On 2/3/2019 9:29 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 2/3/19 3:14 PM, Leon wrote:
On 2/2/2019 11:30 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 10:54:39 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:

Looks like Kreg is getting into the Track Saw game and it appears to
offer features much like the Festool track saw and the Festool MFT
table
for cutting.

Yes, I "saw" that.Â* The price tag didn't look all that great,
considering the amount of plastic on the thing.



Well I was going to argue the point.Â* LOL.Â* I paid $387.00 for my
Festool TS-75 track saw in 2009.Â* I had to look it up.

But today TS-75 costs $660. and the MDT/3 table that will guide angle
cuts is $720.Â* The Kreg set up is $899. with extra's like the dolly
like set up.Â* The Festool set up is about 50% more expensive.

If I were a hobbyist I'd probably give the Kreg set up a close look.

Plastic is not so bad.Â* My Festool drill is mostly some kind of
plastic and it had hit the concrete floor more times than I would like
to admit. Â*Â*As have all of my Festool sanders, 3 of them, and they are
all plastic.Â* I would be more afraid of metal being damaged than
plastic.Â* I make double sure that my Domino does not get dropped.

Anyone who's still complaining about "plastic" is living stuck in the 50s.
Modern plastics are stronger and more durable than metal counterparts,
given the same or less weight/mass.Â* Glass reinforced polymers are
ridiculously strong and heat resistant.

And the Kreg saw appears to have as much metal and plastic as the
Festool saws.


These are the same guys who still complain about "OSB" but haven't ever
used any modern resin/wax impregnated composite fiber sheets goods. They
used "OSB" 40 years ago and that experience informs their opinions, today.


There is a "green" MDF that is water resistant. I am currently building
a housing to cover out door plumbing. I strongly considered using the
green MDF. How water resistant is it? I used a couple of pieces to sit
on the ground to form a turn table for my hose reel. It was rained on
and got a lot of sunshine for a year. It only faded and did not swell.

That said, the weight of MDF kept me from using it in this application,
I'm using MDO instead.