So, does anyone actually have a CT Workcenter WCR 1000?

[Brice Burrell]

So, does anyone actually have a CT Workcenter WCR 1000?  I'm looking for some hands on feedback.

 

[Bob Marino]

Brice,

I have mine on order, but it hasn't shipped yet from Festool though.

Bob

 

[Brice Burrell]

Brice,

I have mine on order, but it hasn't shipped yet from Festool though.

Bob

So, in other words, you're saying you're useless to me... [poke] [big grin]  Please report back when do get your hands on one of these puppies, I'd love to hear your take.

 

[Bob Marino]

So, in other words, you're saying you're useless to me... [poke] [big grin]  Please report back when do get your hands on one of these puppies, I'd love to hear your take.

Yes, totally useless!  [laughing]
Will do. Maybe other dealers have one and they can chime in.

  Bob

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

What do you want to know Brice?  I got to lay my hands on it not too long ago.

 

[tbellemare]

I'm in the same boat, Brice/Bob.

Tom

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

I have one!  [big grin] Well, at the office anyway. Was there something in particular you wanted to know, Brice?

 

[Brice Burrell]

What do you want to know Brice?  I got to lay my hands on it not too long ago.

Well, all the promotional material shows it used in the automotive field, how do you think it would work on site for a carpenter?  Is is tippy while moving around, can you carry the vac with it still attached?  I'm sure there is a ton of questions that I'd have after seeing the thing.  

I have one!  [big grin] Well, at the office anyway. Was there something in particular you wanted to know, Brice?

Well not really and that's sort of the thing that bugs me Shane.  It's the intangible things that you only figure out after owning for a few weeks that I want to know.

 

[Holzhacker]

Brice, I'm also very interested in the WCR. Hoping my local dealer gets one in stock to check out. My guess and desire is that the WCR would work out as jobsite station. Keep necessary tools and parts all right at the location say when doing a built-in install, component assembly, custom trim fabrication around X, etc. Get on the job, pull stuff out of the Sys and organize on the WCR and start working. Should make a good side piece along side an MFT. A lot to haul around but impressive and efficient.
I'm interested to see how the shelfs and hangers actually work and fit with typical hand tools. Hammers, chisels, wrenches, Trion, etc. Or are the shelves just odd shaped so non-Festool stuff just doesn't fit well.
I'm not sure tipping should be an issue at least for me. My CT always has a bunch of heavy Sys on top of it.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

You could wheel it around with it on the vac but, I don't think it would be real easy to pick it all up in one shootin match.
It will be an extra trip but, I think it is well suited for both on site and shop work.

I always end up with a pile of tools on my mft and then piling them on the ground.
I think it is worth it for sure and like a lot of these accessories you really need to use it to see how it will benefit the individual.

 

[Brice Burrell]

...I'm interested to see how the shelfs and hangers actually work and fit with typical hand tools. Hammers, chisels, wrenches, Trion, etc. Or are the shelves just odd shaped so non-Festool stuff just doesn't fit well.
I'm not sure tipping should be an issue at least for me. My CT always has a bunch of heavy Sys on top of it.

For the most part I can keep common hand tools like hammers, chisels and wrenches in my tools belt, I'm wandering about power tools on the hooks and shelf.  I'm not too worried about tipping, I'm thinking it might go over when I hit it carrying a door.

....I always end up with a pile of tools on my mft and then piling them on the ground.
I think it is worth it for sure and like a lot of these accessories you really need to use it to see how it will benefit the individual.

Humm, you sound like me and it's a hassle too.

 

[PeterK]

Brice - you know you are going to purchase one no matter what!!!
You are "Jonesing" bad for one obviously!!  [big grin]

 

[Brice Burrell]

Brice - you know you are going to purchase one no matter what!!!
You are "Jonesing" bad for one obviously!!   [big grin]

Who me?? No, I can resist, really....

No, at this price point it needs to do what I need it to do or I can't afford it.

 

[Guy Ashley]

You know what Brice, your reviews on your site have been responsible for a lot of Festool sales, you would think that Festool would let you have one to review on the FOG! [big grin] [big grin]

Festool would get more sales because FOG members trust your experience and honesty, and you would get to keep the workcentre.

As they say "Everyones a winner"! [big grin]

 

[Wood_Junkie]

When this was first announced I was convinced I would get one.  I am always setting stuff down somewhere, need something stable to set a tool on, etc.
But, I am almost exclusively working my home workshop.

When I was at the cabinet class back in November we got a chance to fiddle with it for a few minutes.

Here’s my takeaway:  It is nicely built.  It would be VERY handy for those with “where’d-I-set-it-down disease", and the tool hooks, shelves, and what-not do give you a little mobile workshop.  If I were an on-site contractor, or had tons more work to on my own and families’ houses, I would pick one up.

As it is, I spent a lot last year on ancillary side tables, and on MFTs… including picking up two MFT800s (closeout, yay).  I find these are ideal side tables in my workshop for setting stuff down, especially since my 1080s are on 5” risers..  Since my workshop has a huge post in the middle, I have a tool hook attached there.  And my CT lives under my main MFT1080 cutting station.  Everything else I need is a few steps away.

So the more and more I thought about my needs, the WCR isn’t ideal for me.  It IS nice.  It seemed well made and very well thought out.  It’s like a cross of a CT, boom arm support (hooks), and Pack-Rack (shelves and top).

I do not see any way you could carry it all as one unit.  But the WCR clips on/off, so it would just be an extra trip and the few seconds to attach it.