Speculations over Festool's VAC SYS

jonny round boy said:
Anyone care to translate it? :-\
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Well my German is very, very weak and is largely based upon my (non-native) Dutch but it seems to me (as I'm sure most of you can gather from just looking at the pictures) the "starter set" shown on the left side of the page includes the vacuum pump 'VAC SYS VP' in a systainer 3 as well as the round clamping unit 'VAC SYS SE1' (215 mm diameter) and a foot valve/switch which are stored in a systainer 4. The 'starter set' sells for EUR 890 ex tax or EUR 1,059.10 incl. tax.

On the right side of the page is an accessory or add-on clamping unit, the VAC SYS SE2.

Concerning the naming of the products I suppose that VP would be Vacuum Pump, SE would be 'SpannEinheit' or clamping unit, VT would be 'VakuumTeller' or vacuum plate. From the specifications it would appear that there are two different clamping units (whereas in the photo they look basically the same the only visual difference being the vacuum plate (not specified on the left but specified on the right as VAC SYS VT).

Hope this somewhat helps...

Perhaps Christian A. or someone else can fill in the details (and correct my mistakes  :-\)

 
Michael Kellough said:
This is what I want to know more about, in addition to the power source.
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Methinks the clamping unit looks awfully tall to use comfortably on an MFT (even more so on the soon to be taller MFT3).
 
I use a pump from Vacuum Pressing Systems.  Here's a link:http://www.vacupress.com/

I have not used it for clamping work, but have found it very handy when veneering panels.  I got two prices to acquire panels veneered with walnut crotch for a front door I made for a house for my wife and me.  Both companies wanted $900 for the panels.  So, I bought the  veneers and did it myself.  The veneers are beautiful and the job came out as well as anyone could have done.  I invested $250 in the veneers, probably about $50 in adhesive, veneer tape, a compound to press the veneers flat with (crotch veneers come kind of bumpy), a sheet of Medex and my labor.  So not counting my time I'm in for about four hundred dollars as opposed to nine hundred.

I guess I wouldn't sell that job for less than nine hundred dollars either, but it was enjoyable and a good learning experience  :).
 
Dixon, which press did you buy and how satisfied are you with it. I am in the market for a system but just started doing the research. Thank you, Fred
 
In answer to the question above, I bought the 5 cfm model, the blue one herehttp://www.vacupress.com/products.htm.  I am quite satisfied with it.  I originally bought it to do curved laminated door jamb heads for our houses, but it's certainly useful for veneer work, vacuum clamping and so on.
 
Paul Perry said:
In a recent post, one of the members here, Christian A., mentioned a new vacuum clamping tool from Festool, the VAC SYS. A quick google suggests that it will be presented in Nurnberg at the Holz-Handwerk fair in just a couple of weeks.

Apart from me, is anyone else here curious about this? What do you think Festool might have in mind?

Both wild and educated guesses are welcome. (Or has anyone already had a sneaky peek?)
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I would imagine its a two piece device that automatically clamp to oposite sides of your wallet that will allow money to more freely flow from your wallet unrestricted!  How's that for a wild guess.
 
Dixon Peer said:
In answer to the question above, I bought the 5 cfm model, the blue one herehttp://www.vacupress.com/products.htm.  I am quite satisfied with it.  I originally bought it to do curved laminated door jamb heads for our houses, but it's certainly useful for veneer work, vacuum clamping and so on.
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I agree! I have found all the Vacupress products I have used are great and Vacupress provides good customer service. Very quick responses when I had questions. I love the flip top table they sell, much simpler than a bag for me.
 
Dixon, thank you for the reply on which press you bought.

As far as the vac sys that Festool is bringing out I would hope it would do more than just clamp onto the wallet as ALL of their tools do that. :D ;) ::) 8) Fred
 
Awe, you guys gonna laugh at the redneck again....

Sure we bag a lot of veneer.

with this[attachimg=#]

And I own one of those small suction tables for routing with out clamps.

But if you are unprepared and miles from nowhere, nothing beats two sheets of MDF

and the weight of a F350.

Per
 
Per Swenson said:
Awe, you guys gonna laugh at the redneck again....

But if you are unprepared and miles from nowhere, nothing beats two sheets of MDF

and the weight of a F350.
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I know there are Festool engineers sitting around saying "Why didn't we think of that...!"
 
Per Swenson said:
Awe, you guys gonna laugh at the redneck again....

Sure we bag a lot of veneer.

And I own one of those small suction tables for routing with out clamps.

But if you are unprepared and miles from nowhere, nothing beats two sheets of MDF

and the weight of a F350.

Per
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Now why do you call yourself a redneck?  You only live, oh maybe twenty miles northeast of Summit.  Perhaps one day we'll get you down here to do some good work.
 
Dixon,

West of 287, north of 80, even by inches, redneckism is a badge of honor.

Because if you can afford to be a redneck in this section of the woods,

you're doing really well.

Per
 
I mistakenly had you Northeast of Summit...If I had correctly put you to the Northwest I would have understood the redneck thing  :D.
 
Mike,

I puzzled by something you said.........

" More stuff to build in my spare time"

What's "spare time...."

jim

 
Hi all, this is my first post on this forum, so please bear with me if I stuff this up
I bought a Vac-Clamp VC4 to use with my router, and it works well. I've put a link of one of their pictures.
http://www.vac-clamp.com/va02.gif
I only have a small compressor and I run it at 60 psi (manufacturer recommends 80 to 120). This way I get all the holding power I need but use a lot less air

Phil
 
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