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My thoughts had only been about the blade and the fingers ... Back in the sixties the father of a friend took his right thumb completely off ... and he was working in a furniture factory.

Thank you for the word on the Festool. Doesn't sound right for me, but I will go back to Woodcraft to talk to them about it more.

: You could set up the Festool to do ripping over the eight feet but it
: wouldn't be as effective as a tablesaw or a good bandsaw.

: Mike Savage
: South West Cork