I'd say the one thing the TS55 has brought to me is peace of mind when breaking down sheetgoods. It's extremely safe and I get very accurate results. Before this, I used a jigsaw with a guide to break it down then used the tablesaw to square up the rough edges. Because I didn't get much time to WW, I never really got comfortable with the tablesaw and some pieces are still fairly large even after the sheet has been broken down. I am extremely pleased with this purchase. Rather than having to cut out approximate sizes and then go to the tablesaw to finish it up, if I measure things correctly, I can do it with just a few cuts on the TS55. With a speed square and adjustable T-ruler, you can get the same results over and over. It's probably not as fast as the parralel guide kit, but it's worked out great for me so far.
I originally bought it without the CT22 knowing that if I needed it, I could go back to the store and still get everything as a package deal within the 30days. I gotta say, I really needed it. I was tackling MDF and plywood and I was pretty much a walking dust cloud after a few cuts. After hooking up the CT22, after each cut, my clothes were still spotless [big grin] I considered a shopvac but I liked the autostart feature and I will probably try and add a Rotex in the future and I believe its best used on the low setting which i would not have on a shopvac.
I gotta plug the Kreg jig here as well. With the TS55 and the Kreg Jig, I have pretty much gotten my garage shop almost all built out. What I thought would take me another year, I got done in a few months. One bad thing about this, I now am looking at a Domino too, the Kreg jig is awesome for shop stuff and furniture where you can hide the holes but I have some projects I want to tackle where pocket holes wont be easy to hide.
I originally bought it without the CT22 knowing that if I needed it, I could go back to the store and still get everything as a package deal within the 30days. I gotta say, I really needed it. I was tackling MDF and plywood and I was pretty much a walking dust cloud after a few cuts. After hooking up the CT22, after each cut, my clothes were still spotless [big grin] I considered a shopvac but I liked the autostart feature and I will probably try and add a Rotex in the future and I believe its best used on the low setting which i would not have on a shopvac.
I gotta plug the Kreg jig here as well. With the TS55 and the Kreg Jig, I have pretty much gotten my garage shop almost all built out. What I thought would take me another year, I got done in a few months. One bad thing about this, I now am looking at a Domino too, the Kreg jig is awesome for shop stuff and furniture where you can hide the holes but I have some projects I want to tackle where pocket holes wont be easy to hide.
