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Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - CARYinWA - 03-19-2017
Found this on CL yesterday . Picked it up today for $500. We will see how I like it.
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RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - iublue - 03-19-2017
(03-19-2017, 03:25 PM)CARYinWA Wrote: Found this on CL yesterday . Picked it up today for $500. We will see how I like it.
Well, I love mine and use it all the time. I bet you will too.
RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - fredhargis - 03-19-2017
You got a very good deal on that, and buying those things used is the only way I'll buy Festool products. Good deal!
RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - Robert Adams - 03-19-2017
Doesn't look like a grizzly to me......
I'm not a festool fan however that is the #1 tool of theirs I would like to have.
RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - AHill - 03-19-2017
Love, love, love my Domino. No other tool I have saves me more time than my Domino.
RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - wrb - 03-19-2017
You got an excellent deal on it. I love mine. Use it far more than I thought I would. Recently built a shoe cabinet with all of the joinery made with domino reinforced miters, case and drawers. Looks great and it was very easy with the Domino.
RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - packerguy® - 03-19-2017
Sounds like a solid deal.
I've looked at getting one a half dozen times, but never pulled the trigger. Not sure what I would use it for in my shop. For $500 id probably figure something out .
RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - CARYinWA - 03-20-2017
(03-19-2017, 08:16 PM)packerguy® Wrote: Not sure what I would use it for in my shop. For $500 id probably figure something out .
That was my thought. The 2nd person in line was offering the seller $600 to let him have it. Luckly the seller stuck to our deal(his asking price). If I don't like it then I can definitely sell it and not loose any money.
That being said, I find that the trim stop is pretty lacking in build quality. I guess I will wait for RTS to get something in the pipe. Everything on the website seems to be out of stock. All of the cutters are pretty worn. I guess I will look at CMT. I am guessing 6 and 10 will be the most used.
I am still going to keep my Jessem Dowling jig and my PC and Ryobi detail biscuit jointers. Everything has their place.
RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - iublue - 03-20-2017
(03-20-2017, 04:22 AM)CARYinWA Wrote: That was my thought. The 2nd person in line was offering the seller $600 to let him have it. Luckly the seller stuck to our deal(his asking price). If I don't like it then I can definitely sell it and not loose any money.
That being said, I find that the trim stop is pretty lacking in build quality. I guess I will wait for RTS to get something in the pipe. Everything on the website seems to be out of stock. All of the cutters are pretty worn. I guess I will look at CMT. I am guessing 6 and 10 will be the most used.
I am still going to keep my Jessem Dowling jig and my PC and Ryobi detail biscuit jointers. Everything has their place.
I can't imagine you not liking it. Initially, I thought like you but as much as I use it for joining, I have found uses for mine past just joining. I used it to make slots to attach a solid top to allow for wood movement and other things too.
I have never used the trim stop. I use all three sizes of cutters but probably the 10 the least.
I sold my biscuit joiner. I really couldn't think of a reason to keep it. I still have a doweling jig but haven't used it in a LONG time for doweling. I did used it recently but not for a dowel, just for a centered hole.
RE: Dipping my toe in the green koolaid via CL - fredhargis - 03-20-2017
The cutters are suppose to last a very, very long time. But when I bought mine ( a very well used one for more than you paid) I bught the CMT cutters thinking the ones I had were shot. That wasn't the case, but the CMT cutters are just as good...in fact I think I read somewhere that CMT is making the Festool OEM bits.