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A Week In The Workshop 183




Well, that was a week; four months to the day since I ordered - and paid for in full - for my Festool CSC SYS 50, I cancelled my order with Warren at ToolFest. And then did what a normal person would do and bought one from Amazon - arrives Tuesday!


I’m still a little unclear where the saw is coming from, and wether this causes any issues with warranties I’ll find out when I register it with Festool; I have a 30-day no-quibble return window with Amazon though, which is twice as long as Festool gives you in the UK!


I have enough spare 18v batteries to get me started, but a pair with bluetooth would be handy to trigger the vac - don’t need the duo charger as I have two already.


Exciting times ahead; oh, and I’m moving house as well this week!


As I say in the vid I decided against starting in on the Triton doweller video - I already had the home office remodel shot, just needed to edit it and add in the voiceover; the cabinets are all done, and I should be able to get the shelves knocked out in the next couple of weeks or so as well.


Probably won’t have a midweek video done unless the saw arrives really early on Tuesday, as Wednesday is moving day, but I’ll catch you at the weekend with some news of something, I’m sure!


Thanks as always for your patience and support, enjoy the rest of the weekend and I’ll see you all again very soon.


Peter


p.s. there’s still a few Festool CSC SYS 50 available on Amazon, if anyone’s interested - https://amzn.to/3N1hASQ



11 Comments


Rob Bristow
May 29, 2023

AS to shorts Peter, Youtube shows a new video on a site and then I open on the maker and check the videos and there has been no change - I forget there are shorts as well!!. Personally I associate youtube with full videos and reels with shorts. Looking at your shorts I do not think I have watched one of them as I always watch you videos through your website. Will go and 'binge ' watch them now!

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petermillard
petermillard
May 30, 2023
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Cheers Rob. YouTube are still finding their way with shorts, and like many people I associate them with longer form content. Not sure how the notifications work with shorts, but I think it’s both a positive and a negative that they now occupy a separate area or tab on the website or app! And having whinged about the current short, it’s now turned into my top performer! 🤷‍♂️😂

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David Sneddon
David Sneddon
May 29, 2023

Good update in your hurly life Peter, good luck with the move and all that. Great news on the saw.😂

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petermillard
petermillard
May 30, 2023
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Thanks David! Let’s see what turns up! 😂👍

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Gary Furness
Gary Furness
May 29, 2023

FFX have them for £1,544 with free delivery, saving £50ish

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petermillard
petermillard
May 30, 2023
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Not on Friday they didn’t Gary! 😂 👍

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Derek Caldwell
Derek Caldwell
May 28, 2023

It’s a shame you’ve had to do that with the saw sometimes amazons the best place for delivery times not always the best price look forward to seeing your thoughts on the saw have you every thought of trying TikTok rather than the YouTube shorts videos that i have put on TikTok seem to do not to badly and I’m sure someone with the instagram following you have the videos would do great on TikTok hope this helps


Thanks

Derek

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petermillard
petermillard
May 29, 2023
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Thanks Derek. Yes, annoying that I had to go this route after trying to 'do the right thing' using the dealer network; I'm paying a little more through Amazon - though probably not as much as I would have if I'd left the purchase price on a credit card for four months - but I just want the saw I paid for back in January.


TikTok's an interesting one; I've tried putting a couple on there but haven't had much traction with it; to me it's a bit like Facebook - I don't use it personally so I don't really understand it, and the monetisation on TikTok is shockingly bad with millions of views earning tens of dollars. At least…

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Colin Dawson
May 28, 2023

It's quite unbelievable that you can wait 4 Months, but then get one in a matter of days from Amazon (hopefully 😁). I'm sure there won't be any issues with warranties either.

Have a great Bank Holiday, I will be taking down and packing away our Caravan Awning on Monday ready for travelling home on Tuesday.

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Colin Dawson
May 28, 2023
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Yes, we always seem to strike lucky with the weather, but dont want to jinx it 😁.

We are back home for a week and then off again for ten days in Dorset.

It's a tough life, but someone's got to do it, shame you're going to be busy with the house move to be able to play with your new saw very much.

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