I had my first opportunity today to take some of my Festool stuff 'on the road'. I'm going to do my neighbors stairs in oak.
Today we stripped the carpet off and had to remove a nosing on each tread that stuck out almost an inch and a half, 5/4's thick. The sawzall got us close.
I wheeled the CT22 over there and hooked up the OF1400 with a 1 1/2" flush trim bit.
It was like a tank. No dust anywhere. The router couldn't get within 3 inches of the sides. I put a piece of 50 grit rubin on the Rotex and sanded the tread flush to the riser, and flush to the end. After getting used to the aggressive, bucking bronco thing, it was actually very smooth.
Finished all 15 stairs, no dust, same piece of sandpaper and it looked exactly the same as it did when I started. I did this same job at my house about a year ago, before I got into Festool. It took me days of nibbling at it with every tool I had. We did this in 4 hours, total, clean up and all.
The Rotex blew my mind.
I am sure all of this is very old hat for many of you.
Jim
Today we stripped the carpet off and had to remove a nosing on each tread that stuck out almost an inch and a half, 5/4's thick. The sawzall got us close.
I wheeled the CT22 over there and hooked up the OF1400 with a 1 1/2" flush trim bit.
It was like a tank. No dust anywhere. The router couldn't get within 3 inches of the sides. I put a piece of 50 grit rubin on the Rotex and sanded the tread flush to the riser, and flush to the end. After getting used to the aggressive, bucking bronco thing, it was actually very smooth.
Finished all 15 stairs, no dust, same piece of sandpaper and it looked exactly the same as it did when I started. I did this same job at my house about a year ago, before I got into Festool. It took me days of nibbling at it with every tool I had. We did this in 4 hours, total, clean up and all.
The Rotex blew my mind.
I am sure all of this is very old hat for many of you.
Jim
