Jronman

looks nice

In Europe DeWALT has a version of their standard circular saws that are track compatible.

So from what I understand the new ruling is a good thing? Requires all imported Asbestos to be put under review?

It isn't fully cross compatible but more like halfway cross compatible. I don't find the lack of ability to throw on a 20v battery for a flexvolt tool to be that bad. When I own 7 flex 2/6 batteries I have yet to even have a situation where I even wanted to put my 20v batteries on my flexvolt tools. With only have two 20v batteries at only 2.0 ah a piece, I am more likely to throw on a flex battery which is good enough compatibility for me. I have no complaints with the halfway lack of compatibility of flexvolt and 20v.

I noticed the basic kit for the tsc 55 is $440 and you get 4 free batteries.

Just announced today that Festool Connect is in Las Vegas this year on October 27th. I was expecting their headquarters in Indiana like last year but guess not. I can't wait to see coverage of the event.

May I suggest going with a cordless circular saw and jigsaw? With cordless you don't gotta worry about snagged cords, cut cords, extension cords, or lack of power outlets. Most brands now days especially Makita and Milwaukee have very good cordless saws that are very capable. Both brands have multiple brushless options. Makita has these great circular saws the brushless blade right subcompact, brushless blade left compact, brushed x2 blade right, and the brushless x2 blade left rear handle monster. Also Makita has brushless d handle and barrel grip jigsaws. Milwaukee has the smaller fuel blade left circ saw and just came out with a gen 2 fuel of their larger blade right fuel saw that is pretty impressive for only being 18v. Milwaukee also has D handle and barrel grip brushless jigsaws. I don't know how much you will be cutting with them but you could maybe get a few hours or more of cutting done with any of these saws depending on the load.

I bought a CMT 1/2 and a 3/4 forsner from Menards. I also picked up another bottle of CMT bit/bkade cleaner. I really like the stuff and figured I should have another bottle on hand for when the first one runs out. I also decided to try out a Franklin Pro Sensor T6 stud finder also from Meneards. Not too fancy or anything but is accurate according to reviews.

looks like the leds are a downgrade? No tripple leds like the previous model. If my caculations are correct, 200 NM is a bit over 1700 in lbs. That puts it higher than the Makitas on paper but less than the gen 2 Dewalts and Milwaukees.

The only thing is it can sometimes catch on corners.

Rockler is doing a sale through August 30th that has a bunch of different deals. Might be worth looking into. http://www.rockler.com/rockler-promotions/current-promotions

I have thought one of these would be nice to have. Only thing is getting the slabbing sled and rails it rides on parallel and flat and keeping it that way. I also found this yesterday. It might be an option. It supposedly works with my router. http://www.rockler.com/router-raizer

When it comes to gas ope apparently Makita knows their stuff. In tests I have seen the Makita stuff tends to score high. I would expect the x2 stuff to be no different. I haven't personally used any Makita ope but the x2 multihead system looks nice especially with all the different heads you can attach to the trimmer. I don't know where the motor is located on the multihead. I have seen reviews on the Makita trimmer and it has some nice features like the reverse spin button for if something wraps around the string and gets caught. I'm sure Milwaukee is good as well especially with the 9.0 HD or 12.0 HO or 6.0 HO. I don't know if it will perform well with less powerful m18 batteries. I personally would go x2 but both are good in my opinion.

I am contemplating putting this in a router table, preferably with a lift. Is this a good idea? I have seen mixed feelings about plunge routers in router tables. I have even used one in a lift but there was no lifting mechanism so everything had to be adjusted from the router itself. Also are there even any compatible router tables, preferably with a lift, it will fit? That Rockler pro table seems nice and accepts lifts. Might be an option if a compatible lift will fit?

I have always wanted to try out Makita. The x2 tools seem pretty nice and their impacts are supposedly some of the best. For ope I would pick up the Makita x2 multihead system. It is like a string trimmer but you can attach various attachments to it like a pole saw, pole hedge trimmer, string trimmer, and more. Apart from the m18 chainsaw I feel like Makita has the better ope lineup. Makita also has more woodworking focused cordless tools like the x2 tracksaw, the rear handle x2 circular saw, biscuit jointer, cordless router, and more. Milwaukee m18 is a very well rounded system. It has a little bit of everything. The new high output battery and tools designed to use the new battery seem nice.

@SetBuilder This is an after routing before cleanup picture of when I used that router vac shroud deal. You can see some dust but it is not much compared to if I did not use the shroud deal.

That is not it. It is little shroud deal that snaps to the bottom of the router. One comes with the of1400. I used it to cut a bunch of roundovers and collected around 99% of all visible dust the router created.

Acme tools was where I seen this deal. I think it included all tough system items including the newer boxes.

@SetBuilder we you using the dust collection accessory for routing along edges?

I agree with @Rtorres092382

there is a tough system deal going on where if you manage to buy $500 worth of tough system you get the new tough system cooler for free.

Does this come with a light?

I didn't buy this but my boss bought our work a new miter saw. he got the DeWALT DWS780. I was hoping to be surprised with the DHS790 or something with a rail forward design but the 780 is still a good saw so I have heard. I have never used one but I am sure it is pretty similar to the 790. I think our old saw was the previous model to the 780 maybe the 716

@paulgailey Maybe you could sell the battery to someone before you leave?

Any pics with a 12.0 on them?