On 3/15/2018 3:52 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 9:24:48 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/power...5c6e ecb92632

I've known about Hitachi for awhile. Air nailers and miter saws were the two most common Hitachi tools. Always considered them construction crew tools. Not fine woodworking tools used inside a shop. Always use them outside in the rain and dirt making houses, never furniture. Never heard of Metabo until pretty recently. Had heard of Hilti before Metabo. Got lucky (Ha Ha) being introduced to Festool about 10 years ago when a big tool store in town brought them in and had a big sale on them. I guess back then the no sale prices on Festool rule, everyone must sell the tools at the exact same price rule, was not as rigidly enforced by Festool.

Metabo HPT (Hitachi Power Tools).



I recall Lowe's selling Hitachi Table Saws, Miter Saws, Drills, and
probably 15-20+ years ago the Canadian father and son show, The Router
Workshop, almost exclusively used Hitachi routers. It seems back in the
late 90's many on this news group had Hitachi routers hanging in a
router table.

I probably heard about Metabo about 25 years ago. IIRC Steve Night Tool
Works used Metabo drills.

I think Festool went with fixed pricing when they quit selling direct to
the customer. But you can still get discount pricing on Festool Tools
if you buy combinations of tools. I got a significant discount when
buying the Dust Extractor and buying another power tool, in my case the
Domino, to go with it. When I bought the Kapex, it's mobile cart plus
the left and right wing extensions I got a discount on the cart and wing
extensions. If you bought the cart and both wing extensions as a
combination you paid the same price as the cart and 1 wing extension.