I don't want to belabor the point and lets forget for a second
the Festool brand and price and focus on methods of work for the professional.
All though Mr OConnel's 2nd picture in the driveway above is
pretty standard for a North Eastern Carpenter, and also it appears he is working a deck project, lets think for a moment the same set up for interior work.
Any time I am not set up inside next to my work I am losing money.
No I do not employ a cut man at the moment as the long term employment I would like to offer, in order to keep a skilled man has been devastated by this economy.
Speaking of the economy, I can't afford to pull a trailer with my F350,
unless the customer absorbs the fuel bills.
So what to do?
Get efficient. How? Consolidate the whole operation in the areas of wasted time and expense.
For instance I am quite fond of the new Milwaukee 12 miter saw.
But it is huge and weigh 65 plus pounds and it's gonna suck bringing it to the third floor.
Today, instead of the F350 which sits forlorn in the driveway. (7MPG)
we travel in a Saturn VUE. I have materials delivered.
I can fit kapex, dust collection, 10 systainer's and two tool bags.
At the Beginning of the day i can set up in under a 1/2 hour.
At the end of the day, I no longer have to budget over a hour to clean the entire house of saw dust.
Being efficient has its rewards, not only in time saved and monies earned but in that special bond that forms between customer and contractor when they are able to come home from work and their activities are only mildly interrupted.
To sum up, saying that these tools are overpriced etc. is really missing the full picture. Remember, I said they ain't for everybody. But when I said that
I forgot about the elitist branding meme currently gaining traction.
Bunch a horsegooey ya ask me.
Cause I'm a struggling red/hippy/neck/carpenter, who by investing money
in a system allows me to actually provide a service at a lower cost to the consumer. Increasing my reputation and keeping food on the table.
If that's elitism, each and every one of us is guilty.
Per
"all men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night....wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
T.E. Lawrence