Everything is like brand new! If ever a video could make you green with envy it’s this one! Fair play to you, if I could, I would buy the exact same set up! Good to see people doing well! 🙏😊👌
Great video. I have never heard of the Sustainers but I like the concept of them. I have watched a lot of small shop tour videos and I really like what you have done. Thanks again.
Hey man, thanks for the video! As the proud owner of a small, one car garage shop, I'm always eager to see how other guys manage it. I'll add my two cents here for anyone that cares for it... Things that I like: the general layout is similar to others and what I'm planning for my shop as well (after lengthy consideration and working in a sub-par layout for years). I like how you made space for the mitre saw. That wall is the best spot for it. I also agree with your placement of the table saw and assembly/outfeed table. I've seen this in a bunch of other small shop videos and I'm going to do the same. Of course, every shop needs to be designed based on the work you do and I'm not familiar with what you do, so I'll go out on a limb here and assume that not having a jointer and bandsaw isn't a big deal for you... or that having to pull out the planner every time you use it isn't a problem either. These are three items that I'll need to make room for in my shop so I'm going to have to get creative. Things that I'm not sure that I would have done: you clearly love systainer boxes... that's ok but unless you regularly pack them out to job sites, I'm not sure simple drawers wouldn't have done a better job for less money. I'm also not a fan of open storage in what might be a rather dusty environment. I would prefer the clean look of drawers and doors. Something I will seriously consider: buying a rolling tool chest instead of building my own cabinets with doors and drawers. What can I say, it's purpose built and you can take it with you when you move! Smart.
What a great use of space and wonderful ideas for organization! I work out of half of a small two car garage, similar in space to yours, and will be looking to implement several of your ideas to my space come Spring. Thanks for the tour and explanation of your process and workflow.
I like that it's so neat looking. I was in a 12' x 25' space for a while and between a garage door, window, and two doors it was difficult to find wall space for everything. Having the systainers really maximizes the edge of your available space.
Looks great, well organized. I’m with you on storage. I’m a Milwaukee Packout guy so my shop looks like yours but red. Only downside is they do take more room but they are built like tanks. Thanks for sharing.
Reminds me of Lincoln st woodworking shop. He has a similar setup but he has a jointer instead of a million systainers. I like the layout of your too and realize now the only true way to stay tidy/organized is by building storage cabinets.
I know! Guess they were not selling as many units as they would like to keep the profit up? Glad I got mine when I did along with the extra suction pads.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors Regarding the horse stall mats. I would go a different route. Something softer. I use them for my gym and had some left over for my assembly area and they are not that much better than concrete. I would definitely look for something softer. Your choice though.
Thanks Eli. I haven’t looked that hard for what options are out there truthfully. My brother in law bought some rubber gym tiles for his home gym and they seemed pretty soft.
All looking great Brian. I also work out of a single car garage and I notice quite a few similarities in our setups! Not least the love of Festool stuff 😉. Keep up the good work and very best wishes for a healthy, productive and successful 2022… Allan
Hello Brian how are you doing my friend. That's a beautiful looking shop there my friend. Very neat and clean right up my alley buddy. And so are organized looks like we take it the same. I'm on a little Quest right now to give all my fellow Woodworkers subscription so I wanted to reach out say hello and let you know you've got another new sub. From Doug
I LOVE your shop!! Mine is similar size 360 square feet. That double MFT/cabinet is great. I’m stealing that idea for my MFT. I have a 4x8 torsion box outfeed/assembly. But I use my MFT and clamping elements for my sanding though. I’ve tried to get my hands on the vacuum system but it’s been on back order. Now I think it’s discontinued 👎
Thanks bud! And yeah, good luck on finding the vac sys. I think they are discontinuing that (at least my model). I’ve heard rumors they might be coming out with a cordless version though.
Great shop, so well organized. A small space really makes you sensible about storage! Also, considering moving to Texas, is there an area there that isn't hot as hell in the summer? Canadian asking! My wife lived in Dallas for a few years a couple of decades ago, so I need some help getting her to consider going back to Texas. Ha Thanks.
