New Festool Cordless Saw
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bushwhaker
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Amazing machine, amazing review. The price is 2400 euro excl.VAT the presenter say.
There's lots to like about it features wise... but then there's a "this is the 1.0 version" angel on one shoulder along with their "look at the prices of it" twin on the verge of collapse.
If the computer controlled angles and auto-height-whatever-the-bevel wizardry works out to be deadly accurate and repeatable I'd likely get one [when the Better Half finally picks the right lottery numbers].
If the computer controlled angles and auto-height-whatever-the-bevel wizardry works out to be deadly accurate and repeatable I'd likely get one [when the Better Half finally picks the right lottery numbers].
There has to be a limit on what can be classed as a sensible cordless tool, even Festools marketing hype cannot make that a worthwhile buy. What happens if EV's do become mainstream, now you can connect corded tools to them and so the need for cordless is reduced. My solution would be just buy a tracksaw and some tressles which will be a lot cheaper but don't under estimate the power of Festool marketing, they could probably convince Saudi to import oil because some do have a blind festool following. I had some guy telling me my table saw was dangerous and that I should buy the Festool one that cannot remove anyones fingers, apparently it is so technically advanced and smart that it will not respond to a vegetarian sausage as it has to be real meat and uses technology from the space program, well they have him well and truly hooked.
rogxwhit
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They have meat in space ???
TTS (Festool parent company) acquired SawStop and Shaper and this saw looks to be pulling in some of the smarts from both; which, while the price is way out of my league, I can appreciate the attempt to innovate.
The saw in question does have some limitations (e.g. depth of cut, battery powered only, sliding table not reaching a low blade) but, for what it brings to the.... erm... table... it looks impressive to me. And I say this as someone who'll happily run off a list of Festool tools I'd either never buy or buy again in a blink.
The saw in question does have some limitations (e.g. depth of cut, battery powered only, sliding table not reaching a low blade) but, for what it brings to the.... erm... table... it looks impressive to me. And I say this as someone who'll happily run off a list of Festool tools I'd either never buy or buy again in a blink.
Yes but dehydrated, they definately do not have table saws though, even festool ones !
All those space age features can’t protect the operators eyes and ears especially with no p p e in use .
Ollie78
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I wondered about why there is so much more big, battery powered stuff and the big Festool battery they are making now.
Then someone told me that on a lot of modern building sites they won't allow trailing wires (even 110v ones) so everyone has to have their own generator, they also won't let you drive your van to where you are working.
So if you can do everything on batteries, or a single giant battery then it's much easier.
Ollie
Then someone told me that on a lot of modern building sites they won't allow trailing wires (even 110v ones) so everyone has to have their own generator, they also won't let you drive your van to where you are working.
So if you can do everything on batteries, or a single giant battery then it's much easier.
Ollie
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