"charlieb" wrote in message
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Have you noticed that your eyes have become sensitive to a weird
shade of green, picking it up even if it's only in your peripheral
vision
- at a distance?

Yes. ;~) And, I don't recall what that tool was. Hitachi maybe but a bit
too dak green.


And should something that has THAT green on it NOT be a Festool
product, do you mentally do an Oh Darn?

Uh huh.


Do you look at a tailed hand tool and think "You know, if only that
switch or button or lever - were THAT green, I just might buy it."

Not there yet.


Are you looking at your portable power tools arsenal wondering
how Festool has, or will, improve it?

No, not yet.


When checking out a potential More Tools! acquistion, does the
price being half to one third the price of a similar Festool product
- make you suspicious of the quality or performance of the tool
you're looking at?

Absolutely! I was looking at other sanders on the internet to just see
what else was available before I bought the Festool Finish sander. I wanted
to only look at those with dust collection. The Makita, DeWalt, and
Milwaukee models being under $70 simply seemed too cheap. Oh gaud, I'm
becomming a tool snob! Not... LOL


When trying a demo tool, do you think - "But it only does this,
and it does it like almost all the others do."?

No, I have not bought any other brand power tools since I started collecting
the Festool stuff and specifically wanted the Festool brand for particular
reasons unique to the Festool line.


Do you look at the LEIGH FMT or MultiRouter and think "Damn,
you sure have to do a lot of stuff just to cut mortises where
you want 'em - end grain or not."?

The Leigh, YES the MultRouter NO. The MultiRouter will do a whole lot more
then my Domino and would still be nice to have.


Do you even look at your table saw and fence and think "If they
could somehow . . ."?

No. Not yet.


It's a Euro Plot! AND - "they" are out to convert The Last Bastion
of The Imperial System - to METRIC - terrorists cloaked in Black and
That Weird Green - out to destroy OUR woodworking way of life!
Next thing you know they'll start with Left Handed Only tools.

Metric in the Festool line does not really matter in most cases. Sanders,
no, routers, no, they use 1/2" and 1/4" bits, Drills, no. I think the only
tool that it becomes an issue on is with the Domino and IMHO they coule
easily swap out the "stepped depth gauge" and I think that would be the only
thing that I would prefer to see be changed to inches.


Bosch was too blatant so they've repackage themselves as
- FESTOOL. Where's HomeLandSecurity when we need them?

I looked at the Bosch SCMS in the magazine comparison, I noticed all those
"UGLY" RED levers and buttons. ;~)


Festool is out there - just waiting for YOU! A moment of
weakness, a wallet leaving a back pocket, a credit card out
in plane view, an unsolicited brochure or DVD . . .

I hope the American tools sit up and take notice! Festool is proving that
there are customers out there that will pay for higher/high quality power
tools. Maybe, just maybe Feltool will prove that more expensice tools can
still be marketed here.
Have you niticed that Festool is no longer offering a lower introductory
price with a new tool? IIRC the Domino was reduced at a lower cost as well
as the accessiries and Domino assortment but none of the 5 to 8 new tools
recently introduced have been offered with a price cut. I guess their sales
are doing fine.