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A RTS 400 can easily be rebuild into a DTS 400 with some spare parts and vice versa. So with a little bit extyra you can use both... :D

Wait until a dollar drops.... It has so many possibilities...

I often use my hard pad on my rotex for just th same purpose: To prevent rounding the edges (which already happens with a medium pad).

I'm very curious how the 93dx performes. I've never had a...

The festool beltsander BS-105 is so superb! I use it most of the times to really flatten-up my glued-up boards (inconjucting with the frame which is deliverd in the set). It's a beast!

Another...

Mostly i just blab something about Festool machinery. The zig-zag design style of Rocker caught my eye. And since I'm always interested in designs I was very curious what Rocker could do with it to...

Booboo,

You might also want to look at a Precisio 70 TS from festool. It's a little bit different from the basis since it has a fixed engine. This also means less readjustments (when you say dead...

In my opinion the OF 1400 is a nice piece. Handy functions but it's power is too light for real heavy (big bits) routing and the the machine is too heavy for fine routing (small bits). Therefore I'm...

The RAS 180 takes other abrassive tools than sanding paper. So it's lots coarser than a Rotex with sanding paper. My guess is the RAS 180 is for heavy duty renovation work and automotive puprposes...

Ha Riri be nice and name the partnumbers needed to change the rustofix in to a rotary sander/scraper. Always nice to know waht can be conversed into another machine. Might be a total whole new...

Oké it's very easy to make from a RS 400 a DS 400 sander and vice versa.

I found out that I need only 2 parts to make from my RS 400 a DS 400:

Partnr. 489125 and partnr. 489126. It will cost...

Aah the breakdown drawings with partnumbers are available on the German site. Great link: ekat.festool.de

Thanks!

Any part with a part number on the breakdown drawing is to be ordered seperately as a spare part. This way I'v gotten extra screws on my VS 600 and replaced a sub part on my Basis 1A module.

Come...

The Festool circular saws are best used in combination with a rail. Therefore a real difference in handling when sawing in combination with a rail is almost not noticable. The weight to lift the...

Yup the extra pieces are so interesting and very handy in tight spots! I use the TDK 12 with MH batteries.

I would have choosen the TDK 15,4 but this one isn't available in a set with MH...

Well keep us posted on the results! I'm curious. :D

I've another idea you can buy a collet for 1/4" routerbits with Festool. You have a 1/4" collet with partnumber: 488761

8mm bits are produced by brands which also deliver on the European market....

which one? A rustofix or a renovation grinder? I'm still musing about a renovation grinder if I have the money to spare. It saves big bucks on sanding paper with a coarse grit for the Rotex.

Well if you're looking for a very effective machine to remove quickly thick layers of paint/varnish etc. You should not look at the rustofix but the Festool renovation Grinder. It's a beast, it even...

Nope the rustofix is a very special machine for a niche appliance. What I mean to say that is used to make wood look 'old' in a certain style. It's certainly not my style but I think this style is...

Well there is always something when it's coming to introduction dates. I do know that Festool the introduction of the domi in europe took some extra time also. The most important thing is it's there:D

Screw the baseplate of the router. Use it is as a positioner in combination with a drill press. Or just mark the holes, use a center and then drill holes which are slightly larger which compensates a...

Whoever is going to tell that prof. Festool is not knowing what he's doing is raving mad. Hardwood domies huh huh huh huh he said hard.:D

Cheaper than a new one though....:doh:

The Kapex versus your Symmetric:

-Kapex has more sawing capacity, is this needed? If no well it's a don't care
-Kapex has a laserguide which gives some precision advantage. Is this...

Yup despite this all I'm and always will be a Festool addict:cool: .
But being a Dutchman I'm always looking for the cheapest way out :D :D :D (so that's way I'm so strongly for competition between...

If you 're quick you still might get a good price for the Symmetric. But the first question should be: Do you really have an advantage with your work if you do switch?

Aaah not entirely correct:rolleyes: The investing company in R&D hasn't in fact any problem with the discounts a retailer gives. Simply because the investing company can earn his investments back...

The heavy duty machines of Festool didn't have plug-it cables. So I guess Jonga is entirely right. For the machines with higher powerratings you need thicker cables. And my guess (I only own Festool...

Another old trick of Festool is delaying introductions. The domi introduction in Europe has been delayed a couple of times... But I guess the US introduction shouldn't be a big problem since they 've...

I bet you can make a dining table in the same design style. For instance lose the bottom supporting rails, mirror on the left vertical axis what is leftover. Fiddle with the proportions to change it...

It's almost everywhere the same. Tooltechnic is everywhere the importer.... they keep retailprices from retailers the same under the threat the importer won't supply the retailer anymore if they...

Festool has learned also , the new Rotex hasn't a rotating switching knob for switching modes, but some push mechanism. Guess they learned rotating plastic pieces are too weak for their standards....

I agree with everyone. Where a will is, there is a way. And the Domino seems to have virtual no limit regarding tenoning constructions. It's a combi of enough styles and standard domies or leser...

The beauty of this kind of art is in my humble opinion the combination of the soft, warm looking wood and the hard, cold looking industrial gadgetory with hints to whatever you fancy.

Some would...

My gut feeling tells me the weight of the door and glas panel and the stress of opening and closing the maximum domino size won't do it in a simple door with 5 styles (2 windows or 1 window and a...

As far as I understand it the Rotex didn't fail but the switch knob from chaning from random orbital sanding to rotary sanding was stuck due to debry. So the Rotex had become a single mode sander.......

Yup it's a deep love affair with those (Fes)tools. But hey can you blame us? :p

I always turn/rattle the sanding pad if the green turning knob doesn't go smoothly. It's just a case of lining things up so that it's just right. Then everything goes smoothly

Yup it's known of the Rotex that the collar needs to replaced from time to time. I think it's even said in the Manual....

What the real story is, is I think unknown only for insiders. Fact is the Routers of Festool (OF1010 and OF2000) and Maffel look like eachother. But they really aren't the same! Furthermore Festool...

The OF 900 is an older version of the OF 1010. The only real difference between those two is the engine and perhaps a break. But the both are nice little beasts perfect for routing by hand. The...

Like any other arty gadget: nothing and everything:D

Great piece!

Perfectly clear Niki, by checking the longest diagonals (they should be even) you check the squareness of the carcas. Again a inventive and simple solution.

Kind regards,

Sander

I also use the plano system (2 rails and 5 clamps) (also bought it secondhand). What I very much like of this system is that it's compact and very easy to handle. I also use this set to laminate the...

I really like your inventive way of doing those wood things:D

I've have 1 question. How do you make sure when you glue up the carcass of the chest that everything is 90 degrees? I mean you could...

Part 4 is on-line together with a very sane speech form Marc about the Domino.

Summary: Great tool, but pricy. If it is in your price range it's a great tool. If it's not than there are other...

It's just that the word 'random' is confusing me. But we call it in The Netherlands and Germany an excenter sander. And my guess is that excenter is the same as an ROS sander. In 'old' europe really...

Ahum excuse me :doh: the height of the Kapex table is exactly a systainer 1 higher than de table top of a MFT...

Well and if you already have an extension for your basis you can always built...

Well no sander has a random sanding pattern perhaps unless some bearrings are broken :D

Festool orbital sanders do have a very good sanding pattern that is it's hardly to see when sanding very...

First of all there is nothing wrong with using biscuits versus dominos, it was just a pun... For some serious alignment I think you're better of by using a special routerbit for glue ups on a...