Pass You Eye! Assembled Table Pics

I talked with ten hobbyists, too, and none of them used Festools. It seems that no one uses them.

I suggest you do the same, except this time use more brain and less chip, if you're able.

And a bigger pussy never lived. Had to bring Pandi to the ER late one night last week ($800 later, and she's fine ... thank gawd for pet insurance).

Girl behind the counter at the all night facility had her Harlequin GD with her, younger but almost as big as Mocha.

Another big pussy, so scared of 9lb Pandi, as sick as she was, that we had to go sit in another room.

I'm tempted to get a roomba just to see the reaction around here.

You can't touch and feel over the Internet.

Highland is local. ;-)

As I suspected, you're not.

Hey!

Had to bring Pandi to the ER late one

$800 with insurance??? What was wrong with her?

There is a new Roomba. It maps the room rather than run randomly for 30 minutes per section, it vacuums like you would cut your yard. I'm not sure if that is better or not. Although it might finish faster.

And it will go back to the charging station to recharge and go back out if it is not finished. Ours spends any where from 90 to 170 minutes to vacuum the house 5 days a week. If the newer version could do this in half the time by eliminating redundant coverage that would be better.

The much less expensive Neato brand robot vacs use this maping and recharging set up but you have to use magnetic strips as barriers to keep the robot out of off limits areas. Roomba uses IR light houses to retain or let the robot pass on.

That is absolutely true but if you live hundreds od miles from the closest brick and mortar, OR if your local supplier is out of a part, the internet is very handy. Most all on line suppliers do not charge for shipping on Festool, at least on the machines.

Luck you! ;~)

We have two Woodcraft stores and Circle Saw. Circle Saw is aimed mostly at the pro's.

You win, he blinked first. ;~)

Pet insurance paid $560 of that ...

Most of that was finding out what she didn't have, pancreatitis, bowel obstruction, etc. Symptoms came on in the space of 20 minutes - tremors, heavy panting, and yelped when you tried to pick her up.

Never did get a definitive answer, but it took a couple of days for her to get back to normal.

Not only is Highland local but there is also Woodcraft, Rockler, and PeachTree, here. They're not all that close to where we live (the other side of the city - 30 miles, give or take) but we're in the area every six weeks, or whenever I need a fix. ;-)

Of course Highland and PeachTree are company owned stores but so is Woodcraft, now, and I think Rockler may be too. They just opened a huge new store that's stocked to the gills.

I was talking to one of the salespeople at Woodcraft a few weeks ago. He indicated that they're considering a second store on this side of the city.

Wow... glad she's OK. Sick pets can be nearly as traumatic as having any other family in that position.

Having seen her in action, I can imagine her backing down a big dog pretty easily!

Robert

We have a Rockler and soon to be two Rocklers but neither carry Festool anymore.

Sounds like a lack of attention. Is she having to share you with the new loveseat? ;~_

seems a contradiction using a lowest cost bearing could mean that the product is in fact not over-engineered and might turn out to be under-engineered and for a festool it might not be unreasonable to expect a quality bearing

I see, my 60 years of experience is just a delusion? My, bad, I'll take your word for it.

I Never said _no one_ uses Festools, never said they were trash either. You seem to enjoy making s*it up to fit your delusions.

If you think you can suddenly build great stuff because you have expensive tools, go for it, it's is a delusion that sells plenty of unneeded, expensive tools to the hobbyist.

BTW, two is the exact number of people I know that use Festool, just as many as nailshooter knows, and the same two guys. Funny coincidence huh. Well, Scott Phillips now uses them, and he builds crap, and I suspect he is getting paid well from the Festool marketing dept. Tommy Mac also must have had a wad of money dropped on him by Festool. Tommy Silva should be next on their list. Silva is the only one of those I respect.

True, I've stated many times I assume they are quality tools, but never using them, I'm just guessing, or as you say, talking out my ass.

I'm not guessing that they sell a shop vac for $650, and that mine does about everything I want at around 1/6th the price.

Tom Silva has been using Festool for about 10 years. He also paid for his collection.

True, but then that's why I asked a bunch of guys that spend their entire working life of job sites what they use, and none, not one, used Festools, and a surprising number didn't know they existed.

I have never seen a

I've seen all those brand name tools on job sites. Just not Festool.

If a tree falls in the middle of

Very true. That's why I took the time to ask around last time we had this discussion. Also, I noted that Nailshooter also never saw anyone other than you and Swing use them. This certainly does not mean no one uses them, but it means considerably more than squat.

I believe you. I suspect, based on what I've seen, and what Nailshooter has seen, and on my small survey, that the sitings are underwhelming.

Well your wrong about that. I'm the only hobbyist I'm around. I am around lots of people in the trades, just no hobbyists.

We who earn a pay

I've earned money working with my tools, just that it was never my primary source of income. The folks I asked earn their living solely working in the trades.

Not to get picky, but I never talked to you, or Swing. I know a few on this group use Festools. The fact, and it is a fact, that I've never witnessed anyone, other than on TV, using Festools, and 0 "ZERO" percent of the guys I've personally questioned on the subject use Festools means more than "squat", at least to me.

I'm not so "stubborn" to think this means NO ONE uses Festools.

I am too "stubborn" to think you need Festools to build quality furniture, bathrooms, kitchens or even to cut a straight line or suck up some dust.

Also I'm too "stubborn" to think Festool is the only quality tool out there, plenty of high quality tools out there at cheaper prices, and I've seen all of them on job sites, just not Festool.

Rather than "stubborn", I'd prefer to call it experience, but I can live with stubborn.

You talked with "10 hobbyists too"? Who else talked to "hobbyists" besides YOU? Are you so dumb you confuse "professional tradesman" with hobbyists or are you, as I suspect, making s*it up to support your goofy arguments?