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   MatthewSchenker | Jul 14, 2005 07:36pm | #1

   rover1,
   Anyone who knows me will predict what I'm about to say...

   I have owned both the Bosch and the Festool Trion. The Bosch is a nice saw, but in the end there is just no comparison. The Festool runs circles around the Bosch, or any other jigsaw.

   When cutting thick woods, the Festool blade stays straight, and if you hook it up to a dust collector it actually collects the dust. It's also just generally so much smoother.

   Festool produces a number of blades, some around 6" long.

   If you want to learn more about the Trion, or any other Festool tools, I would invite you to join the Festool Owners Group I created on Yahoo. It is an independent group. Here's the link:
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FestoolOwnersGroup/

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   PelhamPete | Jul 15, 2005 08:30pm | #2

   Hi Rover1,

   [To be very careful about the truth value of what I am about to say, let me just say that the following has at least been true in my experience]

   I haven't used the Bosch, so I can't comment on it relative to the Festool.  What I can, and therefore WILL, say is that no one has been able to tell the difference between the cut that my Festool Jigsaw has made, and the same cut made by my cabinet saw w/Forrest WW2 blade installed (!).  In both cases, even with a raking light, there are no sawblade tooth marks ... AT ALL!  I couldn't believe my eyes when I first witnessed its performance.

   When "they" say that the Festool Jigsaw is a finish tool, they actually mean it ... the resultant edge needs no further work.  Its almost weird.

   I have no connection, financial or otherwise, with Festool.

   HTH.

   -Peter T.

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   MatthewSchenker | Jul 15, 2005 10:49pm | #3

   PelhamPete,
   I agree with you on this. The cut from the Festool jigsaws is amazing.In fact, I have known of people who use their Festool jigsaw to do rip cuts instead of using the plunge saw. Just hook it up to a guide rail. The advantage here is that you can cut stock up to 6" thick.Try that on your table saw!I recently used my Festool Trion jigsaw to cut out a circle to take a sink in a bathroom vanity. I had made another vanity a while back and cut the circle with the Bosch saw. The wood is 1.5" thick, and the Bosch blade bent and flexed so much the cut was angled in a bunch of spots. But with the Festool, it was amazing how it cut a perfectly straight-walled edge the whole way around.It's also nice to have the dust extracted during cutting, rather than just blown around as you get with other jigsaws.Also, if you need to trim just a bit off the edge of some stock, it's great how the Trion stays on the line. Other jigsaws just flex.