the trick is to make plenty of dust (make extra cuts if you have to) [wink] in the weeks prior to suggesting a new festool. that stuff gets everywhere. then borrow a friends festool and show how clean the place is afterwards. then they will aprieciate the dust collection
Went in to buy.................
- Thread starter ctfeet
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The combo of Festool vacs and Systainers makes it easy to keep the worksite clean and organized while working, and tidy up at the end of the day. I'm repairing and refinishing three decks at my house. With about 1500 sq ft of cedar deck, walls, benches, and planters, it has been a major job. Three of us have spent three weeks stripping, pressure washing, sanding, and replacing rotted boards (including one whole landing). Every evening I pack up the systainers and vacs (CT22 and CT26) and store them in the garage or family room (main deck is off family room).
Several times these last three weeks my wife said she appreciated that the house was cleaned up at the end of each day. Our SO's may not notice the tools we use, but they do appreciate the end result and the clean way we do it.
Regards,
Dan.
P.s. I, of course, took every opportunity to educate her about the benefits of using Festool tools, vacs, and systainers. 8)
Several times these last three weeks my wife said she appreciated that the house was cleaned up at the end of each day. Our SO's may not notice the tools we use, but they do appreciate the end result and the clean way we do it.
Regards,
Dan.
P.s. I, of course, took every opportunity to educate her about the benefits of using Festool tools, vacs, and systainers. 8)
Slightly off tool topic.
I went into our local VW dealership a few years back to buy a replacement CV joint boot for my wife's golf cabriolet. From memory it was about £7.00.
An hour and half later I left the dealership with the CV boot and a £28,000 golf 4-motion.
The first thing my wife did when I got home was to pack her suitcase and promptly leave for her mothers.
Luckily I kept the car and my wife!
As for buying tools I'm quite lucky in the fact that I'm a builder, so purchasing tools as and when has never been an issue.
I went into our local VW dealership a few years back to buy a replacement CV joint boot for my wife's golf cabriolet. From memory it was about £7.00.
An hour and half later I left the dealership with the CV boot and a £28,000 golf 4-motion.
The first thing my wife did when I got home was to pack her suitcase and promptly leave for her mothers.
Luckily I kept the car and my wife!
As for buying tools I'm quite lucky in the fact that I'm a builder, so purchasing tools as and when has never been an issue.
jonny round boy
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Alan m said:
I haven't worked it out, but I think a full set of everything Festool would come out at considerably more than 28k.... [eek]
Being a hobbyist its hard to justify some of the big Festool purchases. My tactic is to explain that I need a certain tool for the next job, sometimes it works.
Most of my purchases are done online, I think if I went to the store I'd come out with more than I went in for.
Most of my purchases are done online, I think if I went to the store I'd come out with more than I went in for.
