Hi, I'm Patrick, I live in Boston, I do amateur woodworking for furniture and stuff around the house. But mostly furniture.
Technically I already have owned a festool item for 3 years (a sawstop contractor saw), then more recently a shaper origin, but I hadn't bought anything from the company yet.
I got to use a friend's domino and I was impressed by the build quality. Also I had enough
In March/Apr this year, I took the plunge and bought:
- TS55 Track saw, battery powered
- EC125 5 inch random orbit sander
- CT 26E dust extractor
- Kapex KS120 miter saw
I really like them so far. The track saw is very specialized, but when it comes down to breaking down plywood/other sheet goods, it's just so good at it. Also since it's battery powered, I can take it with me when I buy some and if for whatever reason there's wait or no tool/nobody to cut it for me when I'm there, I can just cut it myself on the spot. Amazing.
The random orbit sander is just more pleasant and more effective than anything I've tried before
The CT26E doesn't slurp much more (or not noticeably) than my $400 dewalt hepa extractor, but it's way more silent and more pleasant to use!
The Kapex is like a normal miter saw except better adjusted (square) or adjustable, and that throws so much less dust in the air it's not even comparable. Not perfect by any means but close. I'd really like the depth limiter to be able to limit a bit higher than 1 inch and to get a zero clearance plate from the factory but apart from that I really like it. It's very precise.
The shaper origin is great for what it is too, so is the sawstop table saw, it's not just safer, it's just a very good all around saw with good materials, operation, adjustability, etc.
My next buys are probably a domino 500, a 6" rotex sander (is it called rotex 150?), maybe a jigsaw, a 1400 router, and ... I don't know
Technically I already have owned a festool item for 3 years (a sawstop contractor saw), then more recently a shaper origin, but I hadn't bought anything from the company yet.
I got to use a friend's domino and I was impressed by the build quality. Also I had enough
In March/Apr this year, I took the plunge and bought:
- TS55 Track saw, battery powered
- EC125 5 inch random orbit sander
- CT 26E dust extractor
- Kapex KS120 miter saw
I really like them so far. The track saw is very specialized, but when it comes down to breaking down plywood/other sheet goods, it's just so good at it. Also since it's battery powered, I can take it with me when I buy some and if for whatever reason there's wait or no tool/nobody to cut it for me when I'm there, I can just cut it myself on the spot. Amazing.
The random orbit sander is just more pleasant and more effective than anything I've tried before
The CT26E doesn't slurp much more (or not noticeably) than my $400 dewalt hepa extractor, but it's way more silent and more pleasant to use!
The Kapex is like a normal miter saw except better adjusted (square) or adjustable, and that throws so much less dust in the air it's not even comparable. Not perfect by any means but close. I'd really like the depth limiter to be able to limit a bit higher than 1 inch and to get a zero clearance plate from the factory but apart from that I really like it. It's very precise.
The shaper origin is great for what it is too, so is the sawstop table saw, it's not just safer, it's just a very good all around saw with good materials, operation, adjustability, etc.
My next buys are probably a domino 500, a 6" rotex sander (is it called rotex 150?), maybe a jigsaw, a 1400 router, and ... I don't know
