What - non Festool - tool / workshop related gizmo/stuff did you buy today?

[onocoffee]

The Clan of FOG is a good one. @Michael Kellough messaged me since I am traveling in New England about the Tool Consignment Shop in Swansea, MA where they had a ELU 3380 biscuit jointer for $50. Was able to make it down this morning and even got a little Festool bag for my lunch for ten bucks! Thanks Mike!

 

[Cheese]

That Festool bag is what the original SysLite KAL 100 & KAL II came in.

 

[Michael Kellough]

Glad you were able to get there. I would have bought it if they shipped stuff but…

When you go to take the blade off to clean it remember the arbor nut is left hand thread.

 

[luvmytoolz]

The Clan of FOG is a good one. @Michael Kellough messaged me since I am traveling in New England about the Tool Consignment Shop in Swansea, MA where they had a ELU 3380 biscuit jointer for $50. Was able to make it down this morning and even got a little Festool bag for my lunch for ten bucks! Thanks Mike!

Great score! I bought the DS140 when it was first released and it's an amazingly useful tool. I use it less for biscuits now, but use it all the time as a mini saw for continuous grooves and trimwork.

 

[onocoffee]

Great score! I bought the DS140 when it was first released and it's an amazingly useful tool. I use it less for biscuits now, but use it all the time as a mini saw for continuous grooves and trimwork.

This is actually my first biscuit joiner. I've never used one before. I only have experience with the DF500. That said, how does the 3380 compare to the DS140 and the LaMello?

 

[Michael Kellough]

This is actually my first biscuit joiner. I've never used one before. I only have experience with the DF500. That said, how does the 3380 compare to the DS140 and the LaMello?

3380 is the B&D name. It’s the same tool as the Elu DS140. Maybe the 140 was available in 220 volts but the 3380 is only 120v. Similar to Festool and HolzHer via the belt sander.

 

[luvmytoolz]

This is actually my first biscuit joiner. I've never used one before. I only have experience with the DF500. That said, how does the 3380 compare to the DS140 and the LaMello?

I don't have the Lamello Top as they're just too expensive, the Top 21 is around $3k here from memory. But the one you have is the DS140, maybe after DeWalt bought ELU they changed the product number.

But out of all the biscuit joiners I've used, I always found the ELU to be the best and most convenient to use. If you're trimming lining panels, doors, wall panelling, etc, the fact you can swivel the motor body in a large arc is incredibly handy.

It's way more than just a biscuit joiner, and mine has done an incredible amount of work since I bought it in the early 80's, and it's as good now as it was then. Highly recommend them.