This is a cracking tool for a multitude of tasks, better than any circular saw with the benefit of plunge cutting. Low settup time as you can buy a guide rail with a rubber strip on the base so it sticks to any surface without the need to clamp.

Cant reccomend this enough for anyone who has the cash to spare and the requirement of a good circular saw.

worktops, plywood, mdf, bespoke furnautre and workshop use etc.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7NFFpSjnAw]YouTube - Rockler Presents Festool TS Plunge Cut Saw[/ame]

loverly bit of kit TFS was it dear mate ?

I paid £351 but they messed me about and upraged so should have cost £432. I goyt a free bag and 1400mm guide rail with it

My TS55 is safely tucked up for the winter, I'd take a picture but I don't want to disturb her. Sorry

Most kitchen boys I know swear by Festool gear. Definately good tools.

No good for porcelain then

Sounds like a bowel problem

Originally Posted by whitebeam

No good for porcelain then

Sounds like a bowel problem

Great for trimming doors etc though, especialy if its hard wood like oak or something. Will trim kitchen & bathroom plinths, flat bath panels and will cut expansion gaps around perimiter of floor for ply or wooden floor etc. You can get blades for cutting metal with these bad boys too!

Probably a top notch tool, not one I will need though tfs.

Just a bit of fun, it's xmas

deffo not a tool for everyone, but worth every penny if you cut much sheet timber to the mm.

TFS,


I bought the 75 after looking long and hard at the 55. I ended up with the 75 rather than the 55 because it let me do without a larger and more powerful table saw. Here are two pictures I took to show my Festool dealer...this shows how well the 75 cuts and even through large, thick lumber like this curly red oak.

The next thing I am going to buy is the rack and boom assembly to attach to the CT dust extractor and be able to have the hose suspended from overhead while I work.

I thought long and hard about the 75 but opted for the 55 purely because it was so much lighter. I wouldn't have minded the extra cutting depth but thought on a day to day basis I'd prefer to be able to chuck the 55 around than having arm ache with the 75. I got mine for kitchen fitting mainly so it's not often I need to cut deeper than 55mm

Shame really as I would love to have posted a 'mines bigger than yours' pic like you :cry:

Rob, now I am thinking I need the 55 for field work. It's rare that I need the 75 in the field and I'm thinking it might just become a shop saw. We have a job in January that will pay for a 55 with all the work we will do.

I already have the guides so the $500 price for the 55 will be reduced about $100 if I eliminate the guide that is included at that price.

OK now you are just showing off

The guide rails are a bit expensive really I would liked to have seen the add-ons a bit cheaper, Is it the same in the US with all prices pre-set by Festool?

Rob, yes all prices are set and controlled by Festool USA, with corporate HQ in Indiana (how did they choose Indiana I wonder?)

Yes, the guide rail are quite spendy. Have you looked at the one that is 3 meters ? I would like that one for cutting plywood (which here is 8' long). I might have to wait for another day for that.

Buying tools isn't an issue for me as long as I have jobs that need them and guys working to help support buying them.

I just have the 1400mm guide rail just now so I think I will buy another one as they can be joined easy enough with a sort of metal splice that just screws on. The 1400 will be good for doors or flooring etc and I will just join the other 1400 for cutting sheet timber etc.

Merry Crimbo gents!

I have the dewalt 18v plunge saw

Perfect for sheet materials, Kitchen worktops, Doors....Probably one of the best tools i have bought

I think the dewalt rails are compatable with the festool tools, Recently bought a 2.6m dewalt rail from screwfix for £60