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My machine, man was kind enough to do a tutorial, changing operations looks super easy and quick, I do want to retro fit a shelix head down the line when funds allow for it!

Excited 😆
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Lol! Absolutely! He says this beast is 560kg! But apparently that’s a good thing as it makes everything more stable and produces a better cut. He’s making me a little video of changing operations...

being Scottish, I did my apprenticeship in a small Scottish town, we worked on many old historic buildings, one I remember was Robert burns the poet ‘s birth place ‘Burns cottage’ we restored the...

A bit of an ‘investment ‘ however. Festool make their larger planer with various heads, one is for this look. Or I’ve seen a carbatec thicknesser that you could fit custom blades in, surely it could...

I bit the bullet and paid for the machine today !
$3300 including GST, $330 delivered

This is the machine

New 2017 weldy EX2 Manuel Plastic Welders in Ermington, NSW Price: $2,695
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Thanks again guys, I’m thinking now with limited space, and most new machines are basically ‘junk’ maybe good condition ‘old’ is The way to go?

I’ve got the chance of a casadei FS 41, 1 owner from...

Thanks River builder!

Yep I might stay away from ‘hafco’ for a professional operation, mainly because every other jointer for sale seems to be hafco, toolex and the odd Sherwood.

I’m...

Hi guys

After a bit of advice on choosing a surface planer/jointer and a thicknesser

I’ve looked at some pretty ordinary 2 Nd hand stuff, and that helped me decide what I DONT WANT ( toolex 6...

I've just bought the saw in question, maybe 2 or 3 months ago, I hope the issue is resolved! For 2.5 G I have high hopes!

Yeah, I'm at a cross roads right now. My 12 v ( the one with the battery that clips in front of the trigger) is now flashing red on both battery's 2nd time around. Not bagging the tool it's been...

A sharp block plane? The way I did all my miters before buying my first scms after arriving in australia. ( cut with handsaw and dressed with scary sharp block plane.)
I would have thought a...

I had a quick walk through maybe 1 hr - 1.5 hr , on Sunday arvo. Quite impressed, but thought it lacked atmosphere of Moore park?

But a 10 pack of fein timber blades for around $130 a new 'end'?...

The 65 is a nice planer, problem is the blades are a bit expensive, youl'll be hitting nails galore on those studs to, I'll bet!

If you have any 18v makita lithium tools, the planer is great!...

I just thought I'd give makita two thumbs up!

I have an old 2200 router, been in the garage for over 8 yrs since it's last job (morticing merbau newel post)

I plugged it in, away it went! I put...

Not to mention safer! Remember to always go AGAINST the rotation of a power tools, you don't want the buggers catching and coming at you, eek!

This effect is more pronounced on a radial arm saw,...

Exactly what I was going to say, you could use 'timber connectors' in between to help prevent any movement, they are kind of like 'ninja stars' but with the points bent in and out to grab timber, as...

We don't have get ripped off, over this way

I thought mine was a bit a bit under powered, but I recently had to rip up some 20 mm and 50 mm merbau, I bought one of those cheap 160 mm blades from bunnings(marathon), the ripping one (32 teeth?)...

Not 'cheaper' per say Andy , but a better deal atleast, we neared to cut 3 m lengths frequently so it was a smart move (we thought) to buy the 5 m track and cut it to 3.1 m / 1.9, but it's the mk 1

Yep heaps of torque! I used to abuse mine like you wouldn't believe doing kitchen, I had 125 mm hole saws going in it and everything lol! It still loves me.

What about dips rather than high spots ?

I'd agree, I've had mine for years and also thought it was 'ok...' not as sexually stimulating as other festool stuff I've bought and love too bits.
All the crap talk they said about it, Ie. Cutting...

Lol, no worries.

Yep I was using my cms all day today, love the portability and small size, I am kicking myself I didn't get the ts 75 and 2200 router though. I can see me buying the saw soon...

Thanks Justin, is that the fence with micro adjuster? That's a good price!
Any dramas raising your saw?(bet your glad I said saw, lol)

Yep I've had mine over 7 yrs, very good. The different chucks come in handy for awkward jobs.

BOth batteries packed up a few years back and I replaced them with japanese ones from c.o.d.a Sydney ,...

Do you recon a router table with 1400 w festool router could do a cope and stick cut, for making up a simple sash in 33mm wrc, or would I be wasting my time buying the cutter?

Mine sucked also, it came 'free' with a deal, I chucked it.

Well done , the old joiner on the mk1 tracks sucked big time, I'm sure the double will be heaps better, ie.keep it straight

G'day , I'm not sure 100% what your job is but some type of decorative vee joint sheet material, is it to chair rail height or full height?

But no matter, I would drop the glue idea completely and...

Sorry to be a kill joy, but 'why'? That is how I was taught to chop out a mortice, once you can do it, you can do it. We then moved onto the machine room and were introduced to the hollow chisel and...

This is a stroke of genius I worked out one day that should work for you, lol

Set up a rebating bit so it is only taking of that 0.5 mm, you may need to talk to your 'good' hardware store guy to...

hi goguppy,

Sorry bit late with the reply!

Yep I got the cmc + ts 55 (another one! 4 th I think)+ 1400 router

It's bed time, but quickly, really happy with it overall, love the slide...

Yep, I'm the same festool blades are great but I do use 'one blade for all' and I find those cheap ones in bunnings pretty good, almost hard to tell the difference with a brand new one, think it's...

De nada, as the Spanish would say. Emailed wonga.

Take care,

We provide a fully comprehensive sash window repair service, including any repairs, upgrades and replacement joinery you can think of.

I can carry out any glazing repairs you need at the same time...

This is so sad, being a father to a two yr old girl myself I really feel for you.

I hope this box turns out exactly as you wish and helps ease your pain some how.

On a practical level if wongo...

so wierd, i was just on about this saw on another thread! i found it really good for rough stuff, i cut heaps of framing even 300 wide lvl's iirc, you could almost hang it off your tool belt as...

hi yael,

my first saw was a 2 nd hand black and decker, back in scotland. it sucked, but it was my first one.

after ariving in oz my first purchase was a makita circular saw and a down payment...

even the cheaper blades at bunnings 'marathon' should do the trick, around the $20 mark fits straight on the saw. i gave up on the festool blades a while ago too much $$$

sounds a bit too heavy to me, my panasonic drives anything i throw at it and wieghs a lot less.:U

i often take full depth cuts in 2 or 3 passes when using track, i think you could adopt the same idea with table mount set up.

yep your assumption is correct geoff however the uk also use 240 v, so it isnt just australia, only site work is {supposed to be )110v

but i'm sure you are all correct in that festool are too...

thanks bobl, coll getting to speak directly with the creator of the app!:D

thanks guys, i'm really tempted.

apple has an application for the iphone which apparently identifies timber type, has anyone tried it out?

i've had a rotex 150/3 for 7 yrs only had drama with pads, one jammed up and the power cord gave me grief recently but i solved that myself 3 cords later!

anyone used the belt sander? i'm in the...

has anyone forked out the $$ for the cms? it looks great, the quality looks superb, but so pricey

has anyone asked the us suppliers if they sell different models? jest askin:no:

yep i'll vouch for that, the 'big man' did not wear any gloves or barrier cream on friday when using it, and now has black stains all over itchy hands, which is only starting to wear off.

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i might chip in here mate as i do this for a living,

simply get some pyne board 16 or 18mm get i about 100 - 150mm wider than the cupboard to ceiling gap. measure the smallest size,...