RG 130

[Tattoo]

Does anyone know if the RG 130 will be available in Canada any time soon or NA for that matter?

Thx
Lawrence

 

[Tattoo]

No-one knows?

 

[Nat X]

Considering the fact that the only concrete tool Festool has sold in North America is an SDS-Plus hammer, you should probably go get an Alpha Ecogrinder instead of waiting.

 

[rst]

Metabo RS14-125 works great and has good dust extraction

 

[leakyroof]

Considering the fact that the only concrete tool Festool has sold in North America is an SDS-Plus hammer, you should probably go get an Alpha Ecogrinder instead of waiting.

  I'll add my two cents . I'm wondering if Festool will add to their NA lineup now that the new Dust Regulations for capturing or containing concrete or silica dust came on line in June. Hilti had a read out on their web site about the new regs that I talked about here on FOG earlier in the year. You would think Festool would want to promote their dust collecting equipment ,but as you noted, nothing yet.

 

[Nat X]

Well I don't think any of their current extractor models would last too long on a big concrete job, so I'm not sure I'd be promoting them too heavily myself--if the bags didn't clog prematurely, the hose caddies would probably snap. But between Collomix, Alpha and Metabo, I don't think anyone's missing out on too much. They've even got a grinder/tuckpointer thingy that rides on Festool tracks:


Its main purpose seems to be cutting control joints, but I turned a huge sheet of slate into little desktops with one in somebody's living room and there was very little cleanup to do afterward.

 

[rst]

I use both the Metabo RS14-125 and W12-125 HD CED PLUS and both have great dust extraction.