Ya that's what I been saying at just kept counting them after the second one.☺️ I was like one that's a waste of money and space I don't see any need for more then 2. One small one to clean the shop and one of the big main ones he has to stay connected to stuff with close off valves. He's worried about space he could make up quite a bit getting rid of 3 dust collector's.
I don't understand how some loath sustainers and festool. I only have one systainer and one festool drill due to budgetary constraints. However, those who have copious amounts, more power to you!
I live in the 210 area code, I didn’t see in your video but what or how do you keep the area cool, if it’s like the 210 it’s hot and humid, there’s times I can’t even with because of it being so hot. Also I’m looking into getting a SawStop I’m undecided if I want to go with the 1.75 or the 3 hp, You mentioned you haven’t had any issues with it , just trying to get some kind of feedback.
I would have gone with 3hp if I had 220 in the garage, but I don’t. That’s really the only reason I went with the 1.75. I haven’t had it big down on anything I’ve ran through it though, including some 6/8 oak
I'm so impressed with your shop that I'm going to share that on my site send it out to roughly 10000 other viewers. I have a question for you though. Your desk filter system hanging from the roof what square footage does it clean? My shop is about 1000 square foot
Thank you so much. The air cleaner hanging is a General 10-1000. Best I can offer you are these specs for the unit. 1) cycles per hour for a 20’x20’x8’ space is 20.06 cycles. 2) High speed this filters 1068 cubic feet/minute Hope that helps??
This is the one I bought, and so far after a couple of years it is still working fine www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0779GGH46?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Nice and snug, very well organized Multiple dust collectors strikes me as redundant, why not recover space by going to just one? A second question on the Racedeck, how is it on the feet?
The multiple dust collectors don’t take up any “usable” floor space. They are all under a piece of equipment and are dedicated solely to that machine. The race deck honestly is the same as concrete in my opinion. I wish there was a bit of padding, but it’s still pretty rough standing all day on it.
I love your shop. For all your cabinets you built , did you stay with the same wood or are some of them different? Asking because you said you used whatever was the cheapest.
Thank you! All cabinets are basically the same. I did use a few different materials for the cabinet door fronts. Some are 1/4” plywood, and a few other doors are 1/8” paneling.
Hi Brian, great shop! I’m moving soon in to a new home with a 1 car space for my shop this helped me so much for planning! I have to ask, F35!? You or family fly? Airforce? Thanks for sharing you shop!
That’s incredible! I’ve helped build a few of those, and pretty amazing that production of the F16 is starting back up again. She’s a great fighter even compared to the F35
Would love to know more on where and why you use 3 differant Festool Vac systems. I have a CT36 for my saw abd built in router. Wa thinking into getting a nitherone for my sanding and assy table. Any advise on this. TY
I use the midi and the mini as dedicated dust collectors for my miter saw and table saw. I didn’t want to have to move the vacuums to different tools every time I used the table or miter saw. My ct26 I use for my “everything” vac. I use that for all of my sanding, dominoes, and other hand tools that use dust extraction. I also use the ct26 for basic shop cleanup.
Are the Srong enough to vac for a Sawstop and a mitersaw. I would of never thought they would of been powerfuk enough. If you coukd only buy one of those which one would it me. Thabjs for tge help cant afford to buy both
So, not strong enough by themselves. For the miter saw, I use the mini for the dust collection connected directly to the saw, but I also run my larger delta 2hp dc inside the miter saw box, so I essentially have two vacs running. Hope that makes sense. The midi is only used on the sawstop for the blade guard dust collection. I run my 2hp dust collector hooked directly to the cabinet on the sawstop for the bulk of the dust collection.
Hi Brian, Great use of space! I had a question regarding your flooring. I have a similar Garage Deck flooring (a little cheaper than the more popular Race Deck) and was curious if you put your saw stop directly on the flooring or did you use something as a foundation? Has the saw made divots into the tiles?
Thanks Jason! I did the fan myself. Super easy. Video on how I did it is: Mr Buddy portable heater FAN INSTALL! ruclips.net/video/jR5-XhIhqLg/видео.html
Looks good Brian. Do you like the gen3 systainers? I hate them, I think they put very little thought into them. Btw is that a Submariner you’re wearing?
