festools new sword saw

[agrimog]

right guys (and gals !) bets being taken on which of the training companys are going to dream up a "cert" for festools new saw, its like a normalwood cutting rip saw except that its fitted with a 200mm chain, described as perfect for cutting rafters, google "festool sword saw", it looks like an amazing bit of kit..lol.., comments welcome on your thoughts !!!!!!

[muttley9050]

That looks cool, but for that money id have a 660 and a mini mill!

[TGB]

A cross between a planer stop, and chainsaw and the right hand of Peter Pan's worst foe. Considering you're not allowed to use normal chainsaws on building sites these days, this seems a good compromise. However, it does mean you need to have something like 8" either side of the cut.

[dumper]

Had one on demo in June only in 240 volts so aimed at DIY difficult to use on site.

[wills-mill]

There's been a much much dearer version made by Mafell available over here for a long time. It's a shame there's no ability to change the depth of cut, it would be awesome for making big notches and halving joints.

 

The Mafell saw is around 3 grand (only a mere 2 grand+ for their morticers) and strangely they are mainly available only in 240 volt rather than 110. Perhaps framers are expected to joint everything off site and then come out in public to show off their mighty erections.

 

I'd been seriously tempted to fabricate a decent sized Makita or Hitachi circular saw and a small carving bar together- much neater than a huge circular saw for getting tidy corners cut out for tenons etc

The Festool/ Protool saw is a much more sensible price, although it may well be a cut price machine for them- looking around German ebay (ebay.de) there's a much beefier and industrial looking one.

 

Protool Zimmerei Kettensäge CCP 380 618265 | eBay

[harvey b davison]

I think for site work, your better off with a circular saw for ripping / crosscutting. I have seen the mafell version before as well. The only thing i would consider is the makita chain morticer, which i think would be ideal in framing.