GPowers said:
And a router..... might as well get it over with [laughing]
Seth
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And a router..... might as well get it over with [laughing]
Seth
Ashton said:
Oh my, you have no idea............. what it will do for assembly [eek]
Seth
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True, the TS 55 was in your first post... As for the Domino, much more than a Biscuit joiner. Choice of tenon thickness and length in two different sized machines to boot. You can double up on Tenons by cutting two mortises against each other and you have two tenon materials from Festool to choose from or cut your own tenons out of the wood species that you want.Ashton said:
At any rate, enjoy your new tools
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Congrats! Awesome start...and if you are like many of us, you will continue down the path and pick up more and more...things I thought I would never buy when I started are now happily sitting in my shop and I have no regrets. The Domino is a great tool and one of the top things I would suggest new Festool users buy...it changes joinery and opens up lots and lots of options.
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Ashton said:
That's a very nice starter kit indeed!
Ok, day 1 - Started making the banquette for my breakfast area. (resumed really)
TS 55 - I could have been smoother making the initial rubber track line cut. Felt good though. The motion of plunging will take a little getting used to. Sooo much quieter than I was expecting.
DF 500 - Well, I found out quick that a 15mm deep D5 cut into a 45 deg cut 3/4" board means you're coming out the other side a bit. This thing will take some getting used to as well. Really glad I got the Q set instead of the bare DF 500.
RO 90 - Nice. Testing on scrap, the rotax motion really will eat quite quickly. Sanding off the ends of domino's poking out of the face of plywood, it seemed pretty well suited for it. Nice sander. I would have been miserable sanding the bookcases I want to build. This isn't a large area sander.
ETS 150/5 - Easily the favorite tool I purchased. It is like the sex of sanding. I never knew it could be like that. I had to think in order to not keep sanding right through the veneer of the plywood. I could have sanded with that thing for hours, and actually enjoyed it. [big grin]
CT 26 - Wonderfully silent. Would have been flawless if I hadn't been too excited to use the other tools and run half the day with the bag folded on the bottom of the container. Felt silly vacuuming my new dust collector out with my old shop vac. Damned if I wasn't going to keep the CT clean as possible though.
PS 300 - Not at the point I need it today. Tomorrow I'll be using it though. Worried about visibility.
TS 55 - I could have been smoother making the initial rubber track line cut. Felt good though. The motion of plunging will take a little getting used to. Sooo much quieter than I was expecting.
DF 500 - Well, I found out quick that a 15mm deep D5 cut into a 45 deg cut 3/4" board means you're coming out the other side a bit. This thing will take some getting used to as well. Really glad I got the Q set instead of the bare DF 500.
RO 90 - Nice. Testing on scrap, the rotax motion really will eat quite quickly. Sanding off the ends of domino's poking out of the face of plywood, it seemed pretty well suited for it. Nice sander. I would have been miserable sanding the bookcases I want to build. This isn't a large area sander.
ETS 150/5 - Easily the favorite tool I purchased. It is like the sex of sanding. I never knew it could be like that. I had to think in order to not keep sanding right through the veneer of the plywood. I could have sanded with that thing for hours, and actually enjoyed it. [big grin]
CT 26 - Wonderfully silent. Would have been flawless if I hadn't been too excited to use the other tools and run half the day with the bag folded on the bottom of the container. Felt silly vacuuming my new dust collector out with my old shop vac. Damned if I wasn't going to keep the CT clean as possible though.
PS 300 - Not at the point I need it today. Tomorrow I'll be using it though. Worried about visibility.
Sounds like you had a really fun day [smile]
TS55--- plunge (off the work piece), hold, push forward. It'll be so easy after a few more cuts you won't even think about it.
Domino-- If you are joining 3/4" plywood at right angle. Use 6 x 40 tenon. Mortise into the edge 28mm deep, and into the face 12mm deep. The 15mm (for the 5mm tenon) depth leaves very little wood on the other side. Just remember to check the depth setting before mortising the face.
RO90--- Yeah, Rotex can really remove material fast!
ETS150-- isn't that thing sweet, it'll get smoother with a little more use too.
CT26 ---- dust collection is a wonderful thing.
Seth
TS55--- plunge (off the work piece), hold, push forward. It'll be so easy after a few more cuts you won't even think about it.
Domino-- If you are joining 3/4" plywood at right angle. Use 6 x 40 tenon. Mortise into the edge 28mm deep, and into the face 12mm deep. The 15mm (for the 5mm tenon) depth leaves very little wood on the other side. Just remember to check the depth setting before mortising the face.
RO90--- Yeah, Rotex can really remove material fast!
ETS150-- isn't that thing sweet, it'll get smoother with a little more use too.
CT26 ---- dust collection is a wonderful thing.
Seth
SRSemenza said:
I was joining 3/4" at a right angle with a 45 miter. I then took the domino. Tilted the fence 45. Ran it in 15mm. On the face closest to the miter, I guess the domino bit ran out 1-1.5mm. I was running right along and didn't even flip the board to see that until I'd made two matching mortises on each miter cut. Oops.
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