Your Festool Purchases (FIRST Purchase Only)

[Matthew Schenker]

Everyone,
This poll will help me understand members and make decisions about the forum to better benefit everyone!  Since the forum is separate and independent of Festool, this kind of information must come from members.  The information is anonymous, of course.

Please, kindly take a moment and vote for one of the amounts shown above.  I greatly appreciate everyone's input here.

Following polls will ask about your SECOND and THIRD purchases.

As always, feel free to post questions and comments below.

Stay in touch,
Matthew

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Good Morning,
Thank you everyone for your responses so far!  I've received several notes from members asking for voting options beyond $1500.  I have added a few more.

Everyone who voted for the "Over $1500" in the original poll, please edit your vote to be more specific!

Thank you again!  This information is extremely valuable.

Stay in touch,
Matthew

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Everyone,
I just edited the poll question slightly, to clarify the question.  I'm interested in major purchases, meaning tools or tools and consumables together.  The poll is not looking for how much you spend on incidentals like sandpaper.

If you need to, please change your votre to reflect this change!

Thanks,
Matthew

 

[Bill Wyko]

After my BIL bought the TS-55 I tried it. At that point I was hooked. Of course I had to get the TS-75. Wouldn't want to copy him. ;D

 

[jatt]

Must admit I havent used the TS55 saw yet.  Hopefully next week I will be cutting up some formply.  Got two 1400 mm guides cause the longest cut I will need to do is 2400 mm (8 feet).  Recon I will get a neater cut than the currrent method I'm now using. 

Cooltainer gets used every day for battery storage.  So far it keeps the ice brick I wrap in newspaper fairly well frozen.  Still waiting for the hotter days to really test it out in the back of the ute.

 

[Fathers Woodcraft]

Our First Festool purchase was a second hand 55 (dont remember the exact pre-cursur) skill saw with one rail.

 

[gearup75]

First tool....cordless drill with all the chucks.  Was a mistake, now I"m hooked on Festool

 

[Wim]

My first purchase was a TS55 with a CMS table and a fence. No CT yet, so I was sometimes ankle deep in sawdust. It was not my last Festool. Total price around $1750.

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Good Afternoon,
Thanks for those of you who have participated in this poll, as well as the two related polls (which can be found right here, and also right here).

It's interesting to see the unfolding results of these polls and to consider what it means.

Thanks again,
Matthew

 

[ROb McGilp]

Two OF2000's

 

[Daviddubya]

...It's interesting to see the unfolding results of these polls and to consider what it means...

Matthew - In looking at the poll results nothing jumps out.  The amounts spent are widely distributed across the three poll ranges.  I'm not sure what conclusions to draw.  Please share your thoughts with us.  Thanks.

 

[tbellemare]

How do you see the results, David?

 

[Daviddubya]

How do you see the results, David?

Tom - As I said, I saw nothing that jumps out, and do not know what conclusions to draw.  The data says nothing specific to me.  It looks like a wide distribution of people spending a wide distrubution of money, and all three polls have similar results.  I was asking what Matthew meant when he said, "It's interesting to see the unfolding results of these polls and to consider what it means."  NBD.

 

[sw1211]

I'd like to know what the heck you would buy for < $100 as your 1st purchase.  Router bit, clamp, sandpaper?

 

[dsh]

Ok my first was $400 - $500.  What about my second at $1000, my third at $500, etc purchases?  You know the festool bug.

 

[tbellemare]

David, or anyone:

I know this probably seems stupid but I was wondering how one sees the data as a result of this or any other poll. I'm not seeing it and probably because I don't know where to look.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

 

[sw1211]

David, or anyone:

I know this probably seems stupid but I was wondering how one sees the data as a result of this or any other poll. I'm not seeing it and probably because I don't know where to look.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

What I see is that approx 50% of the 1st time purchases were b/w $400-$1K, which if I had to guess is a vac + 1 tool. No real surprise there. 12% of the 1st timers purchased more than $2K. What isn't known is if these large purchases were by pros or hobbyists, which would be worth knowing as a dealer.  You really need a bit more info to come to any meaningful conclusions.  As a dealer I think you would rather want to know what specific tools were purchased 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc, vs how much was spent.

 

[gearup75]

    1st tool....C12 drill with all the chucks....525 if I remember....24 hours later...T55 saw with CT22...OF1400 router...MFT3 table....you know the prices   Within 7 days...add the Domino set...domino assortment....RO150 sander...DTS400 sander and ETS 150/3 sander.
Now the only tools I don't own are the Kapex...the jigsaw and the planer, all of which will probably be in the arsenal before summer the way its going. 
    I am not a pro woodworker.  I have worked with metal  or humans all my life.  I am now enjoying wood working more then I had ever anticipated.  I don't think it would have been possible without the quality of Festool and this board for that matter.  The wife does not know what I spent on the equipment, nor does she bother to ask knowing of my previous Snap On tool habit, which seems to have been replaced by Festool  She even likes what I have done so far as to commision me to build things for her ;D

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Matthew - In looking at the poll results nothing jumps out.  The amounts spent are widely distributed across the three poll ranges.  I'm not sure what conclusions to draw.  Please share your thoughts with us.  Thanks.

I have always just been interested in statistics of group activities.  It's always been interesting to me to get to know the people in the group -- in this case what we build and how we like the tools -- as well as the numbers behind the personal stuff.

To get the really large picture, of course, we need comments behind the statistics.

For me, it's just one more dimension of what the forum is all about: getting to know more about the group we have.

Thanks,
Matthew

 

[richard.selwyn]

My first purchase was the old AFT 55 or whatever saw and a 1400mm guide rail about 10 years ago.  I think I can say without exaggeration that it changed my life.  I'm now broke  (too many (Fes)tools) but have changed jobs to become a professional (I'm not sure I will ever merit that term) woodworker thanks in a large part to that saw.  Other than a Striebig panel saw or a table saw with a huge slider (my Austrian Felder saw only has a 2-metre slider) there's nothing that can compete for cutting down panels.  Discovering Festool was certainly the start on a slippery green slope but was also an eye opener.  The quality of their dust extraction has made working with MDF, if not a pleasure, at least a daily reality.   Discovering this forum was also the first time I had ever communicated in such a way - a real eye opener as well.  Thank you Festool and thank you FOG.