Reply by dusty2

Some of us would like to have a festool shop and are willing to pay the asking price. To that I say fine, go for it. If that is the way you chose to spend your hard earned money, I hope you enjoy every minute using them. I can not afford the prices festools tend to cost and I don’t believe they are enough better than many others to make the difference.

If a router costs twice as much, will it last twice as long, will it cut twice as well, will it pay for itself. Maybe if you are a professional woodworker, but I am not and I do not believe there is a payback that I will ever see.

My PC and my Ryobi and my Delta and even my old Craftsman CS look pretty good.

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