VAC SYS DISCONTINUED?

[cider]

So you still used the Festool heads, just with a different pump? Mind sharing what you used? If it's already in a thread somewhere just point me in the right direction and I'll get to reading. Thanks!

Different poster, but I had this in my bookmarks, cause I thought it was cool.

 

[USToolandFastener.com]

Just to clear up some confusion, we wrote this quick blog on the information we received direct from Festool. Please feel free to reach out to us either on here or at 877-777-4717 with any questions. We do still have the full kit #203149 available on our website for our incoming inventory, while supplies last.

Festool Announces Phase-Out of Vac-Sys Clamping System

Hope you all have a very Happy Holiday Season with your family and friends and thank you to all of our loyal customers for your continued support, as a family owned small business it really means a the world to us!

 

[elfick]

Just to clear up some confusion, we wrote this quick blog on the information we received direct from Festool. Please feel free to reach out to us either on here or at 877-777-4717 with any questions. We do still have the full kit #203149 available on our website for our incoming inventory, while supplies last.

Festool Announces Phase-Out of Vac-Sys Clamping System

Hope you all have a very Happy Holiday Season with your family and friends and thank you to all of our loyal customers for your continued support, as a family owned small business it really means a the world to us!

Agh! Fine! I can't take it anymore! I placed an order. Since my birthday is in February I'm calling it a birthday present to myself.  [big grin]

 

[Cheese]

Agh! Fine! I can't take it anymore! I placed an order. Since my birthday is in February I'm calling it a birthday present to myself.  [big grin]

Now that's the spirit we like to see... [big grin] [big grin]

 

[usernumber1]

guys can we stop with the peer pressure this is too much i can't take it much longer

 

[squall_line]

Agh! Fine! I can't take it anymore! I placed an order. Since my birthday is in February I'm calling it a birthday present to myself.  [big grin]

Now that's the spirit we like to see... [big grin] [big grin]

Just found out today what our end-of-year bonuses will be at work.  I'm no longer feeling quite as guilty about my recent acquisitions.  I think this is also the last year we get them, so I'll need to find a different excuse going forward.  Or start making my tools "earn their keep"...

 

[GPowers]

There are also less expensive vacuum pumps that you can use. I did not buy the Festool one as a non Festool brand one was less than half what the official Festool one cost. I did need to buy some Festool hose connectors. The non-festool one does not have the vacuum reservoir. The Festool unit uses the tub frame as a reservoir.

So you still used the Festool heads, just with a different pump? Mind sharing what you used? If it's already in a thread somewhere just point me in the right direction and I'll get to reading. Thanks!

There is a photo attached below showing the non-Festool vacuum pump. I switched out one of the standard quick connects for a Festool compatible quick connect. I purchased this from https://www.veneersupplies.com/. I think it was the Excel 3™ kit.

 

[PaulMarcel]

Just to add to the confusion... my 120V Sys-Vac pump is in a classic Systainer  [tongue] hmm...

Did you purchase your pump from the UK? I don't remember the Systainer based pumps being offered in the US.

I bought mine off a local who was seeded with one of the first units sent to the US before they were made available. I think regulations made the Systainer version of the pump difficult for sale here, but am not certain. The older Systainer pump fits in my shop much better than the new one.

 

[peter halle]

Just to add to the confusion... my 120V Sys-Vac pump is in a classic Systainer  [tongue] hmm...

Did you purchase your pump from the UK? I don't remember the Systainer based pumps being offered in the US.

I bought mine off a local who was seeded with one of the first units sent to the US before they were made available. I think regulations made the Systainer version of the pump difficult for sale here, but am not certain. The older Systainer pump fits in my shop much better than the new one.

I saw your post and wondered.  I suspect that if you look at your tool / sustainer etc. you might not find a label with UL type certifications.  The sustainer style did not come over due to inability to get the certification.

You my old friend have a unicorn model.

Peter

 

[Cheese]

You my old friend have a unicorn model.

Peter

That was also my thought...I don't believe any vacuum pumps were commercially sold here that were inside Systainers...because of UL issues. However, that doesn't mean those items didn't make it into the states because they may have been in the Alpha...Beta...or prototype stage.

A unicorn indeed.  [big grin]

The benefits of being an early adopter.  [popcorn]

 

[SleepDoc]

Has anyone found a set in stock anywhere online? I see places that say can preorder but if it is discontinued I assume the order would never be fulfilled?

 

[Chainring]

Has anyone found a set in stock anywhere online? I see places that say can preorder but if it is discontinued I assume the order would never be fulfilled?

US Tool & Fastener is taking pre orders for only what they'll be receiving. I was told by them, if you can pre order, you're in line for stock that will be arriving from the very last shipment.

 

[ScotF]

Check Tool Nirvana too.

 

[squall_line]

This is another situation where "no discounts allowed" rule will leave some of the individual parts (pump, SE1, SE2) in stock in some retailers because people are looking only for the Set.

The Set discount is pretty substantial over individual pricing, so I definitely wouldn't advocate buying it all piece-by-piece, but I also wouldn't be surprised if there were retailers with stock of the constituent parts with build dates going back 3, 4, or 5 years.

 

[Cheese]

The Set discount is pretty substantial over individual pricing, so I definitely wouldn't advocate buying it all piece-by-piece, but I also wouldn't be surprised if there were retailers with stock of the constituent parts with build dates going back 3, 4, or 5 years.

I just received the SE2 yesterday...build date...

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[squall_line]

The Set I got from Recon all had 2021 build dates as well.

The Acme Tools near me has a Festool area, but tools seem to go there to gather dust, rather than make dust.  About the only thing I see them sell through is dust collectors.  It's pretty sad, really.

 

[Cheese]

So you still used the Festool heads, just with a different pump? Mind sharing what you used? If it's already in a thread somewhere just point me in the right direction and I'll get to reading. Thanks!

I use a Gast vacuum pump that I pulled off of my Milwaukee core drill rig.

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I just changed out the standard NPT fittings that came with it for some Festool items.

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[rst]

I also do not use Festools pump.  I started making vac jigs 45 years ago using a Craftsman vac, the intake on my air compressor and for 30 years surplus HVAC pump I got for $15.00 because it was 220v.  I recently bought a 120v pump off Amazon as I do not yet have 220 in my shop.  Presently using 100 feet of 10 ga  to power and Honda 2200 when drawing too many amps for the cord.  It is real easy to over think what source of vacuum is necessary.  If I was vac bagging I would need a pressure switch too cycle the pump but as yet haven't used that process.

 

[jeh]

Was on holiday last week and just read this and of course order placed for system and accessory set. Relieved the there are ones in the wild with recent manufacture dates. Was close on a refurb at one point and now glad I waited. Hopefully US Tool & Fastener can deliver.

 

[Coen]

Anyone know why exactly the 'pump in Systainer' couldn't get UL certification?