Popular Post jussi Posted March 30, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 I’ve been eyeing the festool vac sys for a few years now but I really couldn’t justify the cost for a new one. The full set cost more than what I paid for my used pm2k. I would check the used market and even set up a couple of alerts on my phone but after a couple of years I never really had high hopes. Well yesterday guess what shows up on CL. Nearly spilled my coffee trying to hit the reply button. Agreed to meet early the next day and frankly I was still not convinced I was going to get it. Been burned more than a few times by Craigslist posters who agree on a price and time to meet then decide later they got more responses than they thought and want to start a bidding war. Thankfully the seller was a straight up honest guy and am happy to have the vac sys set in my shop. Next project will have to be making a little cart with good cord organization. All the hoses are a little unwieldy. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 Beauty. I'd love to see a review once you've had for a while. Michael Fortune seems to use his extensively. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Moore Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 I use mine on about all projects. I mounted mine on the end of my mft table like they show in the festool videos and it gets the hoses out of the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jussi Posted March 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 13 hours ago, Mick S said: Beauty. I'd love to see a review once you've had for a while. Michael Fortune seems to use his extensively. Will do Mick. Played around with it a little yesterday afternoon and I really like it so far but I will definitely end up picking the smallest head for narrower (width wise) stock. But even with that head the stock still has to be the same length. Wish they made a head that was shorter in length as well. 2 hours ago, Larry Moore said: I use mine on about all projects. I mounted mine on the end of my mft table like they show in the festool videos and it gets the hoses out of the way Cool. Planning on doing the same thing. Do you have it so when the head is flipped up it's about flush with the mft top? Do you know if they have dimensions for that jig? I saw a few people make carts for it and am contemplating on whether I want to do that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Moore Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 7 hours ago, jussi said: Cool. Planning on doing the same Thing. Do you have it so when the head is flipped up it's about flush with the mft top? Do you know if they have dimensions for that jig? I saw a few people make carts for it and am contemplating on whether I want to do that as well. I did make it so it is close to flush but not all the heads are the same height. I figured if I had to I'd shim under where its over the mft. I do not know if they have dim. I just winged it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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