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So here it is. A thread especially for the koolaid drinking fanboyz.

Lets see your Festool setups and projects your using these tools on.

Here's my new toy all setup.



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#2,513 · (Edited)
So I just got the carvex about a week ago and have used if a couple times. I'm really not so pleased with the amount of play there is in the blade. I have the Bosch with precision control and it has way less play. I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this or if I'm doing something wrong. Also I might add that I followed the Festool video on getting started with the carvex and how to adjust the blade supports.
 
#2,517 ·
WarnerConstInc. said:
What blade and what are you cutting? How thick? I have noticed the festool blades perform better then other t shank blades. I tighten the guide down until it won't move then back it off a touch.
I was cutting osb today and last week I was cutting some 4" thick white pine. I was using a Bosch clean wood blade, today I was using one of the blades that comes with the saw.
 
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I've been gobbling up some deals on the old style systainers, I don't have any T-locs, so they work well for me. Got the 6" sandpaper storage, sys 1 small parts organizer and the sys 3 with the wood insert (hopefully to replace my bucket boss). I'll take the +50% discount for the old style latches.
 
#2,526 ·
Bought the Sys3 with the insert, and now it sits on a shelf.
Too tool specific IMO (which was the point, I guess) but worse..... just a PItA to get in and out of all day.

I much prefer my setup with a couple open tops, locked on top of my guns.
 
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aaron_a said:
I still find myself wishing i would have bought the kapex over the bosch. The bosch does a nice job, but it's so damned heavy and the dust collection is a joke.
That's the two I was going in between. Having run almost every dewalt model there is, loving the capacity and the worklight, I grew very tired of having to compensate 1/2 degree here and there to make big miters work. Not to mention the flex in the saws. Didn't bother me all the time, just when it mattered it frustrated me.
 
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