Festool 499896 Edge Banding Trimmer

Bought one for my shop, I’ve been using one for years. Absolutely love it, works great. Very durable.

Ugh. I can hardly believe I am writing this. I use to just use a sharp utility knife to cut the edgebanding and it worked great. But I love festool and fantasized about getting this to speed up my process. At first, I was on the fence. It did seem to cut a little easier and more flush than the utility knife but not over $200 better and it was actually slower because you have to feed the end into the cutter and that takes more time than just hitting it with a knife. Still- I kept using it to try and see if it was just me and that it really would be worth it. Today - building some cabinets for a client and got out my contouro. First cut was ok. Not bad. Not great. Ok. Then- second cut- the jaws would not close all the way. There is a cutter blade that slips past a plate. Somehow the plate moved a micron closer to the cutter blade so the blade can't slip under it. This means the jaws won't close all the way and it won't cut at all!!! If I loosen the screw holding the plate a fraction - it works again. But still not great. And then you have a lose screw. I went to return it and no joke- window closed yesterday. I am so bummed.

Das Kappgerät ist nicht billig. Aber dafür sind die Ergebnisse gewohnte Festtoolqualität. Die Qualität hat halt ihren Preis. Ich kann den Artikel nur Empfehlen.

Comme d'habitude avec Festool, on râle sur le prix et ensuite on utilise un produit permettant un rendu parfait. Je ne suis pas pro, mais je ne vois pas comment je pourrais avoir un résultat aussi propre avec un outil de base, type ciseau à bois ou autre.

Excellent condition like a brand new .