ceiling in that portion of the house (circa 1750s) was an inch lower than the adjacent room for which the piece was originally dimensioned for. So I carted a rail, the ATF55 and CT22 into the room and did the deed. It was nice to be able to make an extremely clean and accurate cut as well as end up with pretty much zero debris in the room.

 

[Frank Pellow]

I've had several situations like Jim where I have had to use saws and sanders inside the house.  In the BF (Before Festool) era, this was always a big problem but now in the WF (With Festool) era, my wife does not even blink when I tackle such a job,

 

[honeydoman]

i agree 100%  in fact I enjoying patching drywall especially small ceiling patches.  I use the 125 sander with the vac and no dust flys in my face and around the peoples house and it does a fantastic job.

for those that do some patching,.  for a quick fix  use the 20 minute mud then blow dry with heat gun... 2nd coat heat gun sand and if needed 1 more quick thin skim coat blow dry prime paint done deal get check.

all in less than 2 hours. and $200 bucks in your pocket.  or more.

 

[jaegerhund]

Slick --- I always worry about applying heat to speed up the curing process.  Good to hear it can be done with good results.

Justin

 

[nickao]

i agree 100%  in fact I enjoying patching drywall especially small ceiling patches.  I use the 125 sander with the vac and no dust flys in my face and around the peoples house and it does a fantastic job.

for those that do some patching,.  for a quick fix  use the 20 minute mud then blow dry with heat gun... 2nd coat heat gun sand and if needed 1 more quick thin skim coat blow dry prime paint done deal get check.

all in less than 2 hours. and $200 bucks in your pocket.  or more.

You can go with the 5 minute mud too and you wont need a  heat gun, but move fast!

 

[honeydoman]

i agree 100%  in fact I enjoying patching drywall especially small ceiling patches.  I use the 125 sander with the vac and no dust flys in my face and around the peoples house and it does a fantastic job.

for those that do some patching,.  for a quick fix  use the 20 minute mud then blow dry with heat gun... 2nd coat heat gun sand and if needed 1 more quick thin skim coat blow dry prime paint done deal get check.

all in less than 2 hours. and $200 bucks in your pocket.  or more.

You can go with the 5 minute mud too and you wont need a  heat gun, but move fast!

I agree, it is hard to find the 5 minute stuff.... they carried it in LA when I used to live their but here in NC I think people move to slow.............

I guess you might say it is the viagra of the mud mix!  hard in 5 minutes.

 

[Texastutt]

Slick --- I always worry about applying heat to speed up the curing process.   Good to hear it can be done with good results.

Justin

With the SR 90/45/20 or the 5 which I've not seen they all have chemicals in them so they are designed to dry before they crack... I've not used the heat gun but I've put on about 1/2" of SR 45 to even out a wall, looks like crap a first but a couple of coats later (w/o heat gun a day later) it looks great!

Now about sanding the stuff, I've not gotten a Festool sander yet, but I have the RO150 on the list, will it work just as well. Drywall patching dustless is a good thing! I've gotten to the point where I do very little sanding but the second to last coat needs a good sand still.

 

[Ted Miller]

I kid you not, but I swear I get some jobs word of mouth due to being "a clean carpenter". Fist I thought it meant I knew what I was doing after all these years, now I know it just means their house is not a mess when I leave...

 

[honeydoman]

texastutt,

yes the 150 will work great, and I agree after the first couple of coats the 1st one and 2nd look pretty ranchy sometimes but the third coat,  then sanded works great.

the heat gun really helps out and saves time going back and forth for small patches.  i use the 125 but either will work fine.