Thread: Not bad this Festo stuff...

Hi Damien,

Up to Your old tricks again eh..pulling the tools apart
Being in Germany, You must see a fair amount of festo?
I've heard on the grape vine a lot of the German tradesmen prefer the old Festo gear to the newer Festool.
You heard anything about it mate?
Lucky bugger, access to all those tools floating around on ebay
cheers!

Second hand huh? Show us the wear!

Some quality innards there, if you are into that king of thing of course

Thanks for sharing those pics Damien. They remind me of a German car magazine, that does that to the cars they used for their durability tests. (after they put 100 000 km on them).

I wouldn't dare doing it myself to any of the tools I own and want to use again afterwards. (I 'm not that good at putting it back together, and I'm very good at losing little pieces) I only screw them open after warranty when there's a broken cable or stuck or worn brushes. (The good old " If it ain't broken, don't fix it" motto)

Originally Posted by underused

Hi Damien,

Up to Your old tricks again eh..pulling the tools apart
Being in Germany, You must see a fair amount of festo?
I've heard on the grape vine a lot of the German tradesmen prefer the old Festo gear to the newer Festool.
You heard anything about it mate?
Lucky bugger, access to all those tools floating around on ebay
cheers!

Gudday mate! How's the winter over there? Bloody brilliant here at the moment. Blue skies and sunshine, powder snow in the alps which are half an hour away... Luverly!

Can't really comment on old versus new 'cause I don't have any of their kit. The stuff's good but it's not infailible. The variable speed on the trigger of the battery drill is stuffed. I pulled it down - lots of minute parts in there - and overhauled it but to no avail. I've got Metabos for example, that are a lot older and their triggers are the duck's nuts.

In addition to the decent quality, I think Festool's rep can be traced back to three important factors:

• Its sanders
• Precision
• The fact it continues to innovate

Nice stuff if you can afford it...

Originally Posted by Frank-Jan

The good old " If it ain't broken, don't fix it" motto

Grüße nach Belgium! There is another ancient motto which I think comes from Plato - which I will now loosely translate from Greek: 'If you snap something up in eBay 2nd hand, pull it down and overhaul it to ensure you know what you're working with. Especially if it spins really fast.'

Who am I to argue with one of history's wisest men?