Comments on: 48 – New Festool Tools

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:51:37 +0000

Thanks for the advice really looking for a saw to cut accurate straight lines and angles. While being portable bought a site table taw waste of money :(

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:44:41 +0000

Most, but not all. For flat workpieces and sheetgoods, you’re good to go. But for things like moulding, you might miss your miter saw.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:04:07 +0000

Hey Marc,
Just found ur site it’s really good! just wondering do u think the mft 3 and a festool skill saw will be able to preform most tasks of a panel saw and chop saw? mainly is it accurate at cutting angles with the fence on the mft table?

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:52:41 +0000

Hey Scott. I am hesitant to make a recommendation for you since I don’t use the tool all that often. I would suggest contacting Festool directly to get their recommendation. If I am not mistaken, the unit can’t handle really wide edge-banding.

By: Scott Sandine

Scott Sandine — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:29:58 +0000

Hi Marc,
Just got the MFK700, what is the best flush trimming bit to use for wide edge banding. So far easy to use.

Thanks

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:48:49 +0000

Hey Kodi. The MFK700 will indeed be easier to use on smaller pieces. The lighter weight and smaller base are great for those tasks when a full-sized router would be a pain in the butt. But the coolest tricks are the edge trimming, the easy micro-adjust, and the dust collection.

That being said, the tool has a severe limitation in my opinion. You can’t see the bit. I use my small trim routers for things like inlays, one-off hinge mortises, and things where seeing the bit is absolutely essential to my success. So for all the cool things this router does, its Achilles heel is something that pretty much every other trim router on the market has: visibility. So unless you plan on using its edge-trimming feature, you might find something like the Bosch Colt or the new DeWalt unit a more practical buy.

By: Kodi Crescent

Kodi Crescent — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:37:08 +0000

Hi Marc,

What sorts of tasks do you use the MFK 700 for? I see that Festool has the MFK 700 on sale, and it is a pretty neat looking tool. I have an OF1400, but it is pretty cumbersome for the small pieces I work on. I was hoping that the MFK 700 would be easier to use on small pieces. Most things about this tool reference edge trimming. There has to be more to this tool than edge trimming. What other uses have you found for this?

Thanks!

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:01:55 +0000

Unfortunately, not that I am aware of. As far as I know, the only table that router will fit in is the Festool router table, which is not for sale in the US.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:36:15 +0000

Marc,
I would love to own the OF2200 Festool router. One thing I was wondering about is do you use it in a router table?

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:36:39 +0000

Well here’s the question, is it actually 1/10mm increments or 1/256″ increments? Festool documentation usually states “1/256″ (1/10mm)”. But we know Festool is metric so chances are, they just use the 1/256″ approximations since that’s a much more meaningful number to Imperial system-users than 1/254″. Either way, this an unacceptable amount of error and heads will roll for this one!!!!!! lol