You know when you are a Festool Junkie When:
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jonny round boy
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When:
1. A friend suggests that you should read more, so you go out & get extra copies of the Festool catalogue so that no matter which part of the house you're in, you'll always have one to hand...
2. A friend mentions (s)he's bought a new tool, and you can instantly think of a dozen reasons why the Festool version is better...
3. You ring your Festool dealer, and he mentions offhand that there's something new coming out, and you say you'll have one before you even know what it is...
4. You buy systainers for all your other tools, just so you can pretend you have more Festool gear than you *actually* do...
5. Despite buying a systainer to put your old jigsaw in (see no. 4), within a month you've ordered a PS300...
6. You see a new tool that seems to solve a problem you're having, but it's the wrong colour & the dust port is the wrong size, so you happily pay twice as much for something that does the same thing, but with more style...
7. You bragg about the length of you guide rails...
8. You look down on other tradesmen, 'cos they spend half the day lugging odd-shaped boxes out of the van...
9. You spend too much of your life on this website...
10. You spend 20 mins compiling top 10 lists like this one!!!
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1. A friend suggests that you should read more, so you go out & get extra copies of the Festool catalogue so that no matter which part of the house you're in, you'll always have one to hand...
2. A friend mentions (s)he's bought a new tool, and you can instantly think of a dozen reasons why the Festool version is better...
3. You ring your Festool dealer, and he mentions offhand that there's something new coming out, and you say you'll have one before you even know what it is...
4. You buy systainers for all your other tools, just so you can pretend you have more Festool gear than you *actually* do...
5. Despite buying a systainer to put your old jigsaw in (see no. 4), within a month you've ordered a PS300...
6. You see a new tool that seems to solve a problem you're having, but it's the wrong colour & the dust port is the wrong size, so you happily pay twice as much for something that does the same thing, but with more style...
7. You bragg about the length of you guide rails...
8. You look down on other tradesmen, 'cos they spend half the day lugging odd-shaped boxes out of the van...
9. You spend too much of your life on this website...
10. You spend 20 mins compiling top 10 lists like this one!!!
;D ;D ;D
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Hi,
My slope is gradually getting steeper. About four years ago I bought the ATF55 , CT22, and guide rails. MOstly to have a good way to cut sheet goods with good DC. I was tired of covering most of the shop with saw dust. Plus the fact that there would be no offset to calculate for the cut to mark location would help avoid mistakes.
A couple years later I bought the jigsaw because my crappy one needed an upgrade so I figured why not go with the Festool.
When the OF 1400 came out I was actually waiting to be able to buy it. The features looked outstanding and I wanted a better router. This is a tool that the more I used it the more smart engineering I discovered.
At this point it should be noticed that the time duration was getting smaller between each purchase. During the course of this I went from being a hobbiest into my own custom woodworking business, and have been slowly growing it ever since. This has made it very easy to justify and pay for more stuff. And allthe while I have been planning to add a table saw , jointer, etc.
The most recent purchase is an ETS 150/5 as well as the 6" abrasive Systainer. Until now I have not been using the Systainers. All of my tools are in cabinets with there accessories on the shelf next to them, and case or Systainer behind. With most tool cases thiswas the way to go because the open case lid on a bench took too much space and most cases do not hold the accessories very well. It was the abrasives Systainer that got me to try using them more. And now I actually find it easier to pull out the Systainers with all the tools accessories. Still not using other cases though.
I would say that up to the point of buying the sander I was still treating the tools as very well designed , high quality individual tools. But the most recent items have made start thinking about them as a shop system.
I am on the verge of putting up a new building for a more adequate shop. And I am no longer certain that a table saw and jointer will be a part of that. At least not right away. And my storage will now probably include a sysport setup for most if not all power tools and accessories. I am considering task oriented rolling sysports.
My slippery slope is getting slippery (for the better) and I am becoming a great big snow ball ;D
Seth
My slope is gradually getting steeper. About four years ago I bought the ATF55 , CT22, and guide rails. MOstly to have a good way to cut sheet goods with good DC. I was tired of covering most of the shop with saw dust. Plus the fact that there would be no offset to calculate for the cut to mark location would help avoid mistakes.
A couple years later I bought the jigsaw because my crappy one needed an upgrade so I figured why not go with the Festool.
When the OF 1400 came out I was actually waiting to be able to buy it. The features looked outstanding and I wanted a better router. This is a tool that the more I used it the more smart engineering I discovered.
At this point it should be noticed that the time duration was getting smaller between each purchase. During the course of this I went from being a hobbiest into my own custom woodworking business, and have been slowly growing it ever since. This has made it very easy to justify and pay for more stuff. And allthe while I have been planning to add a table saw , jointer, etc.
The most recent purchase is an ETS 150/5 as well as the 6" abrasive Systainer. Until now I have not been using the Systainers. All of my tools are in cabinets with there accessories on the shelf next to them, and case or Systainer behind. With most tool cases thiswas the way to go because the open case lid on a bench took too much space and most cases do not hold the accessories very well. It was the abrasives Systainer that got me to try using them more. And now I actually find it easier to pull out the Systainers with all the tools accessories. Still not using other cases though.
I would say that up to the point of buying the sander I was still treating the tools as very well designed , high quality individual tools. But the most recent items have made start thinking about them as a shop system.
I am on the verge of putting up a new building for a more adequate shop. And I am no longer certain that a table saw and jointer will be a part of that. At least not right away. And my storage will now probably include a sysport setup for most if not all power tools and accessories. I am considering task oriented rolling sysports.
My slippery slope is getting slippery (for the better) and I am becoming a great big snow ball ;D
Seth
Jim McFarland
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You spend more time analyzing the value of the Centrotec assortment than you do balancing your checkbook (which is already in trouble because you just bought a C12). On top of that, you decide the assortment isn't really a great value for the type of work you do and, of course, you buy it anyway.