Thanks! I do have a router table, but I keep it stored away in the attic. I don’t use it a lot. Frankly, I use my Rockler mini router table I use with my DeWalt palm router more than anything. You can get a quick glimpse of it if you look close at the end of the video up on top of my upper cabinets.
I have a planer - under my outfeed table. My jointer is in the big garage. So Luckily I get to buy rough cut. Typically I’ll buy one edge / straight line rip
We get that you love the brand, but it would be best if you didn't set the bar for all the newcomers. Festool doesn't sponsor anyone so you're not making any money from them. Do your video to show your shop ideas and STOP naming the brand. That creates unrealistic expectations for the newbies. Say the tool or hardware, not the brand.
Everything is like brand new! If ever a video could make you green with envy it’s this one! Fair play to you, if I could, I would buy the exact same set up! Good to see people doing well! 🙏😊👌
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Great video. I have never heard of the Sustainers but I like the concept of them. I have watched a lot of small shop tour videos and I really like what you have done. Thanks again.
Thank you!
Hey man, thanks for the video! As the proud owner of a small, one car garage shop, I'm always eager to see how other guys manage it. I'll add my two cents here for anyone that cares for it...
Things that I like: the general layout is similar to others and what I'm planning for my shop as well (after lengthy consideration and working in a sub-par layout for years). I like how you made space for the mitre saw. That wall is the best spot for it. I also agree with your placement of the table saw and assembly/outfeed table. I've seen this in a bunch of other small shop videos and I'm going to do the same. Of course, every shop needs to be designed based on the work you do and I'm not familiar with what you do, so I'll go out on a limb here and assume that not having a jointer and bandsaw isn't a big deal for you... or that having to pull out the planner every time you use it isn't a problem either. These are three items that I'll need to make room for in my shop so I'm going to have to get creative.
Things that I'm not sure that I would have done: you clearly love systainer boxes... that's ok but unless you regularly pack them out to job sites, I'm not sure simple drawers wouldn't have done a better job for less money. I'm also not a fan of open storage in what might be a rather dusty environment. I would prefer the clean look of drawers and doors.
Something I will seriously consider: buying a rolling tool chest instead of building my own cabinets with doors and drawers. What can I say, it's purpose built and you can take it with you when you move! Smart.
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Well done!
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Great use of space. It’s very impressive how well you are using your small space
Thanks Robert!
What a great use of space and wonderful ideas for organization! I work out of half of a small two car garage, similar in space to yours, and will be looking to implement several of your ideas to my space come Spring. Thanks for the tour and explanation of your process and workflow.
Hey Sean! Thank you! That’s why I post these shop tours. Glad this might give you some ideas.
I like that it's so neat looking. I was in a 12' x 25' space for a while and between a garage door, window, and two doors it was difficult to find wall space for everything. Having the systainers really maximizes the edge of your available space.
Thanks Mike👍🏻
Festool must REALLY love you man
Great one car shop....nice use of space. Wish I had that. Thanks for sharing....
Thank you Dave!
WOW man! What a great space!!! Dream shop for sure. God Bless Man!!!
Thanks so much! Cheers!
You did a good job laying your tools out👍👍👍
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Amazing workshop! Perfect video for me because I have the same workspace. Thanks!
Awesome! Glad this helped
Impressive, and very helpful! Thank you!
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Amazing use of space looks like your maxed out Brian. You've some great tools really nicely organized, I enjoyed your shop tour. Tony
Thank you Tony. I appreciate the kind comment!
Looking good, thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks!
Great shop tour video. Thanks.
Thank you Ken!
Looks great, well organized. I’m with you on storage. I’m a Milwaukee Packout guy so my shop looks like yours but red. Only downside is they do take more room but they are built like tanks. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks👍🏻
The use of space is awesome
Thank you!
Very nice shop and organization.
Thank you
Excellent professional brother.. God bless you.m
Thank you👍🏻
Reminds me of Lincoln st woodworking shop. He has a similar setup but he has a jointer instead of a million systainers. I like the layout of your too and realize now the only true way to stay tidy/organized is by building storage cabinets.
