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It just enrages me everytime I see a festools used. (It's the biggest brand on ask this old house) They're really expensive.

by monksy 6y ago

mturmon 6y ago
We should be glad that such fine tools exist, no?
- cthalupa 6y ago
  They make nice tools. It's debatable whether a lot of them are worth the money. Some of their stuff is nearly indispensable in a high volume or time constrained shop, though. The domino's only real competition comes from mafell, and it's similarly priced. Triton and some others have tried to compete with some dowel joiners, but they don't work nearly as well.
cpwright 6y ago
Festool has started sponsoring TOH, but they used the tools before that. The track saw, domino, sanders, and dust extractors are very well built tools. The amount of dust from my Dewalt 5" ROS was night and day compared to the 125mm Rotex. The domino makes joinery much faster, and has become an essential part of my workflow. My beef with TOH is now that all the houses are so expensive and the work is so custom or complicated that it is not relatable.
rkangel 6y ago
Why does it cause you rage? It causes me jealousy! When I used to do Theatre carpentry, I regularly used Festool equipment (that wasn't mine). It was an education in how careful thought to your product design can make something much better to use. I have an Evolution Sliding Chopsaw at home. It cost £200 and it's great. The Festool Kapex is just better in a lot of small ways - the mechanism for adjusting angle is quick and precise, the laser lines mark out kerf width accurately, the airflow has been designed so that dust extraction works well etc.. It's 10 times the price though, so obviously not worth it for me at home.
- monksy 6y ago
  They may be the best of the best. But when you see a guy with a youtube channel with it. It kind of defeats the whole deal of "i could do this too" If it's the best of the best the average homeowner shouldn't own it. (It's not a good value for them)

It just enrages me everytime I see a festools used. (It's the biggest brand on ask this old house) They're really expensive.

by monksy 6y ago

It just enrages me everytime I see a festools used. (It's the biggest brand on ask this old house) They're really expensive.

mturmon 6y ago

We should be glad that such fine tools exist, no?

cthalupa 6y ago
They make nice tools. It's debatable whether a lot of them are worth the money. Some of their stuff is nearly indispensable in a high volume or time constrained shop, though. The domino's only real competition comes from mafell, and it's similarly priced. Triton and some others have tried to compete with some dowel joiners, but they don't work nearly as well.

cpwright 6y ago

Festool has started sponsoring TOH, but they used the tools before that. The track saw, domino, sanders, and dust extractors are very well built tools. The amount of dust from my Dewalt 5" ROS was night and day compared to the 125mm Rotex. The domino makes joinery much faster, and has become an essential part of my workflow. My beef with TOH is now that all the houses are so expensive and the work is so custom or complicated that it is not relatable.

rkangel 6y ago

Why does it cause you rage? It causes me jealousy! When I used to do Theatre carpentry, I regularly used Festool equipment (that wasn't mine). It was an education in how careful thought to your product design can make something much better to use. I have an Evolution Sliding Chopsaw at home. It cost £200 and it's great. The Festool Kapex is just better in a lot of small ways - the mechanism for adjusting angle is quick and precise, the laser lines mark out kerf width accurately, the airflow has been designed so that dust extraction works well etc.. It's 10 times the price though, so obviously not worth it for me at home.

monksy 6y ago
They may be the best of the best. But when you see a guy with a youtube channel with it. It kind of defeats the whole deal of "i could do this too" If it's the best of the best the average homeowner shouldn't own it. (It's not a good value for them)