Woodworkers of Head Case unite!

[swt61]

Impressive to say the least!

[Craig Sawyers]

Roubo would absolutely have approved of that bench! A thing of beauty.

[Kerry]

Gorgeous!  Congrats. 

[VPI]

8 hours ago, naamanf said:

A little better, I’ll probably live with it since it’s perfectly function and will remind me what not to screw up. 

Since you screwed this up so much, I recommend you just throw it all away and start over. Just consider this a practice run.

Also, on an unrelated subject, I am doing research on the days peoples’ trash is picked up across Head-Case for a white paper I am writing.  Please send me your address and pick-up day for my studies. 

[VPI]

My workmanship is about 87k levels below the bench, but getting closer to wrapping up the crate. 
 

[naamanf]

That looks really good, very professional. I don’t think you give yourself enough credit. 

[VPI]

Thanks, but it is all the picture angles, if you could see the screw ups, you guys would probably ban me from the thread. 

[swt61]

Jeff, if you'd like some decent tutorials, check out The Wood Whisperer on YouTube. He has many varied tutorials for joinery, cabinetry and son on.

[VPI]

Yeah, I watch all those guys.

My issues usually arise with equipment, e.g. I have no jointer so I use a sled on the table saw, table saw sled can only accommodate about a 16” board due to the tiny top on the job site so cannot joint, leading to issues.  

Then don’t get me started on trying to finish a 42x30 crate on plywood sheets on a table in the garage as it is too cold to do anything outside so I could use all the spray equipment piled on a shelf. 

[swt61]

Space and tool limitations are my biggest cryptonite as well.

If I ever win the lottery, I'll have the biggest, Best stocked shop on the West Coast! 

[naamanf]

[swt61]

You got those beavers workin' overtime! 

[Craig Sawyers]

I somehow read that post completely differently 😆

[swt61]

Or did you?

[naamanf]

Trying to decide on a dust extractor. Leaning toward a Hilti, seems it beats all the rest with a 20year warranty to boot. Or a Festool CT26. Thoughts?

[swt61]

I'm becoming a pretty big fan of the lime green, but I don't think that there's a bad choice between the two.

[dsavitsk]

If you have other Festool stuff, the ability to stack it all on top of the vac is nice.

[VPI]

I think the Festool Vac is the best thing they make.  No idea about Hilti, are you talking about their construction wet/dry vacs?

I am selling the little sawstop tonight and picking up a PCS tomorrow.  Going to sling up some kind of ceiling harness that I can use to Mission Impossible around the garage to use the different pieces of equipment.

[naamanf]

Here is the Hilti

https://www.hilti.com/c/CLS_DUST_MGMT_VACUUM_CLEAN_7125/CLS_VACUUM_CLEANERS_ACCESSORIES_7125/CLS_VACUUM_CLEANERS_7125/r11001070

 

The one nice thing about the Festool is the Bluetooth with the ability to add a button at the end of the hose to turn it on and off. 

[swt61]

You can set the Festool to automatic, plug your tool  into it, then it'll turn on and off with the tool.

[naamanf]

12 minutes ago, swt61 said:

You can set the Festool to automatic, plug your tool  into it, then it'll turn on and off with the tool.

Not with battery tools 😉

[swt61]

True.

[VPI]

The Hilti seems nice.

Hilti seems to have the auto filter cleaner which I believe does not come with the HEPA filtered Festool. 

They also mention a BT remote for battery tools but I did not see if that is like the Festool or just a handheld remote. 
 

 

[naamanf]

Checking out the Hilti. Seems solid and they do have a Bluetooth module in Europe that is just like the Festool, would just have to order from there or wait for it to come here. Choices, feel like I need to make the right decision when buying something that sucks. 
 

[VPI]

Looks decent.  I think I like the brakes on the Festool better than that system but the gauge for bag fill and stuff would be nice.

Going from the Sawstop Jobsite Pro which just required I pull it out of the box and put the blade on to the new PCS with 20 boxes and having to build the whole thing is quite the adventure.