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[Stone Message]

Indeed and for an example of some pretty cool engineering based alternatives, that mimic festool functionality for a shop based skilled engineer I'd recommend Mathias Wandel www.woodgears.ca I'd go so far as to say he's got a similar video style to yours Peter: informative, clear, impartial but not without a personal opinion or two and a sense of humour (with a healthy dollop of self depreciation)

I particularly like the marble machines --- pointlessly hypnotic!

I love Mathias's work and have subscribed to his channel a while ago.

Brilliant !

Peter

 

[Stone Message]

A few days ago a fellow posted on SawmillCreek that his CT22 caught fire. He specifically tated it started in the bag but that did not keep someone from opining that it probably was due to a motor issue. No one suggested he contact Festool. I am sure Shane and his colleagues would be very interested in doing a post mortem but another poster suggested he post the story over here and we would try to convince him it was all in his imagination and never happened.

I thought about posting about contacting Festool and also that it was highly unlikely it started in the motor and migrated quickly to the bag because of the design but concluded no one would listen objectively. What's the use? Folks will poke fun at us or think we're elitists or whatever. I think we laugh at ourselves at a fairly healthy level around here and am willing to just shrug my shoulders. I get what this guy is doing and don't really have a problem with any of it. John Stewart makes a good living doing essentially the same thing with politicians and Fox News.

Yes, it is tough being a member of an elite group such as this but great fun.

I prefer to keep my head below the parapet most of the time and that is why I don't drive around in a Rolls Royce - I would hate people to think that I was too good for a Yaris ! Oh, the other reason for not getting the Roller - have you ever seen one with two sheets of MDF on the roof?

Peter

 

[Stephen B]

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Quote from a friends email after I sent him the U Tube link -

"That stumpy nubs has some pretty cool ideas.......and the green paint bit is quite funny!!!!
I think I'll stick with the makita blue, it still has that struggling feel about it!!"  [smile]

 

[Tinker]

Stumpy has a tendency to wander a little off topic once in a while.  OOPS! 
Am I talking about me? [wink]  That reminds me of........... Er, ah,  I just don't have time right now.  Maybe next time.
Tinker

 

[AlexThePalex]

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Even though the guy mocks Festool in words his actions make the entire video one big Festool promotion. I can not see how one could be bothered by this even the slightest bit. 

Don't like his jig at all. He could at least have bothered to make it a true side-to-side motion instead of just rocking it over a pivot point to create a v-shaped hole.

 

[greg mann]

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Even though the guy mocks Festool in words his actions make the entire video one big Festool promotion. I can not see how one could be bothered by this even the slightest bit. 

Don't like his jig at all. He could at least have bothered to make it a true side-to-side motion instead of just rocking it over a pivot point to create a v-shaped hole.

I agree about the imitation. If the Domino had never been invented there would be no video.

As far as the price issue: i think Darcy Warner may be one of the most frugal, creative, and self-sufficient amongst us and I am willing to bet he would find it far more economical to buy a Domino rather than make one.

 

[Tinker]

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Even though the guy mocks Festool in words his actions make the entire video one big Festool promotion. I can not see how one could be bothered by this even the slightest bit. 

Don't like his jig at all. He could at least have bothered to make it a true side-to-side motion instead of just rocking it over a pivot point to create a v-shaped hole.

I agree about the imitation. If the Domino had never been invented there would be no video.

As far as the price issue: i think Darcy Warner may be one of the most frugal, creative, and self-sufficient amongst us and I am willing to bet he would find it far more economical to buy a Domino rather than make one.
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Yeh Greg, but the size! [poke]

 

[andy5405]

I think the guy is hilarious and provides good balance to anyone with a Festool addiction. Everyone is free to choose how they go about their woodworking especially if it is a hobby but the "Festool thing" is often about more than just woodworking and the ability to laugh at ourselves and our actions can be very revealing at times. We would all have to admit that Festool purchases aren't rational at times and that irrationality may be driven by trying to plug a gap in another aspect of our life. So criticism is good and reflecting on it might reap unexpected dividends.

 

[sancho57]

Rough crowd here. Now Ya know why I don't post my jigs

 

[Stone Message]

Rough crowd here. Now Ya know why I don't post my jigs

Is "jigs" a NA term for underwear or men's bits?

Peter

 

[Tinker]

You can't fault jobs worth.  He is a displaced woodworker.  He doesn't know his ... er, ah, he doesn't really know where he is at.  All he knows for now is that he is NAINA.  Over there in your area, he is really all screwed up.

Where I come from, a jig is a jog and a jog is a jig.  you know, when giving directions to a stranger, he is the type who would say, as he is scratching his ear, or where ever he is liable to scratch, he might say, "Weelll, ya cahnt really get theyah from heayah."  Or he might say, "weelll,ya go deown the road ovah theah, an' yah comes to a little jig in the road and then a quick jog an about a step ' r two it is right theah." 

Have patience, he will be fine once he gets back on the right side of the pond.  Or is it the left side?  I'm all confused from this long explanation. Peter, you will just have do do a vid to explain in visual terms.
Tinker

 

[Stone Message]

You can't fault jobs worth.  He is a displaced woodworker.  He doesn't know his ... er, ah, he doesn't really know where he is at.  All he knows for now is that he is NAINA.  Over there in your area, he is really all screwed up.

Where I come from, a jig is a jog and a jog is a jig.  you know, when giving directions to a stranger, he is the type who would say, as he is scratching his ear, or where ever he is liable to scratch, he might say, "Weelll, ya cahnt really get theyah from heayah."  Or he might say, "weelll,ya go deown the road ovah theah, an' yah comes to a little jig in the road and then a quick jog an about a step ' r two it is right theah." 

Have patience, he will be fine once he gets back on the right side of the pond.  Or is it the left side?  I'm all confused from this long explanation. Peter, you will just have do do a vid to explain in visual terms.
Tinker

Better keep to the straight and narrow - fancy that being a bend in the road. Is that where the term jogging came from?

Peter