mark took a can of maroon spray paint on March 23, 2008 04:55 pm and wrote
the following:


"FrozenNorth" wrote in message
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Leon took a can of maroon spray paint on March 23, 2008 04:02 pm and
wrote the following:

Often it has been discussed how to best collect dust created by a SCMS
or
CMS. The answer has almost always been, it cannot be done with great
results. Many have shown devised setups that seem to work well but is
it
also reported that regardless of how well these modifications work
there is
still a pretty good mess to clean up. On top of that, the collector is
most often stationary or part of a stationary stand.
Changing direction for a bit here it has often been mentioned the
seemingly excessive expense of certain brand tools and how the expense
would prevent a
person from ever considering that brand. As true with anything the
initial
cost of purchasing a tool will always be out of someone's price range.
At one time PC products were a stretch for me, fortunately I have over
come that obstacle.
Back on topic, I was watching "Ask" This Old House today and noticed
Tommy
using a new tool. In recent months Tommy has been using a lot of new
tools
and not too coincidentally they are of the same brand. Is he or Ask TOH
using a new sponsor? I have not seen credits going to this company nor
does
a search of this company on the "Ask" TOH web site turn up any results.
Of all the wood working shows and talented professionals on these type
shows I have never heard any discouraging words that would indicate that
he does not carry the respect of most any wood worker.
A viewer asked "Ask" TOH to help him out with crown moldings in his
kitchen. The homeowner had been able to do most every thing himself but
the crown
moldings in a seemingly complicated area had him baffled. Tommy stepped
in and showed how to cut crown molding for irregular angled corners with
a
SCMS. No coping, all cuts were done on the SCMS, right there inside the
house. It took me a few minutes to realize that there was not a cloud
of
saw dust in side the homeowners house. For that matter I backed the
video
up and watched the cuts being made and again did not notice any saw dust
escaping. Then I saw a black hose with green stripes in it. Hum the
mostly
black SCMS had a few green spots on it as well. Backing up again and
forwarding frame by frame revealed the Festool name on the SCMS motor
housing. The saw is not available for sale in the US yet so I would be
sure that the saw was probably donated but it was certainly not promoted
in the
show or web site. Surely this is going to be another expensive product
from Festool and many are not going to be able to justify the price of
this
machine. For those that make a living using their wood working tools I
can see how this saw would be a big benefit when working inside a
customers home and not having to set up shop in the rain or snow so many
yards away from
the project. Imagine not having to put up dust screens or go in and out
side the home time after time to saw or sand pieces on the project.
Imagine not tracking saw dust all over the house on the way outside to
make another
cut. Imagine this 2 hour crown molding job only taking 20 minutes
because
you spend your time working and not cleaning up, walking in and out side
time after time for a 10 second cut.

Now, imagine your educated customers asking, do you use Festool?

No

Next.....


Just curious, does that mean if someone doesn't use Festool to make his
living, a customer should keep on looking?

If savings can be passed on to the customer...
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.