Festool Junkie Blog

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

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Festool Domino DF Q Set + Cutter and Domino assortment systainer.
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This is the best way to get into the Festool Domino. It allows you to get all four cutters and an assortment of domino’s. With this configuration, you can see which domino sizes you are going to use the most, and see which cutters work best for you. You will most certainly utilize it all; the Domino is such a versatile machine. Once you find which sizes of domino’s you use most; you can come back and buy the the individual packs.

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Let’s add these two manuals/reviews to the list of Killer Festool Resources. Thanks Rick for the AWESOME manuals that are easy to read and provide vital information.
Festool Domino DF 500 Q

Festool TS 55 EQ Manual

Timmy C

This is just a little public service announcement for all you Festool Domino users and prospective buyers. This thread was posted on the FOG. Christian Oltzscher, President of FestoolUSA, posted in response to an end user adjusting the DF 500 Q himself.

Festool Domino Adjustment Advice

Shop For a Festool Domino

Timmy C

This is the perfect set-up if you are just getting started with the Festool Domino! This set up comes with the Domino DF 500 Q, plug-it cord, cross stop, trim stop, and a systainer for your domino. Then you receive a systainer with 1105 Domino tenons of various sizes and all four cutters for your new machine!

The New Festool Domino Blister packs of tenons galore poor off the MFT here in the festooljunkie store! The new Sipo tenons are for your outdoor applications; lending the water-resistance needed. Festool Domino Sipo Tenons are now available in smaller pack sizes, as well as the Festool Beech Tenons that you are accustomed to.