Festool power tools.

David Paste · 2012-02-01T23:46:30+00:00

Hello all,I was in a tool shop t'other day (Axminster) and noticed a lovelydisplay of Festool tools, so naturally I went over to have a sneakygrope and see what all the fuss is about. They are clearly a cut abovethe kind of power tool I am used to using (just hobby & DIY) but...the prices! THE PRICES! Why are they so expensive? They areundoubtedly nice units, but they seem to be inordinately expensive -500 quid for a cordless driver, 120 quid for an LED work lamp, etcetc... The most expensive thing I saw was a router for 700-and-something pounds.So why are they so costly? And more importantly, are they worth themoney?Thanks in advance,David.

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Stuart 14 years ago

Looking at Google Earth I think you're probably right, unfortunately the "Streetview" cameras seem to have missed quite a lot. . It's odd really, my wife and I went to a pub for lunch today and, checking it out on "Streetview" before we went, it would appear they drove straight into and round the car-park at the back of the pub!

There's a road (Ashburton Road West) which crosses the canal and there is clear access to the towpath from it. There also appears to be a path from the road swing-bridge to the towpath by the aqueduct so no need to go to any trouble, I'll sus it out when I get there.

It's a waste really. The Merry Hill shopping centre near Dudley has the canal skirting one edge and they've made a feature of it. Landscaped it, put in moorings (I think they want the boaters to go shopping there) built a waterside pub, hotel and cafes along the waterfront. It's quite attractive really. Streetview seems to have covered it quite comprehensively and there seem to be quite a few photographs uploaded to Google earth by visitors.

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David Paste 14 years ago

Oh yeah, there's certainly no restrictions to you actually getting to it, just not sure about the car park at Even City! But you might find Ashburton RW to be a bit busy - it's a feeder to the industrial units there - I'd be a bit worried about leaving my car around there - lorries need to get things done, you know?! I'd have a quick squizz down Chapel Place, which is right next to the aqueduct. I am pretty certain I have parked down there before.

I know what you mean, but if I remember correctly, Peel Holdings had some plan to make the area around there into a river stop with a service going up the ship canal to the city centre (It could have been on the Bridgewater, but that would seem a bit slow to me). Don't know what happened to that idea though. Would be nice to see it come to fruition, and it would certainly have the chance to compete with the trams to the New Media City complex - I don't know if there is the same speed limit on the MSC as the Bridgewater. I would hope not! I'm not sure what they'd do about the lock at the Quays though - I'd think they'd take up a fair bit of time, so maybe have two boats running on the two sections using the Quays as the hub?

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Stuart 14 years ago

Plan is to leave the car where it is in the Event City car park and walk.

Well, I'm sure it would have a limit to reduce errosion of the banks but some little time googling has produced no results

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Dave 14 years ago

On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:54:34 -0500, "J. Clarke"

You been hibernating Mr. Clarke? This topic was discussed completely several weeks ago.

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Puckdropper 14 years ago

Dave wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

I've noticed several of his messages seem to appear in a row with various dates. Perhaps his newsserver isn't working correctly.

Puckdropper

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Steve Turner 14 years ago

I too have noticed the same thing. It happened a week or so ago, and I just now got about 10 more of them.

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Stuart 14 years ago

Turns out, as I had hoped, there was direct access to the tow-path, via some gates, from the Barton Square car park so I was able to walk straight along the canal.

I've put up some pictures here of the show and canal

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is a straight dump from my camera memory card and I've not had time to edit/sort/label the pics.

For some odd reason Photobucket insists on showing everything in reverse order, so top LH corner of page 1 is IMGP0751.jpg, the last picture I took and IMGP0668.jpg, at the RH bottom of page 4, the first. It was late when I got back, I stuck the memory card in the computer, hit CTRL-A, upload, and went to bed.

I spent a couple of hours in the show first, then met the rest of the family for a sandwich and coffee. Afterwards we walked along the tow-path to the bridge and then back into the show for the remaining time.

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