Problems with Festool...

[cneville101]

I've got a gripe and I need help from the senior members of this group....  I have a couple of real problems with the whole Festool system...

In the last two weeks I have purchased the RO 150, the CT 22, the TS 75 and today I bought the Domino Q set and the cutter and domino assortment.... here is the problem:

1.  I'm addicted and I don't know how to stop scheming to buy more and more tools - I don't even have enough projects to justify the purchases.  I'm buying the tools and trying to think up projects in which to use them. 

2.  The damn Systainers are hard to hide.  My wife, who I can typically slip new tools past, noticed the systainers immediately - I think that the CT 22 with the RO150 systainer on top, gave off a very visible profile that she hadn't noticed before.  If she knew the price of Festool - my next project would be a large doghouse with my pillow inside it.

How do you guys "just say no"??  And where do you hide the systainers?

Thanks for any advice you can provide.

Chris

 

[vkumar]

Chris,

I have the perfect solution for you.  I'll take the systainers off your hands. I'll be a nice guy and will even pay for your disposal fees (shipping I mean).  You will be safe from your wife. ;D

I feel your pain brother and commiserate with you.

Vijay

 

[PaulW]

Running out of money seems to stop me. 
Welcome to the slippery slope.  ;D

 

[Anthony]

Hi Chris,

Before my dealer days, I found buying my wife a CT33, ROTEX and DUPLEX helped quite a bit.

Now I think back, we bought out first Festool tool together, a CDD12 cordless drill. She was probably more interested in it than I was on that day. So I can always blame here for the addiction.

So my suggestion is... next time you actually need a new Festool especially to build something that she wants, take her shopping with you. 

 

[The Woodentop]

Psychiatrists don't help and, as far as I know, there's no medication. There's only one thing to do. Come out. It's like owning up to being an alcoholic or gay. You'll feel better about yourself afterwards.......so I'm told.

 

[robtonya]

Running out of money seems to stop me. 
Welcome to the slippery slope.  ;D

Yeah brother, that is what slows me down too. I wonder if money was no object, and you ordered one of everything from the new catalog, what would be the total ?

 

[jo041326]

It stops when your wife kicks your a.., divorces with you and flay you until last cent. If you have children, you will pay so long you will 100% forget about your systainers and Festool (which will be sold anyway to pay your wife so you will pay for Festool twice).
Josef

 

[robtonya]

Ouch Josef, that sounds a little personal.

 

[jo041326]

Not yet man  , but I know what I'm talking about.

 

[billybokay]

my probelm is worse than yours..

I too felt the way you did, but now my problem is this..
I have 2 ct22's and a mini
the ts 55 saw
1010 router and 1400 router and accesories
the domino
three sanders..ro150, rs2e, 150/3
lots of systainers and sortainers

I REALLY don't need anything else green and black..I know it sucks.
the best part in collecting this kind of stuff is using it, and I sure do ..
I guess July 1st will be here soon enough though

 

[CharlesWilson]

The only workable solution is replace this addiction with another.

May I suggest:

Chocolate, Coffee, Tobacco or Alcohol

Of the four mentioned above, Chocolate is the one your wife is likely to join you in.

I buy chocolate two boxes at a time (100 lb, 50 lb per box) and only buy dark chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa solids and cocoa butter. It helps to reduce the craving for black and green items in cream colored boxes.

Charles

 

[Dave Rudy]

The only workable solution is replace this addiction with another.

May I suggest:

Chocolate, Coffee, Tobacco or Alcohol

...Chocolate is the one....

Nah, too messy (bad dust collection?); not sharp enough to cut hardwood.  Other suggestions?

 

[Fred West]

Chris, HELLO, two ways. One as suggested build lots of cool items for her with the explanation that only the festools made it possible, faster, easier, smarter, etc... Two, build a hideaway for the systainers.   Fred

 

[merklebob]

go to the festool junky site hes got a whole page of suggestion.  best is to may her something she's always wanted.

 

[PeterK]

This is a problem I know way too well. My answer is to store most of the Systainers in the attic and the tools are in drawers with a few on shelves. Aweful hard to camoflage the CT33 though!! Luckily, she rarely ventures out to the shed/shop   . She gets the credit/blame for all this though as she got me started by suggesting we go to a Woodworking Show about 6 years ago and wanted me to purchase stuff - so it's ALL HER FAULT  
Pete

 

[nickao]

How about not hiding anything and telling her:

"I am adult and this is my hobby, get over it. I could be at the bar drinking the money up or gambling it away". 

Nickao

 

[The Dude]

The only workable solution is replace this addiction with another.

May I suggest:

Chocolate, Coffee, Tobacco or Alcohol

Of the four mentioned above, Chocolate is the one your wife is likely to join you in.

I buy chocolate two boxes at a time (100 lb, 50 lb per box) and only buy dark chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa solids and cocoa butter. It helps to reduce the craving for black and green items in cream colored boxes.

Charles

Chris, there is a mini-systainer that you can put the chocolate in.  I will get one to you at work!!!  Put some choc in there, a nice little green ribbon, all will be good.  Perhaps some IOU's as well on projects that you will complete for her.  NOTE:  Do not give a time frame or estimated time of completion!!!  Make sure you pic some projects that you will need new tools for as well.  In this manner, it will be her fault then that you had to buy new Festool...capiche?

Timmy C

 

[Ned]

Chris, there is a mini-systainer that you can put the chocolate in.  I will get one to you at work!!!  Put some choc in there, a nice little green ribbon, all will be good.  Perhaps some IOU's as well on projects that you will complete for her.

I love it. 

While Nick's suggestion is the truth, anyone you need to say that to probably won't get it. 

I'm betting on Timmy's idea.  The mini inserts could make it look more like boxed candy.

Ned

 

[cneville101]

How about not hiding anything and telling her:

"I am adult and this is my hobby, get over it. I could be at the bar drinking the money up or gambling it away". 

Nickao

Thanks everyone... I can see that I am not alone in my struggles.

I've actually tried that - the problem is that she is perhaps the worlds most talented shopper and she truly thinks that shopping is a sport.  When I use the "I'm an adult" line, we both know that she is as well and she can out-shop/out-spend me any day of the week.  Festools are expensive, but they do pale in comparison to a weekend shopping frenzy.

As new tools appear in the shop, my wife takes that as an indication that we have spare money to burn - the problem is that my tools (and camera gear or golf gear... the other hobbies) have consumed the excess cash - so, her follow-on spending sprees always consume money that was not "expendable" and was earmarked for more important things like the mortgage.

Oh well, I guess I'll get to planning my next project... the dog house that I am going to call home.

Chris

 

[Wonderwino]

And where do you hide the systainers?

Fortunately, I own a now vacant building next to my office, which receives all Festool shipments.  My wife doesn't have a key, so as long as they are in a room away from the windows, I think I'm safe.  If not, I may be homeless, but at least I'll have my Festools!