There are many, many cases where traditional round orbital and square palm sanders are not helpful in completing interior trim prep tasks, simply because of their design. Most notably, crown molding, base cap, cove, bed molds and beadboard, which are among the more common custom profiles that distinguish a basic trim pack from a more [...]
Good habits become muscle memory. Especially on those tedious, repetitive tasks. 5 Tips for Sanding Spindles: 1. Don’t sand them manually (use a power tool) 2. Don’t sand one spindle at a time. 3. Sand in one orientation at a time 4. There are 8 surfaces per spindle: 4 faces and 4 edges 5. Think [...]
Festool Syslite Long Term Assessment
Jobsite Lighting on the Move… Jobsite lighting is an unfortunate necessity and a real pain in the neck for professionals in all trades, whether you work in residential, commercial, new construction or remodeling scenarios. Frequent power problems, general lack of outlets, and insufficient natural light leave us craving more light at work. Or, should we [...]
Tool of the Week: Task/Inspection Lighting from Festool
[Update Jan '13: Syslite Review Published] If you follow this site at all, you will already know that a current pet peeve, and it is related to the season and recent time change, is task lighting on projects. It’s a seasonal disorder, but its a thing. The Festool Syslite is a former Product of Interest [...]
A Revolution in Work Lighting for Painters…
…Is BADLY needed…Hello Festool Syslite!!! [Update Jan '13: Festool Syslite Review Published] We have switched the majority of our jobsite and shop lighting needs to the Festool Syslite. Previously, fluorescent and halogen was is about as good as we could get. It wasn’t good enough. Call it the three year itch in the relationship with [...]
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