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I ran across this today in my wanderings.
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It’s made by Mafell, a German company and is was designed as a safety feature. Personally, I don’t know anyone that has had an accident with a track saw, but I guess it could happen. The coolness factor, however, has Festool beat, hands down.
Here’s a link to a YouTube video of the beast in action and a couple more pictures.
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Pretty awesome, I’m afraid of the price tag of it goes into production.
Jimbo
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Yeah this is a pretty cool saw and price wise blows Festool out of the water but where Festool is the top end of tools Mafell is like Festools Father 😉
JimboS1ice wrote:
2 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:Pretty awesome, I’m afraid of the price tag of it goes into production.
Jimbo
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This saw is out a long time I believe. German guy I work for used to own one he was telling me, till it and about 20k of other tools was stolen on him.
He still has a mafell erika, crazy money also but seems to lack in features to me
For the price of that you could probably buy a regular tracksaw and someone to use it for you.
Those Germans are some great Engineers!
I find Mafell to be better value than festool, friend of mine has a Mafell Mt55 and its a really nice track saw.
Very nice find, like seeing cool stuff like that. Thanks for posting.
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That’s looks similar to the Milwaukee driver with swappable chucks
Jimbo
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JimboS1ice wrote:
That’s looks similar to the Milwaukee driver with swappable chucksJimbo
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The Mileaukee version is just a rebranded Ridgid(AEG).
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HiltiWpg wrote:
The Mileaukee version is just a rebranded Ridgid(AEG).
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Yet another tool I drool over and seriously consider paying to import from Amazon UK.
The only really unique thing I the offset… Other than that nothing a right angle drill or screwdriver or impact can’t handle, don’t get me wrong it’s really cool!
Jimbo
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Wow we got off track already hehe see what l did. ..?
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KnarlyCarl wrote:
9 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:Wow we got off track already hehe see what l did. ..?
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Wouldn’t be a tools in action thread without getting “off track”
HiltiWpg wrote:
The Mileaukee version is just a rebranded Ridgid(AEG).
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Wouldn’t it be the Ridgid is a re-branded Milwaukee? [emoji848]
Ridgid is made under contract by TTi bit TTi owns Milwaukee.
RickyMcGrath wrote:
Wouldn’t it be the Ridgid is a re-branded Milwaukee? [emoji848]Ridgid is made under contract by TTi bit TTi owns Milwaukee.
Considering that the AEG tools come out before the Milwaukee’s, I would doubt it. The m18 fuel SDS hammer drill came out a year after the AEG version and it’s identical.
If you look at the link I posted earlier, you can see the full line of AEG tools, Home Depot doesn’t bring in the full line as Ridgid. Also, Milwaukee seems to only have a portion of the 12v , mostly fuel, same with 18v. The Milwaukee stuff goes way beyond, they probably share a lot between them, save cost etc. TTi bought the Milwaukee name some time ago, but AEG has been around for a long time.
Imagine if Ridgid (Home Depot)carried the full line of AEG!
http://uk.aeg-powertools.eu/AEG/media/Media/Catalogues/AEG-Catalogue-2015.pdf
I am kind of wrong, it seems TTi bought the names, patents etc and moved it to China.
AEG and Milwaukee share quite a bit more. They were both owned by Atlas and TTi bought them for $626 million. I thought TTi bought Milwaukee from Milwaukee. I learned something new today! I thought Milwaukee was US until TTi bought them.
“Atlas Copco Electric Tools GmbH is located in Winnenden near Stuttgart/Germany and is responsible for developing, manufacturing and distribution of high-quality portable power tools under the AEG[emoji768] and Milwaukee[emoji768] brands and accessories. The products are marketed through a number of sales companies worldwide, with a main business focus on Europe, Asia, Australia, and South Africa and target mainly the professional market such as the construction industry and high-end user.”
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