Anybody buy a Walko yet?

[Jason White]

One of these?

http://www.walkousa.com/

If so, what are your impressions of it.

Jason

[Andrew Schlosser]

At $600-730, I would be passing up on a number of other tools. However, it looks like ALOT of thought went into it, and it is very versatile for larger constructions. I can see this being very useful for a mobile shop.

Many of the same arguments as Festool...

I was wondering if something similar couldn't be made without too much trouble out of 80/20?

[glenn bradley]

If I worked in the field instead of in my shop one of these could be handy. It would have to save me time and/or allow me to do better than the next guy in order to earn its price tag. They do look well thought out and when considering the price I look at them like any other high dollar tool; a "nice to have" for a home shop and a possible "edge on the competition" for the pro would make it worthwhile.

[Mitchell Andrus]

One of these?

http://www.walkousa.com/

If so, what are your impressions of it.

Jason

Very clever, but a bit like those contraptions from the 50's. Saw, drill press, lathe, router station... How many times can you flip it over and fiddle with it before you wish you had 2 sturdier tables at different heights?
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[Cliff Rohrabacher]

not the sort of thing I'd buy.
If I were a carpenter maybe but I prefer my 2 benches and ship anchor of a torsion box.

[James Arvanetakis]

Jason,

Over at talkFestool there are a number of members that have used this bench.

Walko at TalkFestool (http://www.talkfestool.com/vb/search.php?searchid=153562)

the link is just a search on Walko over there...you'll have to dig a little for more info.