Tomorrow, I’m attending the Katz Roadshow at the local Dunn Lumber. The 1 day class covers finish carpentry and my main interest in it is that there are supposedly tips and tricks using Festool Tools (probably the circular saw and rail system).
While, as I’ve indicated in previous posts, I’m including more and more hand tool use, I have no intention of completely eliminating power tools. I’ve gotten rid of my tablesaw (I had a Jet Cabinet Saw) and will use the Festool circular saw with precision rail systems. I also intend to use a router and router table for certain tasks as well. Mostly, these tools are to rough out materials so that the medium and fine finishing can be done with hand tools.
I expect that I will use hand saws, hand planes, chisels, scrapers along with circular saws, jig saws, band saws, routers and router tables.
With this class, I’d love to see how to improve set up with the rail guides and how to use these guides with the router and maybe any other Festool tools that may apply. If it is not meeting my needs, I may not stay very long. Wish me luck that I get what I want from the class (at least it’s at no cost).
