Mike157

oh and I do have the smaller track saw, couldn't understand why they sold the bigger one, now I know. I also can't stand that if I'm reaching and my finger slightly slips on the trigger I have to wait for it to almost completely stop before it will let you start again. This introduces vibration into the blade and screws up a 45 degree rip everytime.. conclusion: smart ideas,good quality but far from amazing and now they're just like hilti, a few unbeatable tools and a majority of regular crap masqurading as amazing.

I am totally over Festool at this point. They had me at hello with the track saw. Genius idea and for a feild carpenter/contractor like myself, priceless. But quality? eh. Better than most, but way overpriced. Especially on accessories, they want your first born. To fully equip a kapex puts you well over 2k, I could have two bosch's and a makita for that. The track saw lacks power tremendously, and completely bogs down at some points. I don't know if my motor is shot or this is some safety/rpm feature gone awry. I bought a replacement rubber for the track which fell off after a week and yes i cleaned it thougholy. The vacumn accessory kit was the last straw, I forget what I paid but forgive me the rage confuses me. The floor attatchement is completely useless. The 'systainers'??? Are we serious?? Plastic boxes for hundreds of dollars?? oh they click together? oh thats amazing i'll buy?? please, they had a few good ideas, quality is better than average but far from amazing. I actually had a heated email exchange with someone at festool over the kapex, I could not understand for the life of me why the crown supports on the kapex tilt down slighlty and are not adjustable. Cutting crown is my most prized talent and I go to extremes to ensure all my supports are in a parallel line with the bed of the saw. Oh and I forgot the fancy tables... no thanks!

Well I think we have the makings of a great test article for the magazine here. Something on the order of the glue test they did that proved my suspicion that polyurethane glue was bogus. (Which in my opinion was the best article to date)Have one guy make up 8 different joints (including the old drywall screw and butt joint for us remodelers!) and put them to the stress test until they break and then we'll all know for sure the truth. I am conservative and love old tecniques and tools as much as the next guy, but where would I be without my laser, my impact driver, my festool track saw, or my fein multitask? Hail technology!