Hi!
As this forum has helped me with purchasing and other questions, I thought I should comment back with the impressions I've had from testing the tools for some hours now. I'm not experienced with woodworking, but I keep challenging myself with new projects to keep learning!
CTL26 Dust Extractor
Great performance, but not really sure about the value of this one. The only vac I can compare to is a budget 100$ vac I had from before. Performance wise, its not worth the upgrade. What gives it its edge is its integration with the Festool Eco-system. Also has great solutions for filter, good capacity, bags are held nice in place and so on, but thats expected in this price range imo.
Rotex 150
The great and powerful sander. Impressive material removal when using high speeds and rotex mode. What I was most impressed about is the dust collection. I recently sanded the kitchen worktop, and barely any dust hit the floor. So much time saved in cleaning, and great for my lungs. I still struggle with it shooting across the workpiece, but I blame myself for this. Its great to hold and wont shake your arm of like the cheaper brands tend to.
TS 55 REQ
I was blown away with how crisp the cuts are. I was used to a Bosch GKS190, but in fairness I had the standard blade which is pretty rough. Small amount of tearout in the back, but that might be me going too fast. I've cut down some 19mm MDF-sheets (4x8), that I had to do in the living room (couldnt get them down in the basement full size), all the cuts were flawless. Unfortunately I had to rest them on 2"x2" to not cut the floor, and little dust was collected as it got under the sheet.
Next project is getting my take on the MFT-table up and running. Struggling with some tenons for the supports now
Got the top done with CNC at school (doing my masters in mechanical engineering), with the nice size of 1940mm x 1000mm. Have also bought the side profiles of the MFT/3, and the rests for the guide rail. Hope to have it up and running within next week First I need my OF1400 to arrive so I can make more presice tenons than I'm able to with my Bosch POF router at the moment!
As this forum has helped me with purchasing and other questions, I thought I should comment back with the impressions I've had from testing the tools for some hours now. I'm not experienced with woodworking, but I keep challenging myself with new projects to keep learning!
CTL26 Dust Extractor
Great performance, but not really sure about the value of this one. The only vac I can compare to is a budget 100$ vac I had from before. Performance wise, its not worth the upgrade. What gives it its edge is its integration with the Festool Eco-system. Also has great solutions for filter, good capacity, bags are held nice in place and so on, but thats expected in this price range imo.
Rotex 150
The great and powerful sander. Impressive material removal when using high speeds and rotex mode. What I was most impressed about is the dust collection. I recently sanded the kitchen worktop, and barely any dust hit the floor. So much time saved in cleaning, and great for my lungs. I still struggle with it shooting across the workpiece, but I blame myself for this. Its great to hold and wont shake your arm of like the cheaper brands tend to.
TS 55 REQ
I was blown away with how crisp the cuts are. I was used to a Bosch GKS190, but in fairness I had the standard blade which is pretty rough. Small amount of tearout in the back, but that might be me going too fast. I've cut down some 19mm MDF-sheets (4x8), that I had to do in the living room (couldnt get them down in the basement full size), all the cuts were flawless. Unfortunately I had to rest them on 2"x2" to not cut the floor, and little dust was collected as it got under the sheet.
Next project is getting my take on the MFT-table up and running. Struggling with some tenons for the supports now
Got the top done with CNC at school (doing my masters in mechanical engineering), with the nice size of 1940mm x 1000mm. Have also bought the side profiles of the MFT/3, and the rests for the guide rail. Hope to have it up and running within next week First I need my OF1400 to arrive so I can make more presice tenons than I'm able to with my Bosch POF router at the moment!
