I'm....speechless...Mafell PSS3100e

[Rich Engelhardt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn8npDkfKCo :eek::eek::eek:

[Bruce Page]

Wow, that is slick! I wonder how many they will sell. Definitely a pro machine, there won't be too many weekend warriors buying them at ~ $3200 -$3500

[Alan Lightstone]

Drool...............

Makes the Festool look like a toy.

[John McClanahan]

Wow, that is slick! I wonder how many they will sell. Definitely a pro machine, there won't be too many weekend warriors buying them at ~ $3200 -$3500

You mean I don't have to unload my Festool and get one of these? :eek::D:D

John

[glenn bradley]

Now that is truly awesome.

[Phil Barrett]

I guess it's an inevitable next step. I don't think it saves labor since the operator still has to set it up, pull out the offcut (dropping it like in the video isn't such a good idea), clean up and such. I assume it's main benefit is safety though I wonder what the rate of injuries are with track saws (I suspect it's low).

I do like the extender feature, assuming it works well. Wish my Makita TS had that.

[James Zhu]

In general, Mafell produces very high quality product, better than Festool, and more expensive than Festool. Mafell tools are mainly for pros, not for hobbyist.

https://www.youtube.com/user/MafellGermany

[Kevin Womer]

Wonder how long it will be before that tab that can extend the capacity of the saw shows up on similar track saw systems? I am curious about that diamond tipped blade, and how cut quality compares to typical carbide, but probably is much more expensive than carbide. Suppose they throw in that Allen wrench for blade changes? That could be a deal breaker.

[Frederick Skelly]

Quite a saw. Costs more than all my stationary tools combined.

Yup, definitely not for a hobbyist, but I second that WOW!

[Rick Fisher]

I see some Maffel stuff in my area, they are big in the Timber framing tool business. I think the Festool 2000 Router was a Maffel .. The serious Timber framers buy Maffel.. The builders who do it once in a while buy Makita.

[Kent A Bathurst]

I checked out the product line.

The jigsaw is a knockout. What an outstanding tool. Only 2.5 times the price of the green koolaid saw.

[Glenn Ancona]

Let go my festool track saw for the Maffel mt55 saw and track system a little less than a year ago and never regretted it. Yeah it was more money but the unique features and design differences are very, very nice. A tool that is used by us daily, it would be hard to justify otherwise but so would the festool!

[Andrew Joiner]

Wow, I wasn't impressed till I saw the power feed and integrated dust collection.

If there is a Santa, there will be one here any minute.

[Steve Rozmiarek]

No reason whatsoever to want one, but I do!

[Glenn Ancona]

Not a hijack here but has anyone tried the Maffel jigsaw? All the brands including Festool say they cut straight and true including thick stock but have yet to experience truly great ( as advertised ) results. The older Bosch I found to better than the new barrel Carvex but neither spectacular, Kent, Rick, any hands on?

[Wakahisa Shinta]

:eek: ........ :eek:

[Rick Fisher]

Nope. No Maffel Jig saw here.

Bandsaw, Mortiser and Planer are the popular ones.

[Peter Kelly]

The motorised track saw has been around for a while. It seems not bad for the money when you consider the alternatives: http://timberwolftools.com/tools/mafell/MAF-PSS3100se.html

[Kent A Bathurst]

Not a hijack here but has anyone tried the Maffel jigsaw? All the brands including Festool say they cut straight and true including thick stock but have yet to experience truly great ( as advertised ) results. The older Bosch I found to better than the new barrel Carvex but neither spectacular, Kent, Rick, any hands on?


Nope. Was cueless about Maffel until this thread. THE jig saw seems focused on exacty the problems I have always run into - vertical cut on curves; the ability to cut a no-fooling straight line; dust collection. PLus 900 watts converts to 1.2 HP. In a jigsaw?

I skimmed thru the specs on teh Festool PS 300 EQ, and it hits all those buttons as well - HP is slightly less than 1.

But - the Festool is available for $275. THe Maffell is $700. It has a few more included accessories, but still - - I'll take the leap of faith that you're getting some kind of value for that extra $425.

It must be an amazing tool.

I'm really not much of a jigsaw guy - no pressing need for one. What I do have is a pretty cool low-use killer: PC 548 Bayonet saw. Not really a jig saw, in terms of suitability for fine curves, etc. It is more of a construction-grade tool - worm & gear drive, etc., full metal encasing. Very compact. One heavy-duty monster.

I use it for rough breakdown of rough lumber: cutting the blanks out of the rough lumber, and getting the basic layout [grain alignment, overall / oversized dimensions, defect cutting]. Don't have to use the all-the way through cuts from the CMS; Don't have to deal with the sweeping kerf and fine dust from a circ saw. And, man-o-man, is it perfect for that job - I go through 8/4 and sometimes beyond. Don't have to get in a wrasslin match with 6/4 x 12" x 14' QSWO boards. Chalk the outlines, and go get 'em.

Or on the occasional renovation-type task, the 548 will do blind plunge cuts through anything.

[Glenn Ancona]

Kent, thanks! I took a trip down memory lane after reading that post . Got thinking about all the metal PC and Rockwell tools I USED to have, HD in every respect. That was and in your case still is a great JS !

[Kent A Bathurst]

Kent, thanks! I took a trip down memory lane after reading that post . Got thinking about all the metal PC and Rockwell tools I USED to have, HD in every respect. That was and in your case still is a great JS !


Had it for > 15 years. And - 4 years ago, I bought froma Creeker the incomparable PC 314. Small dia circle saw, also worm-and-gear drive, also full metal casing.

Clearly, that pair was intended for no-kidding-around job-site work including contests to see high off the first-floor subdeck you can get them to bounce from the 2d floor's rafters.............

I don't do the type of work they were originally intended for, but I love those 2 saws. Even have a Forrest blade for the circ saw - unreal quality of cut. Neither gets a get a lot of use, but will never get out of my hands.

[Charlie Kocourek]

I love my Festool track saw, but this is really a step up! I especially like that the dust hose is integrated into the track.

[Mark Woodmark]

With one of them, I may be able to lay myself off

[Alan Lightstone]

with one of them, i may be able to lay myself off
rotflmao!!!!

[Will Boulware]

I'd buy one tomorrow if it came with that snazzy vest/bell bottom outfit!

[Mark Woodmark]

With one of them, I may be able to lay myself off

Bought one and fired myself. I did this instead of laying myself off, because I don't like myself and wanted to enjoy the power I felt at the hurt of the loss to myself......Now I can go on vacation and collect unemployment!

[Keith Weber]

That video reminded me of one of Frank Howarth's stop-motion videos where the circular saw rips all by itself along a line without a track.