{"id":5177,"date":"2011-03-17T09:36:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T03:41:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-04-10T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T21:51:35","slug":"festool-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/festool-plunge\/","title":{"rendered":"Festool Plunge Cut Circular Saw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a fine woodworker and in 2004 I bought a several-thousand-dollar table saw. In 2005, I bought this Festool plunge cut circular saw that runs along a rail instead of being stationary like a table saw. While the Festool doesn&#8217;t replace my table saw, if I were a home hobbyist or a contractor considering a table saw I think the Festool would be a cheaper and far better substitute. <\/p>\n<p>Though it is on rails, it is fearsomely and effortlessly accurate. I can always get within 1\/32&#8243; of where I want to be, and the cut is always square. Really square. It fits in a small box and weighs just a few pounds which makes it easy to transport to and from job sites. It has great electronics, and a riving knife. It is way safer than a table saw, especially for less experienced users. It really shines in cutting down sheet goods. Dead accurate, no tearout. If you want to rip cut lots of lumber it&#8217;s not the right tool. But every once in a while it can pull that off, too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"festool2.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/festool2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Festool saw is part of a larger system that includes a dust catchment system, expandable rails, and other accessories. As such, it can get expensive, but you only have to buy what you need. I don&#8217;t always think much of Festool stuff- it is generally way overpriced for what it does. This tool, though, for 5 or 600 bucks can easily replace a table saw of twice the cost. Other circular-saw-on-a-guide-rail setups are not in the same class. The Festool is about the details. If I were contemplating a really low-end contractors table saw, the Festool would still be my choice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table saw replacement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[19],"tags":[1350],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11484,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5177\/revisions\/11484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}