Sword

[jamesnolanconstruction]

I have several timber frame jobs coming up and would like to use the sword.  Is it possible to use that tool in the US.

 

[peter halle]

James,

I not officially Festool but as I suspect you know that saw is not available in the US.  I went to the UK site and unless I missed something that saw is not available in a 110 /120 volt model which means that if you were able to acquire it overseas and get it here you would have to get a transformer into the picture.  Additionally you would not have a warranty here in the US and if you ever needed parts you might be out of luck getting them here.

Ironically just yesterday I was doing research on just this situation because I have one or more jobs coming up where I could utilize the sword saw also.  You might want to look at www.Praziusa.com and look at the beam saw that they have.

Peter

 

[Holzhacker]

The Prazi beam cutter has been around for a long time. Knew a guy who had it attached to his worm drive. Scary as all hell but worked good.

 

[Jamie_MA]

I'd love to buy the SSU and was toying with a grey market tool but decided against it. Not sure why Festool is not pushing this one into NA. It looks like a great alternative to the Prazi and Mafell. If I were cutting timber all day every day I'd drop the $8k on a ZSX but for what I need to do the SSU would be ideal. Might have to checkout a Prazi but from what I've read it is not a clean cutting accurate solution like Festool.

 

[Phil Beckley]

Hi
Peter is 100% correct it is only available in 230v with no plans currently to my knowledge for further release.
rg
Phil

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Just an "official" answer, which is there are no imminent plans to offer the sword saw in the US/Canada.

 

[peter halle]

Well, as a refreshment of this thread, after using a Prazi beam cutter adaptor on a Skil worm drive saw, and crying because I would have loved to have had a Festool Sword Saw here, I can say that the Prazi made me some serious $$.

If any one at Festool is till reading the FOG  please consider offering the Sword here.  I won't be the first to buy one but there is a market.

Peter

 

[Holmz]

There is always the Mafell ZSX/ec which is available in 110v.

http://https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fI8iPi2qWRY

 

[AlexThePalex]

Sword? Sure you can, this one's great:

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[Beaudreaux JC]

Amazon.com has a used one listed for $1050. It is the (240V) version, but I'm not sure what shipping would run you.

http://www.amazon.com/Festool-SSU-200-EB-Plus-240V/dp/B00FSCSN0O/ref=sr_1_63?ie=UTF8&qid=1439770216&sr=8-63&keywords=festool&refinements=p_n_condition-type%3A6461718011%2Cp_89%3AFestool

 

[Holmz]

Well, as a refreshment of this thread, after using a Prazi beam cutter adaptor on a Skil worm drive saw, and crying because I would have loved to have had a Festool Sword Saw here, I can say that the Prazi made me some serious $$.

If any one at Festool is till reading the FOG  please consider offering the Sword here.  I won't be the first to buy one but there is a market.

Peter

I am still looking for which 220v saw to use for the Prazi (and to justify what I would do with it)... The 'what I would do with it' part is difficult as I would need some access to big timbers.