Thanks!
Well done on organizing!
Thank you!
Great organisation of space. Congratulation.
Thank you!
About the only thing I didn't see was a jointer. Great job.
Thanks! I have to put my jointer in the other garage next to my wife’s car. Lol. Just a 6” Ridgid jointer, but gets the job done.
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to help others. Btw, I like your hat. :)
Thank you👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah, there’s probably a meeting you can go to to talk about the your systainer issue… 😂
Cool shop!
Thanks!
Very nice job I have the same space
You gave me some very good ideas
For what I’m going to do in my space
Thanks!
Also a huge fan of my VAC-SYS, it's an absolute tragedy that they have discontinued it.
I know! Guess they were not selling as many units as they would like to keep the profit up? Glad I got mine when I did along with the extra suction pads.
Damn, you have some clever ways to cram into a smaller shop. Definitely using some of your ideas lol.
Thanks!
@@BrianWatersOutdoors Regarding the horse stall mats. I would go a different route. Something softer. I use them for my gym and had some left over for my assembly area and they are not that much better than concrete. I would definitely look for something softer. Your choice though.
Thanks Eli. I haven’t looked that hard for what options are out there truthfully. My brother in law bought some rubber gym tiles for his home gym and they seemed pretty soft.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors They did change since i bought them, maybe the newer ones are softer? I dont know. Get them, and let me know lol.
Well, his technically are not “horse mats”. He got his rubber gym tiles at Home Depot….but damn! They are expensive.
Very nice looking shop!
Thank you!
All looking great Brian. I also work out of a single car garage and I notice quite a few similarities in our setups! Not least the love of Festool stuff 😉. Keep up the good work and very best wishes for a healthy, productive and successful 2022… Allan
Thank you Allan!
Hello Brian how are you doing my friend. That's a beautiful looking shop there my friend. Very neat and clean right up my alley buddy. And so are organized looks like we take it the same. I'm on a little Quest right now to give all my fellow Woodworkers subscription so I wanted to reach out say hello and let you know you've got another new sub. From Doug
Thank you Doug! I appreciate that👍🏻
My pleasure buddy thank you
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Great Shop!
Thank you!
New drinking game - take a shot every time he says systainers
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Fantastic shop 🙏
Thank you sir!
Great tour. One of the best set up's I've seen and I've watched alot of tours. Looking back is there anything you would do differently? Thanks
Thank you👍🏻only thing I might do differently is use horse mats, or rubber tiles instead of the Racedeck flooring.
This shop reminds me of my wife.... small but not cheap.
You win for best comment
Very nice shop!!!
Thanks👍🏻
Nice shop and thanks for the tour! I do think you have a severe drill and Festool problem! Lol I have the same symptoms…
I can agree to that👍🏻
Hey, when I grow up I want to get heaps of systainers too. 58 now but theres still time aye
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I LOVE your shop!! Mine is similar size 360 square feet. That double MFT/cabinet is great. I’m stealing that idea for my MFT. I have a 4x8 torsion box outfeed/assembly. But I use my MFT and clamping elements for my sanding though. I’ve tried to get my hands on the vacuum system but it’s been on back order. Now I think it’s discontinued 👎
Thanks bud! And yeah, good luck on finding the vac sys. I think they are discontinuing that (at least my model). I’ve heard rumors they might be coming out with a cordless version though.
Those stickers look familiar! I may have a few from my tour of duty. Too bad you guys still can't top the F15...
Tom in St Louis
F15…..won’t deny she’s a beast
Great shop, so well organized. A small space really makes you sensible about storage! Also, considering moving to Texas, is there an area there that isn't hot as hell in the summer? Canadian asking! My wife lived in Dallas for a few years a couple of decades ago, so I need some help getting her to consider going back to Texas. Ha Thanks.
Thanks Rob! MAYBE Amarillo ??😂
@@BrianWatersOutdoors I'll check it out! Thanks.
@@robthewaywardwoodworker9956 it’s about as far north as you can get and still be in Texas👍🏻
nice neat shop, i love it.
Thank you!
