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   Jimurock | Aug 17, 2008 06:48pm | #1

   Hafele has a monopoly on Festool in Canada, which may be why I don't know anyone here who owns one.  They don't seem to have a clue about marketing.

   Jim

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   PeterDurand | Aug 17, 2008 08:54pm | #2

   Which is why I bring cash and buy all my Festool stuff in the US. Way cheaper and the full line is available. Cheers,Peter 

   Better life through Zoodles and poutine...

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   unionlabel | Aug 18, 2008 02:53am | #3

   Hafele has been around for years in the cabinet hardware industry. They have a catalogue that looks like the New York City yellow pages and just about as complicated to use. Their forte has always been the internal mechanisms for frameless cabinetry. Back a while, I used them exclusively for internal gadget hardware, because it worked and was reliable and inexpensive. Now, their pricing has gone the way of Festool.

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   PADDYDAHAT | Aug 18, 2008 05:37am | #4

   J,I pounded into that web site to find that it is discontinued. It was the worst site , I don't know how they stay in business. Paddy

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   forestgirl | Aug 18, 2008 06:41am | #6

   Geez, I really do wish I had room for the tilt-cart.  The guy only wants $125 for it, probably already sold  Ahhhh, well.  Doesn't sound like I need to bookmark the site for anything, LOL!!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   ricardo | Aug 18, 2008 06:27am | #5

   their catalog is on any cabinet manufacturer shelf, they have everything in terms of hardware for cabinets, and at least in the San Francisco bay area a great sales rep.

   I'm the layout guy of a cabinet shop and when we need some strange piece of hardware they are the people to go for it, and moust probably if they do not have it it does not exist.

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   RickL | Aug 18, 2008 03:11pm | #7

   Hafele is an industry standard for many, many  years.

   http://shopcartsusa.com

   I've seen the Shopcarts version long before the Hafele so I'm not sure who copied who.

   http://www.panelmatehandling.com/   The UK version is much simpler to copy.

   http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/wb280-caddy01.html

    

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   forestgirl | Aug 18, 2008 05:14pm | #8

   Thanks, Rick.  I like options!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)