Video: Kreg Foreman Pocket-Hole Machine
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ben_r_ said:
Don't know but I don't think that matters. They are still making the tool so wherever they are assembled they have a pile of feet waiting to be installed on the base of the tool. Go get one of those and sell it to me. It's not like I am asking them for something that went out of production 10 years ago.
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Agreed. I was just asking because from my experience many of these companies that have their products made overseas dont stock any spare parts and wont or cant get them to sell them. Is it ridiculous? Especially on a $400 products? OH YEA! And it says a lot about the company. But in my experience it's becoming more and more common.Bob D. said:
ben_r_ said:
Not at all uncommon anymore. Sometimes, assemblies are subcontracted out. So you can only buy the assembly as the 'manufacturer' never had the original part. Taken a step further, when the entire process is sub-contracted out, the manufacturer has little more than a boxed product with a PO number. If it's manufactured over seas, just give up.
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I don't know that giving up is the way to go. I bought a two RIDGID FlipTop stands a couple years ago and one was missing the lever handle for adjusting the height. I contacted RIDGID and they sent me a replacement for the missing handle no charge. It took a while, almost 5 weeks, but I got it.
The part I don't understand is do they really think someone is going to buy a whole new Kreg Foreman if the fence gets damaged or the cheap plastic handle breaks and they can't get a replacement? It's one of their more expensive tools you think they would have some parts available for it.
The part I don't understand is do they really think someone is going to buy a whole new Kreg Foreman if the fence gets damaged or the cheap plastic handle breaks and they can't get a replacement? It's one of their more expensive tools you think they would have some parts available for it.
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Since one of the topics that has come up in this thread is dust collection and connecting a vacuum I thought I would share how I set my Foreman up.
I had a Dust Deputy Deluxe that I was using with a shop vac which I replaced with the Ultimate Dust Deputy in my basement shop and I put the UDD in line with the whole house vac. Works great but that's getting off topic so I'll save that for another day and a different thread.
I took the DDD, that's the small cyclone that comes with the 5 gallon bucket, casters, etc. and I teamed it up with one of those $20 buckethead vacs from Home Depot. I also had laying around an old Craftsman Auto-Switch which I used to use with my shop vac and router table so I put all this together and set it up as a dedicated dust collection system for the Foreman. Right now I have all this sitting on the floor behind the mobile cabinet that I have the Foreman mounted on. But I am thinking now after having used it for a couple months like this and liking how it performs that I will build the DD and the vac into the bottom of the cabinet.
With the AutoSwitch the vac starts whenever I pull the trigger on the Foreman and it stops a few seconds later allowing the vac to clear the dust out. I probably don't need the DD but I had it and nothing else to use it for so why not. The switch has two accessory outlets so I may add an LED work light that will start/stop with the vacuum.
If I ever want to take the Foreman on the road I just unplug the vac hose and the power cord and away I go (with only three feet though).
I had a Dust Deputy Deluxe that I was using with a shop vac which I replaced with the Ultimate Dust Deputy in my basement shop and I put the UDD in line with the whole house vac. Works great but that's getting off topic so I'll save that for another day and a different thread.
I took the DDD, that's the small cyclone that comes with the 5 gallon bucket, casters, etc. and I teamed it up with one of those $20 buckethead vacs from Home Depot. I also had laying around an old Craftsman Auto-Switch which I used to use with my shop vac and router table so I put all this together and set it up as a dedicated dust collection system for the Foreman. Right now I have all this sitting on the floor behind the mobile cabinet that I have the Foreman mounted on. But I am thinking now after having used it for a couple months like this and liking how it performs that I will build the DD and the vac into the bottom of the cabinet.
With the AutoSwitch the vac starts whenever I pull the trigger on the Foreman and it stops a few seconds later allowing the vac to clear the dust out. I probably don't need the DD but I had it and nothing else to use it for so why not. The switch has two accessory outlets so I may add an LED work light that will start/stop with the vacuum.
If I ever want to take the Foreman on the road I just unplug the vac hose and the power cord and away I go (with only three feet though).
