The OSC 18 has been out for a number of years now and I feel it is falling a bit behind when compared to recent launches from other brands. I feel it could use an update. The performance is no longer top tier. Festool has shown an interest in adding lights to more tools yet the OSC 18 has yet to get illumination. Most other brands (Not including the alphabet soup brands on Amazon) have lighting for their OMT's. I determined awhile back that the first LED on an OMT was over a decade ago. Another thing I would like to see is a larger oscillation angle to match that of the M18 Fuel (I think that has the larget oscillation angle right now but I could be mistaken) More oscillation angle equals faster cutting. Knowing Festool they will figure out a way to do this without reducing finish quality.
OSC 18 Gen 2
- Thread starter jronman
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That sounds great, and a skinny handle but same fein head that can get in them nooks and crannies. Not made in China either, seems festool is going that route more often eg new jigsaw, i will be buying bosch equivelant if they do. Cant charge festool prices for china made products, as the failure rate of the 4.0 batts showed that.
onocoffee
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That's just a soundly myopic viewpoint.
The reason why Chinese-made tools are seen as "cheap" is because American companies set the standard for that cheapness. They contracted with manufacturers and had them cut corners to save costs and increase profitability.
Within woodworking, one only needs to look at Harvey (or PowerMatic, for that matter) to know that Chinese-made can be of excellent quality. Considering we're talking about Festool/TTS, I'm less concerned that they will specify necessarily lower quality standards for their tools, just because.
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