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YOu know you are a Junkie when:
-You own 2 of the Lie Nielsen 25th Anniversary planes and you wonder how many Festools you could buy with the
- You call Timmy daily ( I ain't calling you for a week Tim!!!, just to see if I can do it).
- When you look around your shop and have a value on every non-Festool and figure out which Festool you could convert it into.
- When you finally scrounge the money up for a MFT you turn around and start saving for the Rotex... and then the Domino
- The only Forum you visit on a regular basis it the FOG
Dan Clermont
-You own 2 of the Lie Nielsen 25th Anniversary planes and you wonder how many Festools you could buy with the
- You call Timmy daily ( I ain't calling you for a week Tim!!!, just to see if I can do it).
- When you look around your shop and have a value on every non-Festool and figure out which Festool you could convert it into.
- When you finally scrounge the money up for a MFT you turn around and start saving for the Rotex... and then the Domino
- The only Forum you visit on a regular basis it the FOG
Dan Clermont
Corwin
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The battery charger on my Makita cordless drill went out when I swapped out batteries today. Mentioned it to the wife. She replied, "What, one of your Festools?" So, here was a good excuse... I said, "No, just an old Makita -- for what the charger costs, might as well just get a new drill." Didn't bother to mention which brand I was thinking about. But, I was kind of liking that new kit of bits that I saw here.
Hmmm, wonder just how much one of those Malita chargers costs anyway? Probably have to replace that one of these days.
Corwin
Hmmm, wonder just how much one of those Malita chargers costs anyway? Probably have to replace that one of these days.
Corwin
chrisrosenb
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When a friend stops by the shop & says you need to get a Festool sander & you tell him you don't need no stinken Festool.
Then in less than 2 weeks you have 4 Festool tools. :'( :'(
Then in less than 2 weeks you have 4 Festool tools. :'( :'(
Programmergeek
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When you think painting your shop or house festool green would be cool!
When you buy your wife/girlfriend festool green nailpolish so she can match your tools.
When you want to change all your other tools over to a plug it adapter.
When your tools wind up in other parts of the house rathor than the shop, just so you can drool over them.
When your bathroom reading materal is the new 2007 fetool catalog instead of playboy.
When you try to use a domino in a small picture fram or any other project you can for the sake of using it.
When you consider geting a voltage converter so you can import a 220v tool and be the first to have it int he states.
Last but leat you avoid taking jobs because festool doesn't make a tool that will work for it.
-=Jason=-
When you buy your wife/girlfriend festool green nailpolish so she can match your tools.
When you want to change all your other tools over to a plug it adapter.
When your tools wind up in other parts of the house rathor than the shop, just so you can drool over them.
When your bathroom reading materal is the new 2007 fetool catalog instead of playboy.
When you try to use a domino in a small picture fram or any other project you can for the sake of using it.
When you consider geting a voltage converter so you can import a 220v tool and be the first to have it int he states.
Last but leat you avoid taking jobs because festool doesn't make a tool that will work for it.
-=Jason=-
when you spend your children's inheritance on Festools
- and laugh uncontrollably when you do it
when you hide your latest purchase from your wife
- and pray she will never find it
when a UPS truck stops outside your house
- and you salivate when the driver says 'parcel for Mr Llap'
when you apply creative accounting to justify your next purchase
- and buy another one with the 'money you have saved
when your first logon is to FOG
- and you learn something new every day
when you settle down to sleep and Grandma says "Good Night John Boy!"
- and you hear yourself say "Good Night Dr Festool!"
when you best friend is a Rottweiler
- and he has his own Kapex
when the men in white coats arrive to take you away
- and you ask if you could go via the tool shop as the new Planer is in
Then you know, hand on wallet, that you have crossed the boundary that separates a disbeliever from one who has irretrievably skied down the slippery slope of Festool Mountain with only a Visa Card credit limit as a brake.
That Gentlemen, is a Festool Junkie.
- and laugh uncontrollably when you do it
when you hide your latest purchase from your wife
- and pray she will never find it
when a UPS truck stops outside your house
- and you salivate when the driver says 'parcel for Mr Llap'
when you apply creative accounting to justify your next purchase
- and buy another one with the 'money you have saved
when your first logon is to FOG
- and you learn something new every day
when you settle down to sleep and Grandma says "Good Night John Boy!"
- and you hear yourself say "Good Night Dr Festool!"
when you best friend is a Rottweiler
- and he has his own Kapex
when the men in white coats arrive to take you away
- and you ask if you could go via the tool shop as the new Planer is in
Then you know, hand on wallet, that you have crossed the boundary that separates a disbeliever from one who has irretrievably skied down the slippery slope of Festool Mountain with only a Visa Card credit limit as a brake.
That Gentlemen, is a Festool Junkie.
1. When you make earrings and a necklace out of dominos...
2. When the inherently limited humour from making earrings and a necklace has long since dissipated and you nevertheless proceed to make rings and pendants from dominos that will never be worn either...
3. When you try to build a jewellery box in the shape and colour of a Systainer...
2. When the inherently limited humour from making earrings and a necklace has long since dissipated and you nevertheless proceed to make rings and pendants from dominos that will never be worn either...
3. When you try to build a jewellery box in the shape and colour of a Systainer...
When they open the front door for you and know you by name
When they allow you to go into their warehouse area since you know where they keep the inventory
When you start helping other customers answer Festool questions
When they start inviting you to lunch
When you spend more in 2 months- January and February than you ever have before in your life
When they allow you to go into their warehouse area since you know where they keep the inventory
When you start helping other customers answer Festool questions
When they start inviting you to lunch
When you spend more in 2 months- January and February than you ever have before in your life
