Systainer notes

[dsweetser]

Have you seen the new Festool Systainer notes?

Some only INA.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Why, yes, I have

A special edition of SysNotes was just distributed (at 10PM EST) which details several new promotional items and features the newly released micro website featuring 6 minutes of video and a complete product feature walk around of the Kapex sliding compound miter saw.  Enjoy.

 

[graphex]

I kind of wish that the festool tape measure had metric on the top of the tape.

Does the boom arm tool holder hold anything other than sanders? Does it hold just rotex, or would it hold an ets125?

I am probably going to get some festool safety glasses, but I'm not sure if i'm going to be using that hip pack attachment. Maybe if it were the 80s, and I was already wearing florescent colors....

 

[graphex]

Do the larger routers (1400 especially) spin too fast for the MFK 700 bits? Could a 1400 use one of these bits, or would they explode, killing the operator?

Should I just get a MFK 700 tomorrow and stop asking so many questions?  ;D

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

I kind of wish that the festool tape measure had metric on the top of the tape.

Does the boom arm tool holder hold anything other than sanders? Does it hold just rotex, or would it hold an ets125?

I am probably going to get some festool safety glasses, but I'm not sure if i'm going to be using that hip pack attachment. Maybe if it were the 80s, and I was already wearing florescent colors....

The tape DOES have metric and imperial on the TOP of the tape.  The markings you see on the bottom of the tape are the ones that appear in the clear window.  This is used for measuring accurately against a surface.  So, it's the distance from the last mark on the top of the tape plus the length of the tape itself if you know what I mean.

I don't have a definitive answer on the tool holder.  I'll have to check and see.  Never used one but I know we have one on a boom arm in our training room.  I can check tomorrow and let you know for sure.  The description only said that it would hold two sanders.  It did not specify which model(s).

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Do the larger routers (1400 especially) spin too fast for the MFK 700 bits? Could a 1400 use one of these bits, or would they explode, killing the operator?

Should I just get a MFK 700 tomorrow and stop asking so many questions?  ;D

491 670, 491 026, 491 669, page #103 in the catalog, works with the MFK and 1010
491 009, page #98 in the catalog, works with MFK/1010/1400/2200.

Guess you'll have to get the MFK

 

[Brice Burrell]

You know, I saw the tools holder in Henderson but forgot to ask what it was, here it is in the background.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

You know, I saw the tools holder in Henderson but forgot to ask what it was, here it is in the background.

Being put to good use nonetheless.  I know you can not use it as a Kapex hanger.

Here are some clearer and larger images of the tape.

 

[TahoeTwoBears]

Shane,

In the notes, there's a form for passes to JLC Live in Long Beach, but it's not filled out by Festool. Was it intended to be?

Mike

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Shane,

In the notes, there's a form for passes to JLC Live in Long Beach, but it's not filled out by Festool. Was it intended to be?

Mike

Very good question, Mike.  To be honest, our tradeshow manager had asked that I attach that to SysNotes and I failed to even have a look at it.  Anyone who is interested, please PM me your contact info (address, email, phone #) and I will see that we get you passes.  Thanks.

 

[semenza]

Hi,

  Maybe I am not quite getting this either but it looks to me like the Metric is on the bottom.  In other words if you view the two sets of markings on the tape as a top row and bottom row based on viewing the numbers right side up. Then the metric row is the furthest from you -- on the top.

  Seth

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Maybe I am not quite getting this either but it looks to me like the Metric is on the bottom.  In other words if you view the two sets of markings on the tape as a top row and bottom row based on viewing the numbers right side up. Then the metric row is the furthest from you -- on the top.

Misunderstanding on my part.  The tape actually has print on the back too.  I thought maybe someone had seen that in one of the photos.  Your comments are correct.  Sorry.

 

[Ned]

Looks like when the tape is read in the usual way, the metric's right side up, on the lower edge of the tape.  When the measure's being held that way, the metric appears in the window on the upper edge.

Which brings up an interesting point--there are markings front and back.  Many of us avoid using more than one measure--tape, ruler, whatever--to avoid measure-to-measure differences.  I think this tape would count as two measures, at least for high accuracy work, that is, you wouldn't want to read a dimension in the window and then use the tape conventionally to mark up the work piece.

Ned

 

[nickao]

To me if the measurements are not identical what's the point? Hopefully Festool worked this out and it is not an issue.

Nickao

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Which brings up an interesting point--there are markings front and back.  Many of us avoid using more than one measure--tape, ruler, whatever--to avoid measure-to-measure differences.  I think this tape would count as two measures, at least for high accuracy work, that is, you wouldn't want to read a dimension in the window and then use the tape conventionally to mark up the work piece.

Ned, if you measure against a surface using the window, you could then transfer the measurement to the material using the window and marking at the back edge of the tape.  True?

 

[Ned]

Which brings up an interesting point--there are markings front and back.  Many of us avoid using more than one measure--tape, ruler, whatever--to avoid measure-to-measure differences.  I think this tape would count as two measures, at least for high accuracy work, that is, you wouldn't want to read a dimension in the window and then use the tape conventionally to mark up the work piece.

Ned, if you measure against a surface using the window, you could then transfer the measurement to the material using the window and marking at the back edge of the tape.  True?

Yes, if you do that, staying on one face of the tape, you should be OK.  Just pointing out that unless you do that, you're using two separate scales that possibly don't agree.

Ned

 

[Ned]

To me if the measurements are not identical what's the point? Hopefully Festool worked this out and it is not an issue.

Nickao

It's certainly true that if something is engineered well enough, ordinary concerns might not apply--see for instance gigantic bits in the handheld OF2200.

Just raising an ordinary concern about something that isn't a Festool product, but merely a Festool promotional item.  I'm certain the tape is high quality, but I doubt it was Festool-engineered.  As Reagan said, "Trust, but verify".

Ned

 

[nickao]

We'll find out soon enough, I would like to get one.

Nickao

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

For what it's worth, I just tested one of these and it stands up to our usual tolerances IMO.  The measurement in the window versus the measurement using the tape in a traditional way was spot on.

 

[Steve Jones]

Shane, when you get a chance test it at full extension, it seems to me that the window scale will be subject to the decreasing circumference of the tape left on the spool, which would require some slick engineering (like offsetting the scale on the underside of the tape by an increasing amount) to compensate. If there is any problem it will be greater at full extension.