Who has sold their table saw and gone to a Festool TS?

[tallgrass]

I got rid of a large panel saw and replaced if a compact table saw and now only use it for limited ripping, and cross cut sled  table.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

You couldn't pry my 2500 pound dual arbor TS out of my cold dead hands.

 

[danrush]

Hey Darcy, who would want to pry 2500 lbs. of anything from your hands?

 

[adubeau]

I have thought about.... and I can not see givving up mu Unisaw... not happening well maybe for a nice slider....

 

[hhh]

==> Thanks for all the well thought out replies.  I am just beginning to think about this.  I realize there can be a downside, which is why I am asking for other's experience.  I don't know about drinking any kool aid.    I've owned the TS 55 longer than the combo machine.  I'm just contemplating the way my business is changing.

The kool-aid is not referring to your particular situation, but to these sorts of threads in general...  There was just one over on another forum that got a bit heated at times (the ft-fan-club was out in force)...  folks were going to rather ridiculous lengths (two or three glasses of kool-aid) to justify 55/mft over cabinet saw...  but when all was said and done, many of the claims disappeared when they unplugged their ts for a couple of months and used it only for an assembly table...  very few folks have the type of projects/workflow where the 55/mft completely replaces the ts.

 

[BillG]

It ain't just the tool, it is all about how a person works, and where his (or her) business comes from.  Me, I am a turner who builds furniture.  I am not a cabinet guy who is cranking out miles of cabinets in a year.  I don't even do much on site.  I turn bowls, and when there is time in between bowls, I make furniture.  Most of it is one off stuff out of solid wood.  Sometimes plywood carcases are involved.  Some of you guys could not survive without a table saw.  Some of you have thousands of square feet to put all the tools you want in it.  Some of us are different. 

I have put my combo machine up for sale.  My plan, if it sells, is to buy a jointer/planer combo.  I have no problem working with a machine like that, since I have been using one for over eight years now.  If I need one, I can always grab a cheap table saw.  Cheap is less than a grand.  It would be purely for ripping thin (less than 6/4) wood.  Crosscuts would be handled by the Kapex.  Heavy ripping can be handled by the bandsaw.  I've got it covered.  If worst comes to worst, I will grab the chainsaw.    But I don't see that happening. 

 

[jacko9]

It ain't just the tool, it is all about how a person works, and where his (or her) business comes from.  Me, I am a turner who builds furniture.  I am not a cabinet guy who is cranking out miles of cabinets in a year.  I don't even do much on site.  I turn bowls, and when there is time in between bowls, I make furniture.  Most of it is one off stuff out of solid wood.  Sometimes plywood carcases are involved.  Some of you guys could not survive without a table saw.  Some of you have thousands of square feet to put all the tools you want in it.  Some of us are different. 

I have put my combo machine up for sale.  My plan, if it sells, is to buy a jointer/planer combo.  I have no problem working with a machine like that, since I have been using one for over eight years now.  If I need one, I can always grab a cheap table saw.  Cheap is less than a grand.  It would be purely for ripping thin (less than 6/4) wood.  Crosscuts would be handled by the Kapex.  Heavy ripping can be handled by the bandsaw.  I've got it covered.  If worst comes to worst, I will grab the chainsaw.     But I don't see that happening. 

I'm sure you'll be happy with your decision.  I always have my Bow Saw and a very nice 4 foot 2 teeth per/inch hand saw if I ever give up my table saw.  I make mostly one off furniture and cut very little plywood.

Jack

 

[Kev]

I'm sure you'll be happy with your decision.  I always have my Bow Saw and a very nice 4 foot 2 teeth per/inch hand saw if I ever give up my table saw.  I make mostly one off furniture and cut very little plywood.

Jack

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