Pictures of new Rotex 150 with systainer and 8 year old Rotex 150 with systainer

[Frank Pellow]

I purchased a new Rotex 150 this week.  After 8 years of very heavy use, my old Rotex 150 was exhibiting some electrical quirks.  I simply cannot be without this tool so I decided to buy a new one and send my old one out for a "tune up".  Once I get the old Rotex back it will serve my backup.I do expect to get many morte years work out of it,

Here are a couple of comaprison photos of the sanders and their systainers:

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The colour on the Festool systainers certanly fades, doesn't it.

 

[nickao]

I think you got your money out of that tool. 

 

[peter halle]

Congrats Frank!  May the new one serve you as well as the old one.

Peter

 

[davee]

I am just back from the Advanced Router training in Lebanon which I attended on Thursday and Friday.  We had a tour of the facility including the service area.  There was an old but very nicely cleaned and restored RO 150 on the just finished rack.  Might have been yours?  If not, they did very nice work on one very similar.

 

[Frank Pellow]

I am just back from the Advanced Router training in Lebanon which I attended on Thursday and Friday.  We had a tour of the facility including the service area.  There was an old but very nicely cleaned and restored RO 150 on the just finished rack.  Might have been yours?  If not, they did very nice work on one very similar.

It can't be mine becuase I just finished sending mine (to the Festool Canada repair depot) today.  I'm asking for an estimate and whether they think that it is worth while to repair.  Once I find out, I will post something in this thread.

 

[Sean7a]

Awesome post Frank, really cool to see the comparison between the two.  Even cooler to know that she's still kicking after 8 years, but no surprise really.

 

[PaulMarcel]

So on one of my browsers on one of these computers, I must have a reply to this sitting 'unposted'.

Nice way to show the longevity of those sanders.  The older 150's body looks suspiciously like the RAS-115 body, though I'd guess the gearing is completely different.

In looking at these pictures, your Systainer family photo, and the recent CT-Mini review, I'd say you work all your Festools hard.

I did read recently about someone's RO-150 vibrating off a bench into a bucket.  Thinking the bucket was dry, he kept on his work.  About 5 minutes later he got back to seeing it swimming in water.  Dried it off, blasted with compressed air to get all the nocks clean.... it still runs.

So far they seem invincible.  Their Kyrptonite, though, is UL

 

[Frank Pellow]

So on one of my browsers on one of these computers, I must have a reply to this sitting 'unposted'.

Nice way to show the longevity of those sanders.  The older 150's body looks suspiciously like the RAS-115 body, though I'd guess the gearing is completely different.

In looking at these pictures, your Systainer family photo, and the recent CT-Mini review, I'd say you work all your Festools hard.

I did read recently about someone's RO-150 vibrating off a bench into a bucket.  Thinking the bucket was dry, he kept on his work.  About 5 minutes later he got back to seeing it swimming in water.  Dried it off, blasted with compressed air to get all the nocks clean.... it still runs.

So far they seem invincible.  Their Kyrptonite, though, is UL

Paul, I agree that I work my tools hard, but I don't abuse them.  Festool tools are not meant to be mollycoddled, they are meant to be used often and under many different conditions.

 

[MTRANGER]

Frank,

I think it would be cool if you put before and after pictures up of the old rotex 150. 

 

[Frank Pellow]

Frank,

I think it would be cool if you put before and after pictures up of the old rotex 150. 

Sorry, I looked for some pictures dating back to when I first got the Rotex 150, but I couldn't find any that had the sander in them.

 

[Frank Pellow]

I received my old Rotex back from it's tune up today and am happy to report that it is working well again.  My objective is to use it for at least another 8 years (but as a backup).