5 dust collection units, wasn’t expecting that 📏
Ya that's what I been saying at just kept counting them after the second one.☺️ I was like one that's a waste of money and space I don't see any need for more then 2. One small one to clean the shop and one of the big main ones he has to stay connected to stuff with close off valves. He's worried about space he could make up quite a bit getting rid of 3 dust collector's.
Looks awesome man
Thank you sir
You do love those plastic boxes!
I do👍🏻
I don't understand how some loath sustainers and festool. I only have one systainer and one festool drill due to budgetary constraints. However, those who have copious amounts, more power to you!
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Thank you very much very nice ❤️
Thanks Bob
Some good ideas here
Thanks!
I live in the 210 area code, I didn’t see in your video but what or how do you keep the area cool, if it’s like the 210 it’s hot and humid, there’s times I can’t even with because of it being so hot.
Also I’m looking into getting a SawStop I’m undecided if I want to go with the 1.75 or the 3 hp, You mentioned you haven’t had any issues with it , just trying to get some kind of feedback.
I would have gone with 3hp if I had 220 in the garage, but I don’t. That’s really the only reason I went with the 1.75. I haven’t had it big down on anything I’ve ran through it though, including some 6/8 oak
Nice shop. P.s. love the SKX😉
Thanks!
thats
impressive . I have 1600 sq ft and it looks like a tornado hit it
Thank you
I'm so impressed with your shop that I'm going to share that on my site send it out to roughly 10000 other viewers. I have a question for you though. Your desk filter system hanging from the roof what square footage does it clean? My shop is about 1000 square foot
Thank you so much. The air cleaner hanging is a General 10-1000. Best I can offer you are these specs for the unit.
1) cycles per hour for a 20’x20’x8’ space is 20.06 cycles.
2) High speed this filters 1068 cubic feet/minute
Hope that helps??
Love the shop. Can you tell me what brand your retractable extension cord is and would you recommend it?
This is the one I bought, and so far after a couple of years it is still working fine
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0779GGH46?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Nice setup
Thank you sir👍🏻
Nice and snug, very well organized Multiple dust collectors strikes me as redundant, why not recover space by going to just one? A second question on the Racedeck, how is it on the feet?
The multiple dust collectors don’t take up any “usable” floor space. They are all under a piece of equipment and are dedicated solely to that machine. The race deck honestly is the same as concrete in my opinion. I wish there was a bit of padding, but it’s still pretty rough standing all day on it.
Am I mistaken, or have you actually spent over $1,000 just on the smaller festool systainers??
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Excellent shop and excellent tour. What is the vacuum system that you have?
Thank you. Not sure exactly your question. I have several dust collectors I use in the shop.
What is your specialty? You've got at least 10-15K worth of gear and a wonderful shop space.
Thank you. Just an extreme hobbyist and been collecting these tools for around 20 yrs. Didn’t all come at once.
I love your shop. For all your cabinets you built , did you stay with the same wood or are some of them different? Asking because you said you used whatever was the cheapest.
Thank you! All cabinets are basically the same. I did use a few different materials for the cabinet door fronts. Some are 1/4” plywood, and a few other doors are 1/8” paneling.
Great setup, not enough battery drills nor impact drivers. Sad.
I agree
Space looks great! Does your miter saw still shoot dust out of the box or does that arrangement catch it all?
I still get some dust. It’s better than not having the box, but I still get some blowback for sure.
Hi Brian, great shop! I’m moving soon in to a new home with a 1 car space for my shop this helped me so much for planning! I have to ask, F35!? You or family fly? Airforce? Thanks for sharing you shop!
Thank you Roger! I am in the aeronautics industry…just can’t say too much on this platform.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors my son flys F16s so I was just wondering. Great last name by the way! 😅
That’s incredible! I’ve helped build a few of those, and pretty amazing that production of the F16 is starting back up again. She’s a great fighter even compared to the F35
Would love to know more on where and why you use 3 differant Festool Vac systems. I have a CT36 for my saw abd built in router. Wa thinking into getting a nitherone for my sanding and assy table. Any advise on this. TY
I use the midi and the mini as dedicated dust collectors for my miter saw and table saw. I didn’t want to have to move the vacuums to different tools every time I used the table or miter saw. My ct26 I use for my “everything” vac. I use that for all of my sanding, dominoes, and other hand tools that use dust extraction. I also use the ct26 for basic shop cleanup.
