New Forum, www.talkFestool.com has moved into it’s new home.
July 30th, 2008
Hello all,
If you are a Festool Owner / User and like the group feeling that you get in a forum environment; www.talkFestool.com has moved into it’s new home. The new Festool oriented forum has a crisp new look, a team of moderator’s, incredible software with hundreds of features, and well, just a great bunch of folks that have already started posting there. This is where FestoolJunkie, TimmyC, RW, and MarkE will base our forum activity and I hope to see many of you woodworking enthusiasts over there to share, play, and learn.
As I mentioned above, the software is indeed superb and will be the perfect arena for content, reviews, and good ol’ conversation about Tools and woodworking. In my opinion, it is going to be a fresh, and certainly unique forum that has beautiful untended soil, that has not been “churned and burned.”
Please stop by and say hi,
Timmy C
Tool purchases can be difficult when you have a significant other monitoring your buys. Therefore, I have come up with the 9 ways to, “Hide tool purchases for your significant other”.
1. Use Pre-Paid Credit Cards from the bank of your choice. Often, if you squirrel away $20-$30 here and there, it is fairly easy to get up to the required dollar amount.
2. Purchase the tools on lay-away, so as not to have the glaring “big hit” to your credit card.
3. Purchase the tools with cash. Warning, make sure to get the tools dirty prior to showing them off.
4. Get a buddy to buy the tools and you pay them back. Careful, don’t tell the significant other it is a poker debt you are paying off.
5. Purchase several small tools over a period of time; never open them and keep the receipts! Then when you have enough credit on returning these items, get the one big item you desire.
6. Each project requires a new tool, make sure you commit to only the ones that require new tool purchases.
7. Purchase the tools, bring them home, and DO NOT USE THEM FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. This way, when asked if they are “New” you do not have to lie when you say NO!
8. Purchase large tools that can be dismantled; it is sometimes easier to get to the shop with the tools taken apart. Better yet, have the tools shipped to your work place, dismantle them there, and bring them home piece by piece. This is often beneficial for several reasons.
a. There is no packing material to throw away.
b. When you assemble the tool, it looks more like a repair job rather than a set up of the new tool itself.
c. Refer back to Rule 7: it may take a while to get the tool set-up. Therefore, when you are ready to fire it up, it is no longer a “new tool.”
9. Always round the purchase price down when asked how much something cost. I.e. if actual take home cost was $849, you would respond “about $800.” Tax never counts!
10. Please add your own creative ways to this post. I am always up for learnin’ somethin’!!!
Timmy C
Festool Gift Ideas For The Woodworker In Your Life / Woodworker Christmas Gift Ideas
November 21st, 2007
Finding just the right Festool Gift Idea can be an arduous task.
There are so many high priced tools, and so many accessories that a person can go “nuts” trying to find the perfect gift.
Below is a list of links to FestoolJunkie pages that I hope will help.
As always, you can live chat or call for guidance if need be:
No Brainers:
Festool Quick Clamps
Does woodworker have one of those “Tables” with all the holes in it? (Multi-Function Table)
Go Big With another BASIC MFT so he/she can join them
Do We Have A Saw that runs on a guide rail?
Another Rail Perhaps (Get Rail Connectors As Well It Takes Two To Join A Rails)
Shop Organization
Very Cool Shop Organization Stuff Here, This is my suggestion!
Tools That Won’t Blow Your Whole Gift Budget
ETS 125 5″ Random Orbit Sander
It’s Not Festool but it’s Fein
If you have a Grand To Spend? This is the quintessential Festool Item
Festool Domino DF 500 EQ Set + Festool Cutter and Domino Assortment Systainer!!!
The Festool Domino is the most revolutionary tool to hit the market in years. Dude/Dudette the woodworker in your life would be thrilled to get one of these…of course you may not see them for a while as they would live in the shop! Perhaps that would be a good thing?
Feel Free to call or e-mail if you have questions, or if you need more “keyed in” gift suggestions.
Timmy C
Important Notice for the Centroec Drill Bit Assortment Systainer
September 6th, 2007
For those of you who have purchased this set, you may want to check out this post over on the FOG!
