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[queball]

Assuming you know someone who has a Festool addiction and has about every festool imaginable what are some of those lesser known hidden gems they could add to their Festool collection?

Asking for a friend.

 

[Birdhunter]

Start collecting Lie Neilson planes, Blue Spruce chisels, and Starrett micrometers. Worked for me.

 

[Alanbach]

The STL 450 Inspection light is not a well known item. As always, it is super expensive and seems crazy  to spend over $300us for a light fixture but it is a bit of a game changer for sanding and finishing. I got lucky and found one on the recon site. It provides a raking light that shows every little imperfection on the surface.

 

[rst]

Lie Neilsen is my other addition, really only short the 10 1/2 Jack and a 62...pretty much have every one I would ever use.  Use the router, chisel, skew blocks, shoulder and beading tools the most.

 

[MikkelF]

There is also woodpeckers wide selection of products or TSO to look at if your friend are into quality tools
In another league you'll find machinery for woodworking from Felder / SMC etc.... And that seems to be a very quick and easy way to get rid of burning cash in your pocket - at least that worked for me with my recent purchase of a Hammer K3, A3-41 and N3800 ;-)

 

[Chainring]

The STL 450 Inspection light is not a well known item. As always, it is super expensive and seems crazy  to spend over $300us for a light fixture but it is a bit of a game changer for sanding and finishing. I got lucky and found one on the recon site. It provides a raking light that shows every little imperfection on the surface.

Here's an alternative that I happen to own. Adjustable color temperature (CCT) and very high color rendering index (CRI), both verified with a Sekonic C-800. If you're patient and lucky, it can sometimes be had for less than $100.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000548160467.html?spm=a2g0o.9042311.0.0.27094c4dQJxvWw

 

[Stan Tillinghast]

You could also look into Bridge City Tools.
I have some of their original brass and rosewood layout tools, I believe they are collectors' items now and can be found on eBay. They're mighty purty.

 

[Packard]

There are people who have an absolute orgasm over Dowelmax.

I have Joint Genie and I think it is as good for the type of work I do. 

 

[DynaGlide]

Lamello has some cool stuff. Blum line boring kits. Mafell Duo Doweller and all their other tools.

Depends on your interests. The Lamello and Blum are mainly for cabinetry.

 

[ForumMFG]

You could also look into Bridge City Tools.
I have some of their original brass and rosewood layout tools, I believe they are collectors' items now and can be found on eBay. They're mighty purty.

I used to be a huge bridge city fan and collected a lot of their tools while john was owner.  He retired and sold to a company in china and thats where the tools are made.  I continued to buy the new tool releases even though they were made in china and against my better judgement but they are just not the same at all.  Won’t buy from them again. 

 

[notenoughcash]

collect all the mafell tools now. [scared]  that would be 1. very expensive, and 2, you need a lot of space.  the 450mm circ saw is a beast

 

[Birdhunter]

I have both Domino machines and added a Mafell doweling machine. It is a very viable complement to the loose tenon techniques. The machine is beautifully designed and built. The accuracy is fantastic. The accessories work well and provide excellent accuracy. Downsides are the dowels are metric and hard to find it hobby amounts and it’s easy to burn up the bits by going to hard into the wood. The bits are expensive. The support from the US distributor is excellent. Good people.