My Fein died a couple of weeks ago, and Friday the quote came is for $300-odd. It cost $500 new about 3 years ago. Now it is $850. Not sure whether it is worth repairing. I was never that keen on it - the shape made it difficult to store, and it was a lot noisier than it was touted.
I visited Carbatec, my local Festool agent, and had a look at the vacs. It really was an easy choice (cost not a consideration, thanks to a kind wife) - the Festool CT26E came home with me.
The only item I was not keen on was the thin hose (27mm?). What is the point of this? I also find it difficult to straighten. It wants to curl constantly. Is there a trick here?
Fortunately, I have the hose from the Fein, which is 36mm.
I spent some time thinking over how I could hook up the Dust Deputy. I have the Deluxe version that comes with two buckets. I use one bucket as a bracket.
What Festool have done is turn a Sustainer into an airtight container for dust collection - the Ultimate Dust Deputy. It is very expensive locally - $500. Others have attempted to build their own version by converting a sustainer. It is a lot of work to make it air tight, and I imagined how difficult it would be to empty each time.
I decided to go in a different direction. It occurred to me that I could use a Sustainer as a base for a bucket. That is, bolt a bucket to a narrow sustainer, which would fit to the top of the CT26E. I have one from a C12 drill/driver.
This is easy enough. Just ensure that you add reinforcement under the lid of the sustainer (wooden board) as the plastic is thin. Once the lot is bolted together, it is pretty sturdy ...
It is pretty easy to remove the working bucket when it needs to be emptied. It is also pretty easy to remove the sustainer and get to the storage compartment ..
I used the combination for a short while today. The suction was stronger with the larger Fein hose. The CT26E is looking like it will fit in just fine.
Regards from Perth
Derek
I visited Carbatec, my local Festool agent, and had a look at the vacs. It really was an easy choice (cost not a consideration, thanks to a kind wife) - the Festool CT26E came home with me.
The only item I was not keen on was the thin hose (27mm?). What is the point of this? I also find it difficult to straighten. It wants to curl constantly. Is there a trick here?
Fortunately, I have the hose from the Fein, which is 36mm.
I spent some time thinking over how I could hook up the Dust Deputy. I have the Deluxe version that comes with two buckets. I use one bucket as a bracket.
What Festool have done is turn a Sustainer into an airtight container for dust collection - the Ultimate Dust Deputy. It is very expensive locally - $500. Others have attempted to build their own version by converting a sustainer. It is a lot of work to make it air tight, and I imagined how difficult it would be to empty each time.
I decided to go in a different direction. It occurred to me that I could use a Sustainer as a base for a bucket. That is, bolt a bucket to a narrow sustainer, which would fit to the top of the CT26E. I have one from a C12 drill/driver.
This is easy enough. Just ensure that you add reinforcement under the lid of the sustainer (wooden board) as the plastic is thin. Once the lot is bolted together, it is pretty sturdy ...
It is pretty easy to remove the working bucket when it needs to be emptied. It is also pretty easy to remove the sustainer and get to the storage compartment ..
I used the combination for a short while today. The suction was stronger with the larger Fein hose. The CT26E is looking like it will fit in just fine.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Festool CT26E and Dust Deputy
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