On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 10:05:34 -0500, Jack wrote:

On 3/8/2018 9:11 AM, Leon wrote:
Jack wrote:
On 3/7/2018 12:51 PM, Markem wrote:
On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 10:15:00 -0500, Jack wrote:

On 3/6/2018 9:32 PM, wrote:
If it was me, or only me and a trusted assistant I would buy Festool
for almost all my needs.
And yes, under those conditions I would take them out to a job site when needed.
The only tool I wouldn't buy that they make is their drills.
Too much value these days in the lifetime warranty (and recent
brushless models) for me to buy something else.

Big Snip

Comparing HF to Festool in just about anyway is just stupid.
One is a tool designed and manufactured to the highest tolerances for
dedicated woodworkers or exacting professionals, and one is a utility tool
that fits a certain need. I have never heard of a professional saying,
"man, one day I would really like to have one of those HF miter saws".

Don't get this one...

You don't get that the fact that you know "pro's" (yourself even) that
uses HF tools does not infer that HF tools are great tools designed to
last any more that a pro using a festering tool mean they are balls to
the wall best tools ever made...

You know Jack that is exactly what he said by my reading.

YMMV I guess.

snip

Leon made the statement that Festools were good because pros use them.

I made no such statement at all.

Well, I said:
"He said the festering TS 55 is not designed for continuous use and
abuse that a contractor would need."

And you replied:
"And yet pros have been using the Festool track saws for decades.."

I take that as saying festools are good because pros use them. What was
it you were trying to say with that statement?

With you it really does not matter, if it does not fit your narrative.