Are the Srong enough to vac for a Sawstop and a mitersaw. I would of never thought they would of been powerfuk enough. If you coukd only buy one of those which one would it me. Thabjs for tge help cant afford to buy both
So, not strong enough by themselves. For the miter saw, I use the mini for the dust collection connected directly to the saw, but I also run my larger delta 2hp dc inside the miter saw box, so I essentially have two vacs running. Hope that makes sense. The midi is only used on the sawstop for the blade guard dust collection. I run my 2hp dust collector hooked directly to the cabinet on the sawstop for the bulk of the dust collection.
@@tcbridges I prefer the midi, but they are both excellent.
I am planning my single car garage shop.
Can you share why you chose multiple dust collectors rather than one center system?
Just did t want to run a lot of ducting/blast gates
Hi Brian, Great use of space!
I had a question regarding your flooring. I have a similar Garage Deck flooring (a little cheaper than the more popular Race Deck) and was curious if you put your saw stop directly on the flooring or did you use something as a foundation? Has the saw made divots into the tiles?
It is directly on the tiles. I do have a few small indentions in the tiles I’ve noticed the one and only time I moved the saw.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors thank you 👍🏻
darn the $$$ you have in Sustainers!
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Awesome shop! Wondering if u made the little fan over your mr heater or bought it?
Thanks Jason! I did the fan myself. Super easy. Video on how I did it is:
Mr Buddy portable heater FAN INSTALL!
ruclips.net/video/jR5-XhIhqLg/видео.html
@@BrianWatersOutdoors Don’t know how I missed that, thanks!
Looks good Brian. Do you like the gen3 systainers? I hate them, I think they put very little thought into them. Btw is that a Submariner you’re wearing?
Hey bud! I don’t mind them. I do like the front handle on them. And it’s not a submariner. It’s one of my trusty SKX007 Pepsi dial Seikos.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors I just wish the handles didn’t get in the way of the T-Loc. also as you mentioned the slides should really be full extension
Yeah, agree on that aspect. That’s why I still just build cheap drawer bases and use my own slides.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors that’s the way to go. The 3 drawer systainers are definitely my favorite I have about 5 of them now
I’d love to know how much you’ve dropped on systainers. Great shop.
I don’t want to know…..
more space equals more junk looks great
Thank you👍🏻
Great shop. I’m jealous. Do you have a router table?
Thanks! I do have a router table, but I keep it stored away in the attic. I don’t use it a lot. Frankly, I use my Rockler mini router table I use with my DeWalt palm router more than anything. You can get a quick glimpse of it if you look close at the end of the video up on top of my upper cabinets.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors I thought I saw it up there.
I know what you mean cutting a $125.00 hose. I just keep thing I may want to use it elsewhere if I cut it.
Yeah. Can’t bring myself to do it.
safe to say you buy s4s lumber since I did not see a jointer or planer ?
I have a planer - under my outfeed table. My jointer is in the big garage. So Luckily I get to buy rough cut. Typically I’ll buy one edge / straight line rip
do you do woodworking full time ?
No sir. Just a serious “hobby” I’ve had for about 20 years now.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors hopefully with me doing it fulltime, one day ill have a Rolex to !
dreams are made to be achieved
Do you build anything to sell?
I used to get into that years ago, but not really anymore.
Big$ small shop....nice though!
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WAY too many containers
Ok
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The festool storage boxes are disgusting and overpriced.
Thanks!
We get that you love the brand, but it would be best if you didn't set the bar for all the newcomers. Festool doesn't sponsor anyone so you're not making any money from them. Do your video to show your shop ideas and STOP naming the brand. That creates unrealistic expectations for the newbies. Say the tool or hardware, not the brand.
I don’t agree, and I’m not here to make money
He doesn’t want to cut a $100 hose but has a systainer to hold his pencils
Yup