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What's your most well used, or oldest piece of Festool gear - what tools just keep working year after year on the jobsite?  Which ones flame out and die a smoky electronic death?
So, whats your most well used piece of Festool gear? [big grin]
 
nanook said:
What's your most well used, or oldest piece of Festool gear - what tools just keep working year after year on the jobsite?   Which ones flame out and die a smoky electronic death?
So, whats your most well used piece of Festool gear? [big grin]
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[welcome] to The FOG Nanook!

Both of the first Festools I purchased as a set in January 2006 are still going strong. They are a TS55 and a CT22. The OF1010 I bought two weeks later is still working as well as the day it was new. All have served me for thousands of hours. Blades and bits have been sharpened and bags replaced.

I own at least one of virtually all Festools electric tools made since 2006. None have ever flamed out, nor have any of my Festools needed to make a return trip to Lebanon for repair.

Probably my single most used Festool is my original OF1010. It could well have drilled a million LR32 holes.

My first TS55 is no longer used daily, because it is kept in reserve as the standard against all my other TS55 and TS75 are adjusted so they fit guide rails identically. Still, my Senior TS55 is started and makes at least one cut a week, to ensure it is in top condition. My Senior CT22 is dedicated to one of my Kapex with a short 36mm AS hose.
 
The oldest and also the first that I purchased (along with a TS55 saw -since sold)  is my CT22 vacuum that I bought in 2003.  

The most used is probably my PS2 jigsaw which was also purchased in 2003:

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The jig saw has been repaired once and is still going strong.  I now have a second festool jig saw (a PS 300) but it is no better than the PS2.  They both get used a lot.
 
It would be my c12.
Got it when it first came out in 2005.
Still going,but the batteries are not holding up.
 
Thanks for the welcome guys --just for fun lets see some pics of the carnage, how are there tools holding up after the better part of a decade of use?
 
My first, and most used Festool is the TS-55 (Christmas 2006).  It is filthy and has it's share of scratches but it, like my other ten powered Festools has never seen the lonely repair area at Festool USA.  I have had to order some consumables and some screws and nuts because things vibrated loose while they were tossed in the rear of the truck or trailer not necessarily in their Systainers.  (Shane can attest to the fact that I am indeed a tool tosser.)

All my tools are dirty and have sawdust on them.  My Systainers are scratched, a few dented, and one is missing part of a corner.  My MFT/3 has a top that has oodles of saw kerfs after being flipped once.

A guy who I really respect told a bunch of us to not be afraid to use the tools - that is what they are meant for.  I have done my best to follow that advice.  I do draw the line at abusing my tools.  My Kapex rides inside the truck on the passenger seat, but will get pulled out to cut everything from pressure treated lumber to hardwood trim, to light aluminum profiles.

Peter

It is too bad that Festool does not allow photos to be taken in their small repair area.  Some of the tools that I have seen in the area would make mine look like new and frankly you couldn't see one speck of blue or green on them.

Peter
 
Tools are meant to be used and I think the marks and scuffs and dirt adds character!  I have not had to send any of mine in and the only thing I had to replace was a plug on my CT.  Other than that they have worked flawlessly.  There are some on this forum that have been accused of using Armor All to keep their tools nice and shiny...not me...mine have lots of saw dust to show my appreciation! [big grin]

Frank -- I would have thought your Rotex made the list -- I seem to recall you having gone through a couple of brush changes on that one machine! 

Peter -- I recall seeing some good pics of "use" on the legs of your MFT/3 too.

Good thread!

Scot 
 
Scot,

Good spot!  Yes, as a Festool product, my MFT/3 is the worst for wear.  It is cut, sliced, diced, has spent days outside in rain with a rubber sheet over it, and the legs are beat up and have some rust.  I have had the paint to "pimp" it out for a while and slow work times are coming.

I treat my tools a certain way, but I certainly respect those who do treat their tools with love and affection and keep them clean.  There is nothing wrong with that in my book, I just choose not to.

I do Armor All my latches on the Systainers though.  Makes them easier to open and close.

Peter
 
All my stuff get used heavily not misused just worked hard. I certainly dont baby my tools nor fear breaking them
 
My CXS is barely a year old, but it already looks like its 10.  Scratches, labels worn through, dings, you name it.  I don't abuse it, but I use the heck out of it without fear of hurting it.  I also have a C12 that's pretty beat up, but like mastercabman said, the batteries are getting bad (I will be on my third set when I get frustrated and pull the trigger to buy two more).

Jon
 
ScotF said:
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Frank -- I would have thought your Rotex made the list -- I seem to recall you having gone through a couple of brush changes on that one machine! 
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Scot 
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Yes, I have changed the brushes on my old Rotex 150 a couple of times (and documented how to do it in a thread here).    But it is neither my oldest nor my most used Fesatool. 
 
ccarrolladams said:
nanook said:
What's your most well used, or oldest piece of Festool gear - what tools just keep working year after year on the jobsite?   Which ones flame out and die a smoky electronic death?
So, whats your most well used piece of Festool gear? [big grin]
Click to expand...

[welcome] to The FOG Nanook!

Both of the first Festools I purchased as a set in January 2006 are still going strong. They are a TS55 and a CT22. The OF1010 I bought two weeks later is still working as well as the day it was new. All have served me for thousands of hours. Blades and bits have been sharpened and bags replaced.

I own at least one of virtually all Festools electric tools made since 2006. None have ever flamed out, nor have any of my Festools needed to make a return trip to Lebanon for repair.

Probably my single most used Festool is my original OF1010. It could well have drilled a million LR32 holes.

My first TS55 is no longer used daily, because it is kept in reserve as the standard against all my other TS55 and TS75 are adjusted so they fit guide rails identically. Still, my Senior TS55 is started and makes at least one cut a week, to ensure it is in top condition. My Senior CT22 is dedicated to one of my Kapex with a short 36mm AS hose.
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Carroll was having computer issues but he sent me some images of his Festools along with this text:

Attached are pictures of my original TS55 from January 2006 and my first OF1010 from February 2006. These were taken in June 2010 at my Los Angeles condo a few days before we started moving the Festools into my then new shop in Burbank. Earlier that day Stiles had completed installation of my pressure beam saw and CNC nested router. Felder had done their installs the previous week. I thought it safe to load in the Festools, since the only big machine still on back order was the automatic edge bander.

These tools still look the same today. That TS55 lives in its original Systainer because it is only used as the standard against which all the other TS55 and TS75 have their toe-in adjusted so they all would the same with the guide rails. That OF1010 has only been removed from the LR32 guide a few times, mostly to show others how to do the centering calibration. This is the OF1010 kept set-up with a 5mm bottoming bit and is used 5-6 days a week.

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I am ashamed.  After previously posting I realized that I had indeed broken a Festool to a degree.  It happened so slowly I didn't realize it.  But in the true Festool spirit it performed its job without complaint and it carries on with its scars because repair is impossible.  I wish I was so tough. [not worthy] [not worthy]

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It was a slow drip of acetone from a leaking can that flipped over onto it in the trailer.  See, acetone can be used to weld abs plastic!

Peter

 
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